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Same-Sex Couples

There are more 700,000 co-habitating same-sex couples living in the U.S. They are racially and ethnically diverse, raising children, and about half are legally married. We research the demographics and experiences of same-sex couples and analyze laws that impact them.

Featured Publications

Fact Sheet

Legally Married LGB People in the United States

June 2019
Brief

The Economic Impact of Marriage Equality Five Years after Obergefell v. Hodges

May 2020
Brief

How Many Same-Sex Couples in the US are Raising Children?

July 2018
Report

LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness

April 2020
Brief

Demographics of Married and Unmarried Same-Sex Couples

March 2015
Brief

Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Well-Being of Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

February 2014

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