rs in column A and column headers in rows 4 through 7. Leading dots indicate subparts.

Table 1. Household Characteristics of Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Couple Households: 2019 American Community Survey
(In percent, unless otherwise specified. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www.census.gov/programs-survey

Married opposite-sex Unmarried opposite-sex Total female-female

couples couples Total same-sex couples Total male-male couples couples
Household characteristics Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E.
Total households (number) 57,802,732 95,312 7,644,827 29,994 980,276 10,378 462,215 6,744 518,061 8,063

Age of householder
.15 to 24 years 1.1 -- 10.6 0.1 5.2 0.3 3.4 0.3 6.7 0.4
.25 to 34 years 12.6 -- 34.5 0.2 23.7 0.5 21.3 0.6 25.7 0.7
.35 to 44 years 19.7 -- 20.9 0.1 20.2 0.4 20.2 0.7 20.2 0.5
.45 to 54 years 20.5 -- 15.0 0.1 20.2 0.4 21.4 0.6 19.1 0.5
.55 to 64 years 21.3 -- 11.2 0.1 18.8 0.4 20.8 0.6 17.1 0.5
.65 years and over 24.8 -- 7.8 0.1 12.0 0.3 12.9 0.4 11.2 0.4

.Average age of householder (years) 52.8 -- 40.3 0.1 45.9 0.2 47.2 0.2 44.6 0.2
.Average age of spouse/partner (years) 52.1 -- 39.5 0.1 44.5 0.2 45.0 0.2 44.0 0.2

Race of householder
.White alone 80.6 -- 76.3 0.2 80.2 0.5 82.4 0.6 78.3 0.7
.Black or African American alone 7.2 -- 10.8 0.1 8.8 0.4 6.3 0.4 11.1 0.6
.American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0.6 -- 1.1 -- 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.1 0.2
.Asian alone 6.2 -- 2.8 0.1 3.3 0.2 4.0 0.3 2.7 0.2
.Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone 0.1 -- 0.2 -- 0.2 -- 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
.Some other race alone 3.5 -- 5.4 0.1 2.9 0.2 3.0 0.4 2.9 0.3
.Two or more races 1.8 -- 3.4 0.1 3.6 0.2 3.3 0.3 3.8 0.2

Percent of couples interracial 7.8 -- 15.0 0.2 18.3 0.4 21.5 0.6 15.4 0.4

Hispanic origin of householder

.Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race) 13.4 -- 18.9 0.2 13.9 0.4 14.5 0.6 13.3 0.5
.White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 71.3 -- 64.2 0.2 70.5 0.5 72.1 0.8 69.1 0.7

Educational attainment
.Householder has at least a bachelor's degree 41.9 0.1 29.2 0.2 51.8 0.5 56.7 0.7 47.3 0.7
.Both partners with at least a bachelor's degree 26.7 0.1 16.0 0.1 32.7 0.5 34.2 0.8 31.3 0.7

Employment status1
.Householder employed 67.7 0.1 80.2 0.2 78.3 0.4 79.6 0.5 77.2 0.6
.Both partners employed 49.4 0.1 64.3 0.2 65.1 0.4 66.5 0.6 63.9 0.6

Children in the household

.Children in the household2 38.1 0.1 36.2 0.2 16.1 0.5 7.2 0.5 24.0 0.7
.Own children in the household 38.0 0.1 34.0 0.2 15.0 0.4 6.6 0.4 22.5 0.7

Household income
.Less than $35,000 10.4 -- 17.2 0.2 10.3 0.3 7.8 0.4 12.5 0.5
.$35,000 to $49,999 8.9 -- 12.7 0.1 8.4 0.3 6.7 0.3 9.9 0.4
.$50,000 to $74,999 16.7 0.1 22.0 0.2 16.6 0.4 14.5 0.5 18.5 0.5
.$75,000 to $99,999 15.7 0.1 16.8 0.2 15.4 0.4 14.0 0.5 16.7 0.5
.$100,000 or more 48.4 0.1 31.3 0.2 49.3 0.5 57.0 0.7 42.5 0.7

Median household income (dollars) 96,932 114 72,401 230 98,613 1,005 114,182 1,832 87,289 1,275

Home tenure
.Own 80.4 0.1 46.0 0.2 61.8 0.5 64.3 0.7 59.5 0.7
.Rent 19.6 0.1 54.0 0.2 38.2 0.5 35.7 0.7 40.5 0.7
1
Employed or in the Armed forces.
2
Includes biological children, stepchildren, adopted children, and nonrelatives of the householder under 18 years.
-- Rounds to zero.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-year data file

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Table 2. Household Characteristics of Same-Sex Couple Households by Relationship Type: 2019 American Community Survey
(In percent, unless otherwise specified. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)
Married Couples Unmarried partners
Total Male-male Female-female Total Male-male Female-female
Household characteristics Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E.
Total households (number) 568,110 8,227 264,691 4,709 303,419 6,087 412,166 6,551 197,524 4,817 214,642 5,098

Age of householder
.15 to 24 years 2.4 0.2 1.5 0.3 3.2 0.4 9.0 0.6 6.1 0.6 11.7 0.8
.25 to 34 years 18.2 0.6 15.6 0.7 20.4 0.8 31.2 0.9 29.0 1.1 33.3 1.2
.35 to 44 years 21.6 0.5 21.1 0.8 22.0 0.7 18.3 0.7 19.0 1.0 17.6 0.9
.45 to 54 years 22.4 0.5 22.9 0.8 21.9 0.6 17.2 0.6 19.3 0.9 15.2 0.8
.55 to 64 years 21.5 0.5 23.5 0.8 19.8 0.6 15.1 0.6 17.2 0.9 13.2 0.8
.65 years and over 13.9 0.4 15.3 0.6 12.7 0.5 9.3 0.4 9.5 0.6 9.1 0.5

.Average age of householder (years) 48.4 0.2 49.7 0.3 47.2 0.3 42.4 0.2 43.9 0.3 41.0 0.3
.Average age of spouse/partner (years) 47.3 0.2 47.7 0.3 46.9 0.3 40.7 0.2 41.4 0.3 40.0 0.4

Race of householder
.White alone 82.0 0.5 83.1 0.7 81.2 0.7 77.6 0.8 81.4 1.0 74.2 1.0
.Black or African American alone 6.9 0.4 5.1 0.5 8.5 0.6 11.5 0.6 7.9 0.7 14.8 1.0
.American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.4 0.3
.Asian alone 3.7 0.3 4.6 0.4 3.0 0.3 2.7 0.2 3.2 0.4 2.3 0.3
.Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
.Some other race alone 2.8 0.3 2.7 0.3 2.9 0.3 3.1 0.4 3.3 0.7 2.9 0.4
.Two or more races 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.4 3.3 0.3 3.8 0.3 3.2 0.4 4.4 0.4

Percent of couples interracial 16.6 0.4 20.6 0.7 13.1 0.6 20.7 0.6 22.8 1.1 18.8 0.8

Hispanic origin of householder

.Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race) 13.1 0.5 13.6 0.9 12.7 0.6 14.9 0.7 15.8 1.0 14.1 0.9
.White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 72.9 0.7 73.3 1.0 72.5 0.8 67.3 0.8 70.4 1.1 64.3 1.0

Educational attainment
.Householder has at least a bachelor's degree 54.1 0.6 58.6 1.0 50.1 0.8 48.6 0.9 54.2 1.1 43.5 1.1
.Both partners with at least a bachelor's degree 35.8 0.6 37.6 1.0 34.3 0.8 28.3 0.7 29.6 1.1 27.1 1.1

Employment status1
.Householder employed 76.0 0.5 77.2 0.7 75.0 0.7 81.5 0.6 82.8 0.8 80.3 0.9
.Both partners employed 62.3 0.6 63.1 0.9 61.6 0.9 69.0 0.8 71.0 1.0 67.2 1.1

Children in the household

.Children in the household2 18.9 0.5 9.6 0.7 27.0 0.9 12.1 0.6 3.9 0.6 19.7 1.0
.Own children in the household 18.5 0.5 9.3 0.6 26.5 0.9 10.2 0.5 3.0 0.5 16.8 0.9

Household income
.Less than $35,000 8.9 0.4 7.2 0.6 10.4 0.6 12.2 0.6 8.6 0.6 15.5 0.9
.$35,000 to $49,999 7.0 0.4 5.7 0.4 8.2 0.5 10.2 0.4 8.0 0.6 12.3 0.7
.$50,000 to $74,999 14.8 0.5 13.3 0.7 16.2 0.7 19.1 0.7 16.2 0.9 21.7 1.0
.$75,000 to $99,999 15.1 0.4 12.6 0.7 17.4 0.8 15.8 0.6 15.8 0.9 15.7 0.8
.$100,000 or more 54.1 0.6 61.2 0.9 47.8 0.9 42.8 0.9 51.4 1.2 34.9 1.1

Median household income (dollars) 107,210 1,086 123,646 2,466 95,719 1,538 87,690 1,564 101,987 1,907 75,662 1,305

Home tenure
.Own 69.7 0.7 70.8 0.9 68.8 0.9 50.8 0.7 55.5 1.1 46.4 1.0
.Rent 30.3 0.7 29.2 0.9 31.2 0.9 49.2 0.7 44.5 1.1 53.6 1.0
1
Employed or in the Armed forces.
2
Includes biological children, stepchildren, adopted children, and nonrelatives of the householder under 18 years.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-year data file

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Table 3: Same-Sex Couple Households: 2019 American Community Survey
(In percent, unless otherwise specified. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error,
and definitions, see https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)

Percent of same-sex
households that are
Total households Total same-sex households married households
Area Number S.E. Number S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E.

United States 122,802,852 83,481 980,276 10,378 0.8 0.0 58.0 0.5

Alabama 1,897,576 6,304 10,370 1,119 0.5 0.1 58.0 4.9

Alaska 252,199 2,224 1,274 306 0.5 0.1 71.2 14.1
Arizona 2,670,441 7,304 25,298 1,674 0.9 0.1 59.9 3.3
Arkansas 1,163,647 5,186 7,551 836 0.6 0.1 49.5 6.0
California 13,157,873 14,495 135,856 2,960 1.0 0.0 62.6 1.3
Colorado 2,235,103 6,095 22,029 1,353 1.0 0.1 57.3 2.8
Connecticut 1,377,166 4,081 10,371 858 0.8 0.1 61.2 5.1
Delaware 376,239 2,149 4,793 717 1.3 0.2 68.4 6.8
District Of Columbia 291,570 2,407 7,003 827 2.4 0.3 61.6 5.0
Florida 7,905,832 14,008 78,821 2,945 1.0 0.0 58.2 2.1
Georgia 3,852,714 8,769 27,523 1,880 0.7 0.0 61.0 2.8
Hawaii 465,299 3,047 4,138 684 0.9 0.1 40.7 7.5
Idaho 655,859 3,231 2,439 503 0.4 0.1 67.0 9.2
Illinois 4,866,006 7,676 32,317 1,673 0.7 0.0 56.7 2.5
Indiana 2,597,765 7,730 17,589 1,180 0.7 0.0 57.0 3.6
Iowa 1,287,221 4,016 5,906 625 0.5 0.0 56.9 6.2
Kansas 1,138,329 4,009 5,819 740 0.5 0.1 60.5 5.9
Kentucky 1,748,732 5,343 11,922 967 0.7 0.1 51.9 5.3
Louisiana 1,741,076 6,694 9,913 992 0.6 0.1 50.8 4.5
Maine 573,618 3,039 5,784 695 1.0 0.1 69.1 4.7
Maryland 2,226,767 5,902 19,490 1,595 0.9 0.1 55.9 4.3
Massachusetts 2,650,680 5,510 30,532 1,801 1.2 0.1 60.7 2.7
Michigan 3,969,880 7,843 23,727 1,641 0.6 0.0 52.9 3.0
Minnesota 2,222,568 4,705 14,304 1,113 0.6 0.1 60.7 3.1
Mississippi 1,100,229 6,010 4,111 771 0.4 0.1 62.8 8.2
Missouri 2,458,337 6,326 20,080 1,629 0.8 0.1 51.8 3.9
Montana 437,651 2,819 1,493 349 0.3 0.1 71.8 11.7
Nebraska 771,444 2,720 3,605 509 0.5 0.1 68.5 7.0
Nevada 1,143,557 5,034 11,078 955 1.0 0.1 59.1 4.8
New Hampshire 541,396 3,276 5,307 758 1.0 0.1 67.6 6.8
New Jersey 3,286,264 5,754 22,473 1,582 0.7 0.0 65.3 3.5
New Mexico 793,420 4,300 7,853 910 1.0 0.1 57.5 6.3
New York 7,446,812 8,401 64,674 2,301 0.9 0.0 61.0 1.8
North Carolina 4,046,348 9,402 28,230 1,681 0.7 0.0 57.1 3.0
North Dakota 323,519 2,358 785 275 0.2 0.1 72.5 14.4
Ohio 4,730,340 7,876 31,486 1,717 0.7 0.0 50.6 2.5
Oklahoma 1,495,151 4,275 9,730 778 0.7 0.1 49.0 4.2
Oregon 1,649,352 5,198 20,469 1,538 1.2 0.1 57.4 3.7
Pennsylvania 5,119,249 6,992 36,711 1,793 0.7 0.0 52.3 2.9
Rhode Island 407,174 2,881 2,707 384 0.7 0.1 39.8 9.3
South Carolina 1,975,915 6,864 13,031 1,213 0.7 0.1 43.1 4.7
South Dakota 353,799 2,374 1,307 292 0.4 0.1 58.5 11.3
Tennessee 2,654,737 7,881 19,955 1,521 0.8 0.1 52.2 3.6
Texas 9,985,126 15,465 77,134 3,325 0.8 0.0 53.4 2.2
Utah 1,023,855 3,509 8,451 937 0.8 0.1 69.6 5.4
Vermont 262,767 2,103 2,582 403 1.0 0.2 56.3 7.7
Virginia 3,191,847 7,902 21,073 1,516 0.7 0.0 63.1 3.5
Washington 2,932,477 6,725 31,565 1,789 1.1 0.1 66.4 2.8
West Virginia 728,175 4,421 3,276 588 0.4 0.1 40.2 8.6
Wisconsin 2,386,623 4,462 15,208 1,281 0.6 0.1 49.6 3.8
Wyoming 233,128 2,020 1,133 430 0.5 0.2 35.7 20.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-year data file.

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Table with row headers in column A and column headers in row 5.
Table 4. Ten States Among States With the
Highest Percentage of Households That are
Same-Sex Couple Households: 2019

(For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error,

nonsampling error, and definitions, see
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)
State1 Percent S.E.
District Of Columbia 2.4 0.3
Delaware 1.3 0.2
Oregon 1.2 0.1
Massachusetts 1.2 0.1
Washington 1.1 0.1
California 1.0 0.0
Maine 1.0 0.1
Florida 1.0 0.0
New Mexico 1.0 0.1
Colorado 1.0 0.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community

Survey 1-year data file.

1
- State estimates may not be statistically different from
each other or from other states not listed.

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for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information
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Table 5. Ten States Among States With the
Largest Number of Same-Sex Couple
Households : 2019

(For information on confidentiality protection, sampling

error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)
State1 Number S.E.
California 135,856 2,960
Florida 78,821 2,945
Texas 77,134 3,325
New York 64,674 2,301
Pennsylvania 36,711 1,793
Illinois 32,317 1,673
Washington 31,565 1,789
Ohio 31,486 1,717
Massachusetts 30,532 1,801
North Carolina 28,230 1,681

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American

Community Survey 1-year data file.

1
- State estimates may not be statistically different
from each other or from other states not listed.

The U.S. Census Bureau reviewed this data

product for unauthorized disclosure of
confidential information and approved the
disclosure avoidance practices applied to this
release. CBDRB-FY20-POP001-0162