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Census: Same-Sex Couples Most Likely to be Interracial or Interethnic | Same-sex couples are more likely than their opposite-sex counterparts to be interracial or interethnic, and same-couples that include a partner belonging to a racial or ethnic minority are more likely to be raising children, data from the recently released 2010 U.S. Census reveals. One-third of same-sex couples that include an Hispanic partner are raising children. Interracial couples were most prevalent in the West, where 21 percent of all same-sex unmarried households had partners of different races. “Fifty percent of same-sex unmarried partner households in Hawaii had partners of different races, followed by California, Oklahoma, and Alaska (23 percent each).”

– Fatima Najiy

By Guest Blogger on Apr 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm

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Census Counts 131,729 Married Same-Sex Couples | The Census has found that “there are 131,729 same-sex couples in the U.S. who say they’re married – the first-ever government count of this kind.” Approximately 20 percent of the estimated 646,464 gay couples in the country checked off “husband” or “wife” boxes on their census forms and experts estimate that another 100,000 are in “legally recognized partnerships.” Same-sex marriage is now legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Washington, DC.

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Census Data Finds Increase In Uninsured | New Census data released today reveals that the number of uninsured increased to 49.9 million in 2010 from 49 million in 2009, while the uninsured as a percentage remained unchanged at 16.3 percent. The percentage of people covered by government health insurance increased to 31.0 percent in 2010 from 30.6 percent in 2009 and the percentage of people covered by private insurance decreased to 64 percent. Employment-based health insurance also fell to 55.3 percent in 2010 from 56.1 percent in 2009.

Update

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius points out that reform is already lowering the number of uninsured:

Today, a new report shows that the Affordable Care Act is working. According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey released today, there was a significant increase in the number of 18-24 year olds with health insurance in the U.S. over the past year.

The report showed that the percentage of young adults with insurance increased from 70.7% in 2009 to 72.8% in 2010. That translates into 500,000 more young people with insurance. We expect even more will gain coverage in 2011 when the policy is fully phased in.

Young people sometimes think they’re invincible, but it’s important for everyone to have insurance. One car accident, one slip in a shower, or one sudden illness can result in months or even years of health care bills that can bankrupt the average family if that son or daughter is uninsured.

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New State Census Same-Sex Snapshots: DC, FL, MA, MI, SC | The Williams Institute has released another round of “snapshots” of same-sex couples from the 2010 Census. Today’s data adds the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and South Carolina to the table.

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