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Latest Gay Marriage Support Polls

• Strongly favor/favor: 41%
• Oppose/strongly appose: 47%
• Unsure: 10%

Facts and Statistics Source: Pew Research Center.

Support Trends

• Public support for gay marriage has increased about 1% annually over the last two decades.
• Statisticians predict a majority of Americans will support gay marriage by 2012.

Facts and Statistics Source: Polling Report Article by law professors Patrick Egan and Nathaniel Persily.

States Where Gay Marriage Is Legal

• Massachusetts (2004)
• Connecticut (2008)
• Iowa (2009)
• Vermont (2009)
• New Hampshire (2010)
• Washington, D.C. (2010) (not a state)

States That Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriages:

• New York
• California (only if the marriage is from before Proposition 8 was passed)

Gay Couples Demographics:

The most recent census did not count gay marriages directly, so the following are estimates based on how people reported their household. It counts households with 2 members of the same sex that are unrelated.

• Total Number of Gay Couples: 594,391
• Number of People in a Couple: 1.2 Million
• State With the Most Couples: California (92,138)
• State With the Least Couples: North Dakota (703)
• Highest Concentration of Gay Couple (% of all couples): Washington, D.C. (1.29%)
• Lowest Concentration of Gay Couples (% of all couples): North and South Dakota (.22%)

Gay people make up 1-4% of the population in most cities, but are more concentrated [PDF] in metropolitan areas.

Facts and Statistics Source: 2000 Census.

Most Same Sex Couples by City

1. New York, NY: 47,000
2. Los Angeles, CA: 12,000
3. Chicago, IL: 10,000

Facts and Statistics Source: 2000 Census.

Highest LGBT Concentration by Major Metropolitan City

1. San Francisco, CA: 15.4%
2. Seattle, WA: 12.9%
3. Atlanta, GA: 12.8%

Facts and Statistics Source: 2000 Census.

Lowest LGBT Concentration by Major Metropolitan City

1. Detroit, MI: 1.5%
2. Richmond, VA: 3.4%
3. Cleveland, OH and Memphis, TN: 3.5%

Facts and Statistics Source: 2000 Census.