2000 U.S. Census Data on Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Households:
Guide to Searching Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data

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THIS GUIDE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO FIND CENSUS 2000 SAME-SEX UNMARRIED PARTNER DATA BY COUNTY
(or other geographic areas)

1)     Go to http://factfinder.census.gov
Note:  Following this link will open a new window, which should make it easier to switch back and forth between the instructions in this guide and the U.S. Census Data.

2)     Once the American FactFinder page opens, choose the “Data Sets” link from the frame at the left of the window.

3)     Once the “Data Sets” page opens, follow the instructions in the image below:

4)     Select “County” from the pull-down list of Geographic Types. 
Note:  If you wish to choose another geographic type, you can, but you generally won’t be able to obtain data for areas smaller than the county level.

5)     Select your state from the pull-down list.

6)     Select your county (plus any other counties you wish to see) from the drop-down list, and then click the “Add” button.

7)     After adding the county or counties you wish to see, click on the “Next” button.

8)     Select Table “PCT14. Unmarried-Partner Households by Sex of Partners” from the drop-down box, and then click the “Add” button.

9)     After adding the table to the current selections list, click on the “Show Result” button.

10)  Congratulations!  You’ve made it to the page that shows the data for your county.
In the example below, you can see that there were 219 female same-sex unmarried partner households and 140 male same-sex unmarried partner households in the 2000 Census for Champaign County, IL.

11)  Now that you’ve gotten this far, you may wish to try some more sophisticated geographical analysis and comparison.  The good news is that you don’t need to start all over.  You just need to slightly alter your search parameters by following these directions:

12) Click on the “Geography” link towards the top of the screen.

13) Add or remove geographic areas for which you’d like data. In the example below, I’ve already added the entire nation (“United States”) as well as the state of “Illinois.”  I’m about to also add “San Francisco County” in the state of California.

14) When you’re finished adding or removing geographic areas, then click on the “Show Result” button.

15) You’re done!  Now you can see the data for all of the geographic areas you’ve chosen.

16)  Now that you’ve gotten your data, you may wish to print or download this information.  You may also wish to save your query so that you can easily load and execute at some later date.  You can do all of these things by choosing the “Print/Download” pull-down menu near the top of the window, and then following the instructions provided.

Note: If you choose to download your data, you can do so in any of the following formats: comma delimited, tab delimited, Rich Text Format, or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.  If you’re not sure which to choose, you can get advice from the “Explain my choices” link.

 
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