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. 2016 Apr 21;2(1):e14. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5365

Table 1.

Estimated MSM populations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, ranked by size of MSM population, using housing and population estimates from the American Community Survey, 2009-2013.



Adult males MSM US MSM
Rank State N n (%) % of total Cumulative % of MSM
1 California 13,997,953 792,750 (5.7%) 17.6% 17.6%
2 Texas 9,189,027 371,781 (4.0%) 8.3% 25.9%
3 New York 7,247,605 371,087 (5.1%) 8.2% 34.1%
4 Florida 7,283,572 340,163 (4.7%) 7.6% 41.7%
5 Illinois 4,728,089 199,486 (4.2%) 4.4% 46.1%
6 Pennsylvania 4,798,340 162,745 (3.4%) 3.6% 49.7%
7 Ohio 4,263,691 144,367 (3.4%) 3.2% 52.9%
8 New Jersey 3,257,962 132,520 (4.1%) 2.9% 55.8%
9 Georgia 3,522,525 131,374 (3.7%) 2.9% 58.8%
10 Michigan 3,671,762 113,860 (3.1%) 2.5% 61.3%
11 Virginia 3,030,663 112,785 (3.7%) 2.5% 63.8%
12 Washington 2,590,196 111,960 (4.3%) 2.5% 66.3%
13 Massachusetts 2,477,594 111,625 (4.5%) 2.5% 68.8%
14 Arizona 2,393,283 110,344 (4.6%) 2.5% 71.2%
15 North Carolina 3,536,017 103,010 (2.9%) 2.3% 73.5%
16 Maryland 2,136,890 84,465 (4.0%) 1.9% 75.4%
17 Minnesota 2,000,472 83,027 (4.2%) 1.8% 77.2%
18 Tennessee 2,357,860 73,639 (3.1%) 1.6% 78.9%
19 Colorado 1,939,236 73,357 (3.8%) 1.6% 80.5%
20 Missouri 2,219,565 70,783 (3.2%) 1.6% 82.1%
21 Indiana 2,389,263 70,103 (2.9%) 1.6% 83.6%
22 Oregon 1,472,740 61,607 (4.2%) 1.4% 85.0%
23 Wisconsin 2,154,753 59,078 (2.7%) 1.3% 86.3%
24 Nevada 1,038,437 51,726 (5.0%) 1.1% 87.4%
25 Kentucky 1,621,844 47,034 (2.9%) 1.0% 88.5%
26 Connecticut 1,334,105 43,313 (3.2%) 1.0% 89.4%
27 Louisiana 1,665,801 41,492 (2.5%) 0.9% 90.4%
28 Alabama 1,754,583 40,600 (2.3%) 0.9% 91.3%
29 Oklahoma 1,394,881 37,739 (2.7%) 0.8% 92.1%
30 District of Columbia 239,916 36,775 (15.3%) 0.8% 92.9%
31 South Carolina 1,726,807 36,316 (2.1%) 0.8% 93.7%
32 Utah 962,285 33,294 (3.5%) 0.7% 94.5%
33 Rhode Island 395,905 23,815 (6.0%) 0.5% 95.0%
34 Kansas 1,054,271 22,900 (2.2%) 0.5% 95.5%
35 Iowa 1,145,708 20,753 (1.8%) 0.5% 96.0%
36 Arkansas 1,076,736 19,264 (1.8%) 0.4% 96.4%
37 Mississippi 1,063,557 18,992 (1.8%) 0.4% 96.8%
38 New Mexico 762,051 17,969 (2.4%) 0.4% 97.2%
39 Hawaii 534,961 15,411 (2.9%) 0.3% 97.6%
40 Maine 511,631 15,071 (2.9%) 0.3% 97.9%
41 New Hampshire 507,277 14,122 (2.8%) 0.3% 98.2%
42 Nebraska 678,518 13,199 (1.9%) 0.3% 98.5%
43 West Virginia 716,528 13,063 (1.8%) 0.3% 98.8%
44 Delaware 335,554 13,049 (3.9%) 0.3% 99.1%
45 Idaho 574,213 9,907 (1.7%) 0.2% 99.3%
46 Vermont 243,332 7,069 (2.9%) 0.2% 99.5%
47 Montana 386,653 6,374 (1.6%) 0.1% 99.6%
48 South Dakota 309,108 5,171 (1.7%) 0.1% 99.7%
49 Alaska 278,464 5,074 (1.8%) 0.1% 99.8%
50 North Dakota 270,992 4,447 (1.6%) 0.1% 99.9%
51 Wyoming 220,518 3,225 (1.5%) 0.1% 100.0%

Total 115,463,694 4,503,080 (3.9%)