City of:

Population

Year Enacted

Average Yearly/Monthly Totals

Albany, NY

93,523

1995

Varies every year: high of 40 the first year and low of 10.

Berkley, CA

100744

1991

47 per year. 

Boston, MA

559,034

1993

75 per year

Boulder, CO

91,685

1996

30 per year

Cambridge, MA

100,135

1992

30 per year.  Averages have declined significantly since the SJC ruled same sex couples have the right to marry.

Chapel Hill, NC

49,543

1995

5.75 per year. Low of 1 in 1997, high of 12 in 2006. 

Denver, CO

557,917

2000

111 per year. Ranging from a high of 218 in 2000 to a low of 48 in 2006.  Average per

Iowa City, IA

62,887

1994

72 total since inception, in 2005 there were 2, 2006 they had one registration.  There have been 5 so far in 2007.

Laguna Beach, CA

24,127

1992

12 or fewer per year.  439 registries to date.

Milwaukee, WI

578,887

1999

30 per year.  High of 46 for the 4 months of 1999 and low of 18 in 2001.

Minneapolis, MN

372,811

1991

100 per year.

Oakland, CA

395,274

1996

60 per year.

Petaluma, CA

54,846

1999

13 per year.

Sacramento, CA

456,441

1992

70 per year.  Higher around Valentine’s Day and other holidays.

San Francisco, CA

739,426

1996

10,500 couples since the registry began.

Santa Barbara, CA

85,899

1997

30 per year

Seattle, WA

573,911

1994

50 per month.

Tumwater, WA

13,331

2000

1 per year.  7 total registries.