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Data Dive: Same-sex parents in Mississippi
The percentage of same-sex parents in Mississippi is higher than the nation at 25.7% in Mississippi versus 17.2% nationally, according to data from Movement Advancement Project and The Williams Institute. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the percentage of same-sex Mississippi households — with or without children — falls below the national average of 1.5%.
View the data on same-sex parents in the U.S. below. Find the full report on LGBT people in rural America here.
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• Arkansas — 21.2%
• Georgia — 19.6%
• Kentucky — 18.5%
• Louisiana — 19.9%
• Mississippi — 25.7%
• North Carolina — 18.5%
• Oklahoma — 20.9%
• South Carolina — 18.9%
• Tennessee — 18.1%
• Texas — 19.8%
• Virginia — 16%
• West Virginia — 17.8%Percentage of same-sex couples raising children in urban Southern states
• Florida — 13.3%
• Maryland — 20.3%
• District of Columbia (D.C.) — 8.7% Total Same-Sex Coupled Households in the U.S., 2019
Married
264,691
male-male couples303,419
female-female couplesUnmarried
197,524
male-male couples214,642
female-female couples
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