Same-sex households in the US top 1 million for the first time, data shows
The number of same-sex couple households in the US has surpassed 1 million for the first time, according to recently released government data. there was more than 1.2 million same-sex couple households nationwide in 2021, up from 540,000 in 2008, an increase of 120%showed the data, taken from the Census Bureau's Annual American Community Survey.About 710,000 (59.2%) of same-sex couple households were married and about 500,000 (41.7%) were unmarried. The number of married same-sex households began to overtake single same-sex households in 2016, following the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges of the 2015 Supreme Court, which effectively legalized gay marriage in…
