Decatur Sports Second-Largest % of Lesbian Couples in Nation
November 7, 2007According to city-data.com’s new Top 101 Cities Lists (which has SO much data on cities that you could spend weeks going through it) Decatur has the second-largest percentage (1.9%) of lesbian couples in the country, behind only Northhampton, MA (2.7%). The city also ranks 16th in percentage of gay male couples (1.3%).
The site says it counts “self-reported male-male/female-female unmarried partner households” as “gay” or “lesbian”.
If you want to OD on more data about Decatur (like average home price graphs, most common industries for females, crime, snowfall, past health violations) click here or check out this insanely long list of Top 101 Cities Lists
I’ll see what other tidbits I can undercover in the coming days. Feel free to add you own findings about various demographic data below!
Hattip: Hit & Run
UPDATE: With tongue firmly planted in check, InDecatur wants to be number #1 and kick some Northhampton Smith College butt!
My a cappella group used to travel to Smith to sing in concerts and competitions back in college. From what I remember of those evenings (which is very little), Decatur already outperforms Northhampton in terms of Food and Drink options. But we don’t have the historic buildings and theaters that Northhampton claims.
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