How Many Gays in Cleveland According to the US Census?
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - For an estimated 31,574 married and unmarried couples living together in Ohio, June celebrates Pride Month, including remembering the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals who impacted U.S. history.
According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, this amounts to 1.3% of households in Ohio, or 15,786 households with married couples and 15,788 unmarrieds and, as previous reports showed, below the national average.
Out of the 15,786 households with same-sex married couples, 19.7% are in Franklin County, with 16.7% in Columbus alone. This is followed by Cleveland and Cuyahoga County (11.7%), Dayton and Montgomery County (7.1%), and Cincinnati and Hamilton County (6.6%), according to the 2019 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample.
Ohio has its spot in history as a critical determinant in legalizing same-sex marriage after a Supreme Court decision involving an Ohio case ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage nationally.
The 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges struck down Ohio’s ban on refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, brought to the court by Jim Obergefell. Obergefell sued Ohio after officials refused to recognize his marriage on his husband’s death certificate. Along the way to the Supreme Court, Gov. General Mike DeWine, then the attorney general, appealed an earlier ruling that Ohio had to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages for death certificates.
For the 15,788 unmarried same-sex households estimated in Ohio, the breakdown is Columbus (27%), Cleveland and Cuyahoga County (10.8%), Montgomery County and Dayton (7.8%), and Cincinnati and Hamilton County (6.8%).
These statistics do not account for LGBT couples not living in the same household, which means a portion of the LGBT population is not adequately represented. There also is no accounting for the number of LGBT people not involved in relationships with the head of the household.
In the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey, sexual orientation is only addressed when respondents specify whether they are in the opposite- or same-sex relationships. In the 2020 Census, the same question existed in relation to how an individual was related to the head of household.
In July 2021, the Census Bureau began collecting information on respondents’ sexual orientation and gender identity in its Household Pulse Survey.
National Statistics
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, for same-sex couples:
* The median household income for married same-sex couples was $107,200 in 2019 versus $96,930 for opposite-sex couples.
* 65.1% of same-sex couples had both members employed in 2019 compared to opposite-sex couples at 51%.
* 14.7% of same-sex couples had at least one child under the age of 18 in their household versus 37.8% of opposite-sex.
* 54.7% of same-sex couples had only one child, compared with 39.2% of opposite-sex couples.
* 20.9% of same-sex couples adopted their children compared to 2.9% of opposite-sex couples with children.
* 38.2% of LGBT respondents to a July 2021 Household Pulse Survey said they experienced depression for more than half of the days in a week during the pandemic, more than double the rate of non-LGBT respondents (16.1%). They also had higher rates of anxiety (47.9%).
* 13.5% of LGBT respondents lived in a household that experienced food insecurity compared to 7.4% of non-LGBT respondents.
* 21.6% of LGBT respondents reported a loss of income compared to 16% of non-LGBT respondents.
* 0.6% of adults aged 18 and over currently identify as transgender.
* 1.7% of adults currently do not identify as male or female or are non-binary.
* 65.6% who identify as LGBT are 39 or younger.
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