If gays make up 10% of the population on average, what explains these

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wikipedia statistics? I've heard it rumored that lgbt make up 10% of the population.......(at least those who are openly lgbt, not counting closet ones)

but the 5 cities listed below, are the only 5 cities that have an lgbt population greater than 10%. Only 5 cities in the entire country are greater than the average (10%)? If 10% is the average, you'd think a lot more than 5 cities would be above average.

Rank City Percentage
of City
Population GLB Population
population rank
1 San Francisco 15.4% 94,234 4
2 Seattle 12.9% 57,993 9
3 Atlanta 12.8% 39,805 12
4 Minneapolis 12.5% 34,295 16
5 Boston 12.3% 50,540 10





And look at these other cities: we're seeing an average of like 3%-4%.

Rank City GLB GLB%
population
1 New York City - Northern New Jersey - Long Island, NY 568,903 2.6%
2 Los Angeles - Long Beach, CA - Santa Ana, CA 442,211 2.7%
3 Chicago–Naperville–Joliet, IL 288,478 3.1%
4 San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont, CA 256,313 3.6%
5 Boston - Cambridge, MA - Quincy, MA 201,344 3.4%
6 Washington DC 191,959 2.5%
7 Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX 183,718 3.5%
8 Miami - Miami Beach - Fort Lauderdale 183,346 4.7%
9 Atlanta - Marietta, GA - Sandy Springs, GA 180,168 4.3%
10 Philadelphia - Camden, NJ - Wilmington, DE 179,459 2.8%




So are these statistics wrong? They were provided by wikipedia (yes I know wikipedia's not a valid source but come on it's known to be accurate).
 
Wow, are you serious?

Many people who post answers with Wikipedia sources are now saying that Wikipedia is invalid? Please I never have used Wikipedia and never will but you guys are just in denial.

The facts are correct only >5% of the world population is gay. Can't deny the facts.

EDIT: The Blamination the Government doesn't count LGBT people in the census.

EDIT: I found the source from where Wikipedia got it:

http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf
UCLA law school (is that a good enough source for you)

EDIT: Mark, the Boston area in the 2nd one is comparing the metropolitan area not the city. Note that Boston has 50,000 and the Quincy-Boston area has 200,000+
 
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