The variety of same-sex couple households in america has surpassed 1 million for the primary time, in accordance with not too long ago launched authorities information.
There have been greater than 1.2 million same-sex couple households throughout the nation in 2021, up from 540,000 in 2008, a rise of 120%, the info, taken from the Census Bureau’s annual American Neighborhood Survey, confirmed.
Roughly 710,000 (59.2%) of the same-sex couple households had been married, and about 500,000 (41.7%) had been single.
The variety of married same-sex households began to outnumber single same-sex households in 2016, following the Supreme Court docket’s landmark 2015 Obergefell vs. Hodges ruling, which successfully legalized homosexual marriage throughout the U.S.
The discharge of this new information coincides with the development of landmark laws that codifies federal safety for marriages of same-sex {couples}. The Respect for Marriage Act was accepted 61-36 within the Senate and now returns to the Home for a last vote earlier than it could go to President Joe Biden, who has mentioned he appears to be like ahead to enacting it.
Hawaii has the best proportion of same-sex couple households of any state, at 1.4%, adopted by Oregon and Delaware, each at 1.3%, the Census Bureau information reveals. The District of Columbia, nonetheless, blows all of them out of the water at 2.5%.
South Dakota has the bottom proportion of same-sex couple households of any state, at 0.4%, adopted by Kansas, Mississippi, Idaho, North Dakota and Montana, that are all at 0.5%.
