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Ever since famed researcher Alfred Kinsey released a study claiming 10 percent of American males "admitted to having been predominantly homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55," folks have debated the validity of his findings -- as well as the question. After all, with so many men and women unwilling to disclose their sexual orientation, it may be impossible to ever come up with a truly accurate number. This article from the Seattle Times acknowledges that difficulty, but also mentions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has estimated America's
gay, lesbian, and bisexual population at around 8.8 million people. That translates to somewhere between 2.5 and 3 percent. A site called GayDemographics.org offers up a different set of statistics, placing an emphasis on the number of same-sex couples in the United States. According to their findings, there were a total of 61,064,407 couples in 2004. Approximately 707,196 (or 1.16 percent) were same-sex couples. Are these statistics totally accurate? We doubt it. However, they do offer an interesting perspective on one of our country's more controversial questions.
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