About what share of U.S. adults say marriages between same-sex couples should be legally valid?
Answer65%
Support has risen steadily since Gallup first asked this question in the 1990s.
Source: Gallup news.gallup.com
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Gay facts & stats
4 sourced facts about LGBT identity, rights and public opinion, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
In what year did same-sex marriage become legal nationwide in the United States?
Answer2015
The Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized it in every state.
Source: Wikipedia (2015) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
According to the 2020 Census, about what share of all U.S. households were same-sex married couples?
Answer0.5%
Unmarried same-sex couples made up a similar share, about 0.4% of households.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org
About how many married same-sex couple households were there in the U.S. in 2022?
Answerabout 741,000
That number continued to grow, reaching over 774,000 by 2023.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (via Wikipedia) (2022) en.wikipedia.org
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