Table 2.
Sexual Orientation by Sex and Race/Ethnicity
| Sex | Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | White | African American | Latinx | Asian/Pacific Islander | Native American | ||||||||
| Sexual Orientation | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Identity | ||||||||||||||
| Heterosexual | 14,109 | 96.9% | 19,489 | 97.0% | 19,547 | 97.0% | 6,410 | 97.3% | 6,165 | 96.9% | 925 | 95.6% | 551 | 95.3% |
| Lesbian/Gay | 190 | 1.3% | 145 | .7% | 220 | 1.1% | 49 | .7% | 49 | .8% | 7 | .7% | 10 | 1.7% |
| Bisexual | 81 | .6% | 161 | .8% | 145 | .7% | 41 | .6% | 44 | .7% | 7 | .7% | 5 | .9% |
| Not Sure | 69 | .5% | 110 | .5% | 79 | .4% | 37 | .6% | 42 | .7% | 6 | .6% | 6 | 1.0% |
| Sexual Attractions | ||||||||||||||
| Opposite Sex Only | 13,704 | 94.1% | 18,358 | 91.4% | 18,670 | 92.6% | 6,097 | 92.6% | 5,909 | 92.9% | 865 | 89.4% | 521 | 90.1% |
| Mostly Opposite Sex | 227 | 1.6% | 880 | 4.4% | 675 | 3.3% | 240 | 3.6% | 194 | 3.1% | 31 | 3.2% | 17 | 2.9% |
| Equally Same and Opposite Sex | 130 | .9% | 260 | 1.3% | 225 | 1.1% | 74 | 1.1% | 62 | 1.0% | 17 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.1% |
| Mostly Same Sex | 96 | .7% | 87 | .4% | 101 | .5% | 36 | .5% | 38 | .6% | 5 | .5% | 3 | .5% |
| Same Sex Only | 229 | 1.6% | 275 | 1.4% | 295 | 1.5% | 81 | 1.2% | 90 | 1.4% | 23 | 2.4% | 15 | 2.6% |
| Sexual Behavior | ||||||||||||||
| Opposite Sex Only | 13,534 | 92.9% | 18,904 | 94.1% | 18,823 | 93.4% | 6,246 | 94.8% | 5,960 | 93.7% | 879 | 90.8% | 530 | 91.7% |
| Same Sex Only | 342 | 2.3% | 177 | .9% | 293 | 1.5% | 96 | 1.5% | 99 | 1.6% | 21 | 2.2% | 10 | 1.7% |
| Both Same and Opposite Sex | 302 | 2.1% | 445 | 2.2% | 475 | 2.4% | 121 | 1.8% | 119 | 1.9% | 8 | .8% | 24 | 4.2% |
| Never Had Sex | 249 | 1.7% | 334 | 1.7% | 370 | 1.8% | 61 | .9% | 114 | 1.8% | 31 | 3.2% | 7 | 1.2% |
Categories do not add up to the full sample size due to missing data on sexual identity (n = 308), sexual attractions (n = 357), and sexual behavior (n = 366). Percentages are calculated out of the total number of indviduals in each sex or race/ethnic group.