How many civil unions have been registered in the United States?

Answer 1

At least 20,667 civil unions have been registered in the United States as follows:

• Vermont - 8,996 from 7/1/00 to 9/1/09;
• New Jersey - 5,153 as of 12/31/10;
• Illinois - 5,185 as of 12/18/12;
• Hawaii - almost 700 as of 1/1/3;
• Delaware - 565 as of 1/1/13;
• Rhode Island - 68 as of 7/1/12; and,
• Colorado - 0 (they begin May 1, 2013).

* Civil unions previously registered in Connecticut and New Hampshire were legislatively converted to marriages on October 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011, respectively. Civil unions registered in Vermont remain in effect, but no new civil unions will be granted, following the legalization of same-sex marriage in that state.