Posted on 02/10/2017 10:08:13 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vermont tops a new ranking of states by the portion of adults in 2015 and 2016 who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) at 5.3%. Massachusetts (4.9%), California (4.9%), Oregon (4.9%) and Nevada (4.8%) round out the top five.
The District of Columbia's 8.6% LGBT exceeds that of any of the states. States with the lowest percentage of LGBT-identifying residents include South Dakota (2.0%), North Dakota (2.7%), Idaho (2.8%), South Carolina (3.0%) and Montana (3.0%).
These figures are based on combined 2015 and 2016 data from more than 400,000 interviews and update Gallup's state-level estimates from 2012. Consistent with Gallup research showing national increases in the percentage of adults identifying as LGBT from 3.5% in 2012 to 4.1% in 2016, the vast majority of states and the District of Columbia (42 out of 51) also report increases. However, most of the state-level changes are not statistically significant.
At 4.9%, the Pacific region, which includes the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii, has the highest portion of LGBT-identifying adults among eight regions in the U.S. The Pacific region also had the largest percentage-point increase (0.7 points) from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016. This change nudged it ahead of New England (4.5%), which reported a more modest 0.2-point increase.
The Middle Atlantic and Rocky Mountain regions also reported large increases (each 0.5 points) in the portion of adults identifying as LGBT. Among all regions, the West Central region continues to have the lowest percentage who identify as LGBT, but also showed a relatively large gain from 2.9% to 3.4%. . .
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Although I’ve never seen the figures there are supposedly a large proportion of gays in the coastal media. A friend who works at the NY Times (not a journalist) thinks that at least a third of those involved in writing & journalism at this newspaper are gay. Of course it all subjective, based on rumor, gossip & those who are obviously not straight.
It’s spelled “LGBTQQEC”, but it’s pronounced “faggots”.
Yikes! That figure means that there are about 1,950,000 queers in California alone. Another good reason to let them secede from the Union.
Take Oregon and Washington with you!
Don’t have anything to do with Vermont anymore. They are a lost people.
The fact that you assume that I am from Vermont shows how ignorant you are.
Not that there is anything wrong with that. Except, you probably vote and breed.
Still voting though :)
Vermont is tops? I’ve heard stereotypes about Vermont, that it has attracted “lesbian” types who run bed and breakfast places, or art galleries in Vermont’s touristy towns........
It’s not a stereotype, trust me. There’s not as many swishes here because the weather is not “Fabulous” enough, but flannel wearing wymen are here for sure.
Nothing like being proud of a high number of deviants
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