Now, you might think Las Vegas would have the most gay Americans in Nevada, but Reno and Las Vegas are virtually tied when it comes to the percentage of gay residents.
Nevada’s gay population has also increased dramatically – same sex couple households is up 43% since the last census.Ĭurrently, Nevada’s gay population is 0.5%. The state of Nevada ranks as the gayest in America this year. And as you might expect, the upper midwest and the south skew less gay. States that are more liberal, and that are on the east and west coasts skew more gay. But what states lead the pack when it comes to the gay population? Some parts of the country are more gay than others. Which got us thinking, if the gayest city in the country has a gay population that small, how small must the gay population be across America? Turns out, pretty small according to the census - only about 0.5% of households are male-male or female-female. What was surprising, to us at least, was the relatively low percentage of households that reported to the Census as gay in San Francisco - only ~2%.
We’ve previously taken a look at the Gayest Cities in America and, to no one’s surprise, San Francisco checked in as the gayest city. That number has gone up over time - more and more Americans are coming out as gay. According to research, which asked actual Americans if they identify as LGBTQ, 4.5%, or about 1 in every 25 Americans says they are gay. Today, more Americans identify as being gay than ever before.