HOW GAY OR LESBIAN IS YOUR CITY?
Log Cabin California assembled the gay index for each incorporated city in California. The gay index, assembled from ePodunk.com, “is a comparative score, based on the percentage of people reporting in the 2000 U.S. Census that they lived in a same-sex partnership. The Gay Male Index and the Lesbian Index represents the specific index for each city for gay male couples and lesbian couples. The Overall Index is the index for both gay and lesbian couples.
“A score of 100 is the national norm. A number above 100 indicates that the local proportion of same-sex unmarried households is higher than the national average. For example, 140 would mean that the proportion was 40 percent higher than the national norm. A score of 60 would be 40 percent lower.
“This statistic is not an absolute measure of gay households. Not everyone who lives in such a relationship is gay; not everyone who is gay lives in such a relationship; and some who do may feel uncomfortable saying so on a census return. However, responses to the question, asked of all U.S. households, provide a good indicator of gay relationships in a community.
“ePodunk publishes three measures: a combined gay male/lesbian score called the gay index, a score for gay males and a score for lesbians. The indexes are provided for the 1,360 U.S. communities in which 50 or more couples reported living in such relationships.” You may find the gay male and lesbian index for each of these communities and others at ePodunk.com
In the table below, the number in parenthesis is the gay index for that city. A score of (0) indicates there were less than 50 same sex households in that community. Note the number of lesbian and gay households in suburbs and rural areas. The point of this information is that many of us live in communities with many gay and lesbian neighbors, coworkers, family members and friends and we know that the negative stereotypes often used simply aren’t true. Therefore negative comments reflect more on the speaker than on gays and lesbians.
Numbers in red indicate the city is in the top ten for its category. Red and bold indicates the #1 city in that category.
| City |
Overall Index |
Gay Male Index |
Lesbian Index |
| Adelanto |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Agoura Hills |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Alameda |
209 |
211 |
207 |
| Albany |
223 |
100 |
349 |
| Alhambra |
76 |
65 |
86 |
| Aliso Viejo |
181 |
210 |
151 |
| Alturas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Amador City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| American Canyon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Anaheim |
110 |
108 |
112 |
| Anderson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Antioch |
114 |
86 |
142 |
| Arcadia |
48 |
40 |
56 |
| Arcata |
136 |
89 |
184 |
| Arroyo Grande |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Artesia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Arvin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Atascadero |
119 |
103 |
136 |
| Atwater |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Auburn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Avalon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Avenal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Azuza |
113 |
112 |
115 |
| Bakersfield |
101 |
97 |
105 |
| Baldwin Park |
139 |
143 |
136 |
| Banning |
103 |
114 |
93 |
| Barstow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Beaumont |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bell |
105 |
138 |
73 |
| Bell Gardens |
148 |
130 |
167 |
| Bellflower |
90 |
67 |
114 |
| Belmont |
145 |
178 |
110 |
| Belvedere |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Benicia |
137 |
112 |
164 |
| Berkeley (#1 Lesbian) |
311 |
228 |
397 |
| Beverly Hills |
129 |
182 |
74 |
| Big Bear Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Biggs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bishop |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Blue Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Blythe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bradbury |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brawley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brea |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brentwood |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brisbane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Buellton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Buena Park |
84 |
84 |
85 |
| Burbank |
114 |
125 |
102 |
| Burlingame |
121 |
129 |
112 |
| Calabasas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Calexico |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| California City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Calimesa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Calipatria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Calistoga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Camarillo |
65 |
56 |
74 |
| Campbell |
111 |
99 |
124 |
| Canyon Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Capitola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Carlsbad |
89 |
93 |
84 |
| Carmel-by-the-sea |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Carpinteria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Carson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cathedral City |
411 |
615 |
202 |
| Ceres |
114 |
91 |
138 |
| Cerritos |
77 |
73 |
82 |
| Chico |
97 |
58 |
136 |
| Chino |
84 |
59 |
110 |
| Chino Hills |
98 |
77 |
120 |
| Chowchilla |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chula Vista |
101 |
97 |
105 |
| Citrus Heights |
86 |
84 |
89 |
| Claremont |
129 |
103 |
156 |
| Clayton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Clearlake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cloverdale |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Clovis |
90 |
72 |
108 |
| Coachella |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Coalinga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Colma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Colton |
108 |
106 |
109 |
| Colusa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Commerce |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Compton |
132 |
140 |
124 |
| Concord |
150 |
140 |
159 |
| Corcoran |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Corning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Corona |
107 |
101 |
114 |
| Coronado |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Costa Mesa |
123 |
133 |
113 |
| Cotati |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Covina |
104 |
99 |
110 |
| Crescent City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cudahy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Culver City |
135 |
108 |
162 |
| Cupertino |
63 |
56 |
71 |
| Cypress |
68 |
43 |
94 |
| Daly City |
157 |
187 |
126 |
| Dana Point |
131 |
136 |
127 |
| Davis |
133 |
63 |
205 |
| Del Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Del Rey Oaks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Delano |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Desert Hot Springs |
227 |
251 |
203 |
| Diamond Bar |
57 |
52 |
63 |
| Dinuba |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dixon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dorris |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dos Palos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Downey |
102 |
105 |
99 |
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