Monroe County the number one spot for same-sex couples in the state

Although the 2010 U.S. Census data does not provide direct information as to how many same-sex couples are living in the country today, because of research completed by the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute, that number is known to be nearly one million, with more than 16,000 living in Indiana.

Same-sex couples were identified by the Institute as people who classified their relationship with another adult of the same sex as either a “husband/wife” or “unmarried partner.”

This is the first time same-sex couples have been identified as a part of the U.S. Census, so it can be difficult to make comparisons between today’s numbers and those of earlier decades.

The Institute began publishing its calculations in June. The number of same-sex couples in every county in the country was detailed in maps that can be found online at http://services.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/home.html.

County
1. Monroe: 635 same-sex couples, 11.58 same-sex couples per 1000 households
2. Marion: 4086 same-sex couples, 11.16 same-sex couples per 1000 households
3. Brown: 60 same-sex couples, 9.64 same-sex couples per 1000 households
4. Floyd: 239 same-sex couples, 8.10 same-sex couples per 1000 households
5. Vanderburgh: 586 same-sex couples, 7.87 same-sex couples per 1000 households

— Michela Tindera