Unmarried couples - hetero, gay, and lesbian. Some stats.

[Rain Man]

I found some data on this the other day, and ran some stats. I just thought it was kind of interesting.


The states with the largest proportion of households that consist of unmarried couples.


Geography Percent of Households That Consist of Unmarried Couples
Vermont 7.33%
Alaska 7.23%
Nevada 6.99%
Maine 6.93%
New Hampshire 6.63%
New Mexico 6.20%
Arizona 6.07%
Washington 5.99%
Oregon 5.97%
Delaware 5.86%
California 5.78%
District of Columbia 5.76%
Rhode Island 5.62%
Florida 5.61%
Hawaii 5.61%
Wisconsin 5.39%
Colorado 5.38%
Maryland 5.31%
Massachusetts 5.22%
Wyoming 5.18%
Connecticut 5.13%
New York 5.09%
Indiana 5.08%
Minnesota 5.08%
Michigan 5.06%
United States 4.96%
Montana 4.93%
Ohio 4.86%
Missouri 4.77%
Louisiana 4.75%
Pennsylvania 4.74%
Iowa 4.71%
South Dakota 4.66%
New Jersey 4.65%
Illinois 4.57%
Georgia 4.54%
Idaho 4.54%
Virginia 4.46%
North Carolina 4.38%
South Carolina 4.36%
West Virginia 4.35%
North Dakota 4.29%
Nebraska 4.22%
Texas 4.20%
Kentucky 4.16%
Mississippi 4.08%
Tennessee 3.90%
Kansas 3.81%
Oklahoma 3.68%
Arkansas 3.59%
Utah 3.30%
Alabama 3.06%
Puerto Rico 2.66%




Gay Male Households - Most Common

GEO_NAME Percent of Households that are Gay Male Couples
District of Columbia 1.041%
California 0.473%
Florida 0.395%
New York 0.381%
Nevada 0.376%
Washington 0.370%
Delaware 0.370%
Georgia 0.370%
Arizona 0.369%
Vermont 0.356%
Massachusetts 0.351%
Colorado 0.334%
Hawaii 0.327%
Texas 0.325%
Maine 0.319%
United States 0.315%
Rhode Island 0.315%
Oregon 0.310%
New Mexico 0.302%
Connecticut 0.302%
Illinois 0.301%
Louisiana 0.293%
New Jersey 0.289%
Maryland 0.286%
North Carolina 0.282%
Virginia 0.279%
Utah 0.273%
Puerto Rico 0.266%
Alabama 0.263%
Indiana 0.260%
South Carolina 0.259%
Pennsylvania 0.254%
Tennessee 0.252%
Minnesota 0.250%
Missouri 0.245%
West Virginia 0.240%
New Hampshire 0.231%
Ohio 0.228%
Mississippi 0.224%
Arkansas 0.222%
Idaho 0.222%
Michigan 0.221%
Oklahoma 0.220%
Wisconsin 0.216%
Kentucky 0.214%
Wyoming 0.210%
Kansas 0.204%
Alaska 0.193%
Montana 0.192%
Nebraska 0.186%
Iowa 0.180%
South Dakota 0.159%
North Dakota 0.159%






GEO_NAME Percent of Households that are Lesbian Female Couples
Vermont 0.551%
Massachusetts 0.426%
District of Columbia 0.423%
California 0.401%
New Mexico 0.394%
Washington 0.393%
Oregon 0.380%
Maine 0.379%
New Hampshire 0.374%
Rhode Island 0.374%
Colorado 0.371%
Arizona 0.366%
Maryland 0.351%
Hawaii 0.342%
Connecticut 0.341%
Nevada 0.339%
Delaware 0.338%
Georgia 0.335%
New York 0.335%
Florida 0.322%
Texas 0.317%
Louisiana 0.315%
Alaska 0.315%
South Carolina 0.313%
United States 0.309%
New Jersey 0.306%
North Carolina 0.305%
Virginia 0.286%
Puerto Rico 0.274%
Minnesota 0.274%
Mississippi 0.270%
Kentucky 0.267%
Tennessee 0.265%
Idaho 0.261%
Illinois 0.257%
Utah 0.256%
Oklahoma 0.254%
Indiana 0.250%
Missouri 0.250%
Pennsylvania 0.245%
Ohio 0.244%
Arkansas 0.243%
Kansas 0.242%
Alabama 0.240%
Michigan 0.239%
Wyoming 0.234%
Wisconsin 0.233%
Nebraska 0.228%
Montana 0.221%
West Virginia 0.210%
South Dakota 0.198%
Iowa 0.180%
North Dakota 0.169%






Ratio of Lesbian Couples to Gay Male Couples
Alaska 1.63
New Hampshire 1.61
Vermont 1.55
New Mexico 1.30
Kentucky 1.25
South Dakota 1.25
Oregon 1.23
Maryland 1.23
Nebraska 1.22
Massachusetts 1.21
South Carolina 1.21
Mississippi 1.21
Maine 1.19
Kansas 1.19
Rhode Island 1.19
Idaho 1.18
Oklahoma 1.15
Montana 1.15
Connecticut 1.13
Wyoming 1.12
Colorado 1.11
Arkansas 1.10
Minnesota 1.09
North Carolina 1.08
Wisconsin 1.08
Michigan 1.08
Louisiana 1.08
Ohio 1.07
North Dakota 1.07
Washington 1.06
New Jersey 1.06
Tennessee 1.05
Hawaii 1.05
Puerto Rico 1.03
Virginia 1.03
Missouri 1.02
Iowa 1.00
Arizona 0.99
United States 0.98
Texas 0.98
Pennsylvania 0.96
Indiana 0.96
Utah 0.94
Delaware 0.91
Alabama 0.91
Georgia 0.91
Nevada 0.90
New York 0.88
West Virginia 0.88
Illinois 0.85
California 0.85
Florida 0.81
District of Columbia 0.41

[Hydrae]

Nearly 10% of all unmarried couples are either gay couples of either gender. That is interesting. :hmmm:

But that is still less than 1% of all households. I am assuming that some of those households are single adults as opposed to there being a couple there.

[el borracho]

New Mexico is above average in unmarried couples, in lesbian households and in lesbian to gay couple ratio. New Mexico is below average in gay households.