Facts from my training

Copied from the HRC's website which I hope was not illegal to do:

1. Same-sex couples live in 99.3 percent of all counties nationwide.

2. There are an estimated 3.1 million people living together in same-sex relationships in the United States.

3. Fifteen percent of these same-sex couples live in rural settings.

4. One out of three lesbian couples is raising children. One out of five gay male couples is raising children.

5. Between 1 million and 9 million children are being raised by gay, lesbian and bisexual parents in the United States today.

6. At least one same-sex couple is raising children in 96 percent of all counties nationwide.

7. The highest percentages of same-sex couples raising children live in the South.

8. Nearly one in four same-sex couples includes a partner 55 years old or older, and nearly one in five same-sex couples is composed of two people 55 or older.

9. More than one in 10 same-sex couples include a partner 65 years old or older, and nearly one in 10 same-sex couples is composed of two people 65 or older.

10. The states with the highest numbers of same-sex senior couples are also the most popular for heterosexual senior couples: California, New York and Florida.

These facts are based on analyses of the 2000 Census conducted by the Urban Institute and the Human Rights Campaign. The estimated number of people in same-sex relationships has been adjusted by 62 percent to compensate for the widely-reported undercount in the Census.
(See “Gay and Lesbian Families in the United States: Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Households” on http://www.hrc.org/.)