Survey Says

LGBT population 50 largest US metro areas 2012 2014

LGBT percentages are based on responses to the question ‘Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?’                                                                                                                                                                %LGBT Number

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA.................................6.2........8,961
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR/WA................................5.4........6,649
Austin-Round Rock, TX......................................................5.3........4,208
New Orleans-Metairie, LA..................................................5.1........2,674
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA...........................................4.8........9,450
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA/NH...................................4.8.......11,173

Salt Lake City, UT.............................................................4.7.......3,569

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA...............................4.6.......21,300

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO...........................................4.6.......7,348

Hartford-East/West Hartford, CT.......................................4.6.......3,277

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY/IN.....................................4.5.......3,422

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA/NC....................4.4.......4,265

Providence-Warwick, RI/MA..............................................4.4.......3,924

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV...................................4.3.......3,915

Columbus, OH..................................................................4.3.......4,427

Jacksonville, FL................................................................4.3.......3,394

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-W. Palm Beach, FL...........................4.2.......9,430

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN.....................................4.2.......4,915

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA...................................4.2......12,270

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL........................................4.1.......4,709

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL................................4.1.......6,711

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ...........................................4.1.......11,338

New York- Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA.........................4.0.......36,947

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX........................................4.0.......4,395

Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-W.VA.........4.0.......14,678

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA..............................4.0.......8,262

Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD..............3.9.......14,552

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD......................................3.9.......6,750

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY............................3.9.......3,113

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI...........................................3.9.......7,957

Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA..........................3.9.......5,202
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA..............................................3.9.......6,545

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC................................3.8.......4,783

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI..................................3.8.......17,290

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX........................................3.8.......13,548

Cleveland-Elyria, OH......................................................3.7.......4,691

Kansas City, MO/IL........................................................3.6.......5,377

Minneapolis/St. Paul-Bloomington, MI/WI.......................3.6.......9,263

St. Louis, MO/IL............................................................3.6.......6,912

Oklahoma City, OK........................................................3.5.......3,987

Richmond, VA................................................................3.5.......3,225

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro- Franklin, TN...............3.5.......4,535

Milwaukee- Waukesha-West Allis, WI.............................3.5.......4,293

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX.........................3.3.......11,481

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA..............................3.2.......3,368

Raleigh, NC...................................................................3.2.......3,031

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.....................................................3.2.......5,183

Memphis, TN-MS-AK......................................................3.1.......2,897

Pittsburgh, PA...............................................................3.0.......7,638
Birmingham-Hoover, AL.................................................2.6.......3,103