Library Guides: LGBTQ+ Issues: LGBTQ Polling and Census Data

Polling Data

Polling the Nations
Compilation of Q&A from 6500+ surveys from 1986-present, mostly US and some local.
PEW Research Center
American National Election Studies
Covers poll results on a wide range of issues from 1950-present.
Public Opinion Quarterly
Covers 1937 - present.
Polling Report.com
Highlights from recent national polls.
Roper Center iPoll
the largest archive of U.S. public opinion data in the world, covering the last 65 years. Use iPoll for individual survey questions and RoperExpress for entire datasets. First time users must register, but it's free.
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
AEI is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics and social welfare. Founded in 1938, AEI is home to some of America's most accomplished public policy experts. AEI's purpose is to serve leaders and the public through research and education on the most important issues of the day. AEI research is conducted through seven primary research divisions: Economics, Foreign and Defense Policy, Politics and Public Opinion, Education, Health, Energy and the Environment and Society and Culture. It also works through several specialized outlets, such as the National Research Initiative (which sponsors research by university-based scholars), the AEI Press, the Enterprise Blog and The American, AEI's online magazine.

Census Data

Decennial Census Data on Same Sex Couples

The Decennial Census occurs every 10 years, in years ending in zero, to count the population and housing units for the entire United States. Its primary purpose is to provide the population counts that determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned.
Data about same sex couples are available for the U.S., 50 states and the District of Columbia, counties, and subcounty statistical areas (such as zip codes and block groups) from 1990 to the present.

Census Data Same Sex Couples
Census information on same sex couples is available at the national, state and sub-state levels