All America Counts Stories

Same-Sex Married Couples Have Higher Income Than Opposite-Sex Married Couples

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey releases data on income and poverty levels of same-sex...

Fifteen Percent of Same-Sex Couples Have Children in Their Household

Male same-sex couples are more likely to adopt children than female same-sex couples.

Homebodies: More Than a Third of Married Couples Live in State Where Both Were Born

New interactive data visualization allows you to analyze trends in married couples’ birthplace, all the way back to 1900.

For First Time, Same-Sex Couples in Current Population Survey Tables

U.S. Census Bureau now shows same-sex couples in its annual America’s Families and Living Arrangements table package, reflecting...

Where Same-Sex Couples Live

Just over half of same-sex couple households in the United States are female, but male same-sex households are more common in large cities.

Census Questions Keep Up With the Times

Reflecting societal changes, testing supports dropping terms such as "trolley bus" and "handheld computer."