DEMOGRAPHICS OF BLACK SAME-SEX COUPLES: From the Associated Press

Nearly half of black same-sex couples listed in the 2000 Census lived in the same residence for at least five years--almost as high as for married black couples--and a majority of those households included children, according to a report released Wednesday.

The report from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and the National Black Justice Coalition also found that black same-sex couples reported lower median incomes than either white same-sex couples or black married opposite-sex couples. ...

Additionally, the report found that black same-sex couples--both female and male--were raising children at nearly twice the rate of their white counterparts: 61 percent to 31 percent for females and 46 percent to 24 percent for males.

Nearly 600,000 same-sex couples identified themselves in the 2000 Census. Of those, nearly 85,000, or 14 percent, included at least one black partner. In most cases both partners were black, though 21 percent of the couples were interracial. The numbers are in line with the 13 percent of the total U.S. population that is black.

Black male same-sex couples reported a median income of $49,000 a year, and black female couples earned $42,000 a year. In comparison, black married opposite-sex couples earned $51,000 a year and white same-sex couples averaged $69,000 a year.

The report found that 47 percent of black same-sex couples had lived in the same home for at least five years, almost as high a proportion as the 58 percent of black married couples who had lived in one place for five years. Only 19 percent of black unmarried co-habiting heterosexual couples reported living in the same place for five years.

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