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Recent U.S. Census data show Oregon now has the third-highest proportion of same-sex couples in the nation, behind only Maine and Massachusetts.

Portland has the 11th-highest number of same-sex couples among all U.S. cities, and the seventh-highest as a share of the population, according to the American Community Survey for 2008, released this fall. Eugene has an even higher proportion of same-sex couples than Portland, Census data show.