Which got us thinking, if the gayest city in the country has a gay population that small, how small must the gay population be across America? Turns out, pretty small according to the census - only about 0.5% of households are male-male or female-female. What was surprising, to us at least, was the relatively low percentage of households that reported to the Census as gay in San Francisco - only ~2%.

We’ve previously taken a look at the Gayest Cities in America and, to no one’s surprise, San Francisco checked in as the gayest city. That number has gone up over time - more and more Americans are coming out as gay. According to research, which asked actual Americans if they identify as LGBTQ, 4.5%, or about 1 in every 25 Americans says they are gay.

Today, more Americans identify as being gay than ever before.