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

Table 2.

The 51 US counties with the largest estimated MSM populations, representing approximately one-half of the estimated US MSM population and ranked according to size of MSM population, using housing and population estimates from the American Community Survey, 2009-2013.



Adult males MSM US MSM
Rank County State N n (%) % of total Cumulative % of MSM
1 Los Angeles County CA 3,666,190 251,521 (6.9%) 5.6% 5.6%
2 Cook County IL 1,905,622 125,923 (6.6%) 2.8% 8.4%
3 Maricopa County AZ 1,408,797 87,894 (6.2%) 2.0% 10.3%
4 New York County NY 635,847 87,556 (13.8%) 1.9% 12.3%
5 Harris County TX 1,490,581 83,401 (5.6%) 1.9% 14.1%
6 San Diego County CA 1,204,728 80,968 (6.7%) 1.8% 15.9%
7 Riverside County CA 794,695 70,803 (8.9%) 1.6% 17.5%
8 San Francisco County CA 359,566 66,586 (18.5%) 1.5% 19.0%
9 Dallas County TX 855,958 64,385 (7.5%) 1.4% 20.4%
10 Orange County CA 1,134,443 62,190 (5.5%) 1.4% 21.8%
11 King County WA 769,969 61,752 (8.0%) 1.4% 23.2%
12 Kings County NY 895,148 59,767 (6.7%) 1.3% 24.5%
13 Miami-Dade County FL 956,927 59,733 (6.2%) 1.3% 25.8%
14 Broward County FL 664,314 58,629 (8.8%) 1.3% 27.1%
15 Clark County NV 744,929 46,529 (6.2%) 1.0% 28.2%
16 Queens County NY 855,853 45,656 (5.3%) 1.0% 29.2%
17 Alameda County CA 578,149 40,924 (7.1%) 0.9% 30.1%
18 Hennepin County MN 441,369 37,611 (8.5%) 0.8% 30.9%
19 Santa Clara County CA 689,137 37,041 (5.4%) 0.8% 31.7%
20 District of Columbia DC 239,916 36,775 (15.3%) 0.8% 32.5%
21 Sacramento County CA 517,617 34,556 (6.7%) 0.8% 33.3%
22 Tarrant County TX 645,094 34,529 (5.4%) 0.8% 34.1%
23 Philadelphia County PA 550,353 33,549 (6.1%) 0.7% 34.8%
24 Bexar County TX 621,564 32,401 (5.2%) 0.7% 35.5%
25 Franklin County OH 431,661 31,220 (7.2%) 0.7% 36.2%
26 Travis County TX 407,740 30,741 (7.5%) 0.7% 36.9%
27 Orange County FL 438,963 30,732 (7.0%) 0.7% 37.6%
28 Fulton County GA 348,541 30,169 (8.7%) 0.7% 38.3%
29 Wayne County MI 638,235 30,161 (4.7%) 0.7% 38.9%
30 Multnomah County OR 292,450 28,949 (9.9%) 0.6% 39.6%
31 Hillsborough County FL 461,567 28,246 (6.1%) 0.6% 40.2%
32 Middlesex County MA 577,698 28,122 (4.9% 0.6% 40.8%
33 Allegheny County PA 466,388 26,666 (5.7%) 0.6% 41.4%
34 Suffolk County MA 289,634 26,338 (9.1%) 0.6% 42.0%
35 Cuyahoga County OH 460,353 25,837 (5.6%) 0.6% 42.6%
36 Denver County CO 243,002 25,465 (10.5%) 0.6% 43.2%
37 Pinellas County FL 358,997 25,204 (7.0%) 0.6% 43.7%
38 Suffolk County NY 556,340 24,597 (4.4%) 0.5% 44.3%
39 San Bernardino County CA 722,111 24,060 (3.3%) 0.5% 44.8%
40 Salt Lake County UT 372,182 23,244 (6.2%) 0.5% 45.3%
41 Palm Beach County FL 510,352 22,727 (4.5%) 0.5% 45.8%
42 Bronx County NY 469,573 22,370 (4.8%) 0.5% 46.3%
43 Mecklenburg County NC 336,345 20,920 (6.2%) 0.5% 46.8%
44 DeKalb County GA 249,589 20,302 (8.1%) 0.5% 47.2%
45 Marion County IN 323,768 19,553 (6.0%) 0.4% 47.7%
46 Wake County NC 331,066 19,021 (5.7%) 0.4% 48.1%
47 Contra Costa County CA 387,213 18,974 (4.9%) 0.4% 48.5%
48 Erie County NY 344,098 18,706 (5.4%) 0.4% 48.9%
49 Hudson County NJ 251,902 18,523 (7.4%) 0.4% 49.3%
50 Milwaukee County WI 339,381 18,428 (5.4%) 0.4% 49.7%
51 Shelby County TN 321,669 17,466 (5.4%) 0.4% 50.1%