Madison ranks seventh among the nation’s mid-size cities in the number of same-sex couples living there per 1,000 households.
Analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data compiled by The Williams Institute of UCLA found that Wisconsin’s capital has 15.84 same-sex couples per 1,000 households – just behind St. Petersburg, Fla., with 16.57 couples per 1,000 households and ahead of Jersey City, N.J., with 14.
In the survey, “mid-size” cities were defined as those with populations between 100,000 and 250,000.
The top mid-size city in the rankings are:
- Ft. Lauderdale, 35.80
- Berkeley, Calif., 23.03
- Salt Lake City, 17.31
- Cambridge, Mass., 16.92
- Orlando, 16.66
- St. Petersburg, Fla., 16.57
- Madison, 15.84
- Jersey City, N.J., 14
- Alexandria, Va., 13.82
- Arlington, Va., 13.55
The Top 10 large cities (population over 250,000) are:
- San Francisco, 33.41
- Seattle, (25.54)
- Oakland, Calif., 24.61
- Minneapolis, 23.43
- Atlanta, Ga., 23.22
- Portland, Ore., 21.91)
- Long Beach, Calif., 21.81
- Washington, D.C., 19.29
- Boston, 17.35
- Denver, 17.19
The Top 10 small cities (under 100,000) are:
- Provincetown, Mass., 163.11
- Wilton Manors, Fla., 139.63
- Palm Springs, Calif., 115.21
- Rehoboth Beach, Del., 106.87
- Guerneville, Calif., 86.58
- West Hollywood, Calif., 66.70
- Pleasant Ridge, Mich., 59.55
- New Hope, Penn., 58.55
- Rancho Mirage, Calif., 57.35
- Oakland Park, Fla., 56.04
