It has only been in the last decade that the Census Bureau added “same sex” to its relationship categories in its surveys and the census.
The Census Bureau proposes testing questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to meet the needs of other federal agencies
Census Bureau plans to test questions on sexual orientation and gender identity for respondents aged 15 and older
Data also revealed that roughly 710,000 of the same-sex couple households were married and about 500,000 were unmarried
The report includes an analysis of data released by the Census Bureau of its American Community Survey that focused on same-gender couples
