Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Demography. 2024 Aug 1;61(4):995-1009. doi: 10.1215/00703370-11482174.
The 2020 decennial census provides new insights into the demography of same-sex households and can shed light on ongoing debates in urban and gayborhood studies. Although the U.S. Census gives a vast undercount of the LGBTQ population, it is still the largest source of nationally representative data on same-sex households and is accessible over three time points (2000, 2010, 2020). In this research note, we use 2020 census data to examine the residential patterns of same-sex households down to the neighborhood level. By employing the index of dissimilarity, we present results for the 100 largest U.S. cities and 100 largest metropolitan areas that demonstrate moderate yet persistent segregation. In a continuation of prior trends, male same-sex households remain more segregated from different-sex households than do female same-sex households. We find moderate levels of within-group segregation by gender and marital status-representing new demographic trends. Finally, metropolitan areas have a higher dissimilarity index than cities, revealing greater levels of segregation when factoring in suburban areas. We discuss these trends in light of debates regarding the spatial organization of sexuality in residential contexts and outline future avenues for research utilizing recently released 2020 census data.
2020 年的十年一次人口普查为我们深入了解同性家庭的人口统计学特征提供了新的视角，并可以为城市和同性恋社区研究中的持续争论提供启示。尽管美国人口普查大大低估了 LGBTQ 人群的数量，但它仍然是关于同性家庭的全国代表性数据的最大来源，并且可以在三个时间点（2000 年、2010 年和 2020 年）获取。在本研究报告中，我们使用 2020 年人口普查数据，深入研究了同性家庭的居住模式，甚至细化到社区层面。通过采用不相似指数，我们展示了美国最大的 100 个城市和最大的 100 个大都市区的结果，这些结果表明存在中等程度但持续存在的隔离现象。延续之前的趋势，男性同性家庭比女性同性家庭与异性家庭的隔离程度更高。我们发现，基于性别和婚姻状况，群体内部的隔离程度中等，代表了新的人口趋势。最后，大都市地区的不相似指数高于城市，这表明在考虑到郊区时，隔离程度更高。我们根据关于居住环境中性行为的空间组织的争论来讨论这些趋势，并概述了利用最近发布的 2020 年人口普查数据进行未来研究的途径。
