Where are are most same-sex couples raising kids?

Mostly in the deep South and Mountain West regions, according to a new analysis of Census 2010 by the Williams Institute of UCLA—although the data confirms a trend already seen in Census 2000.

Williams demographer Gary Gates explains, “In these socially conservative areas, LGBT people likely come out later in life and are more likely to have a child from a relationship with a different-sex partner when they were younger.”

Twenty-two percent of all same-sex couples across the country are raising children, according to Gates. (Keep in mind, of course, that there are also single LGBT parents, who are not counted here.)