MEI 2018: See Your City’s Score

HRC's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) demonstrates the ways that many cities can—and do—support the LGBTQ people who live and work there, even where states and the federal government have failed to do so.

City Scorecards

Alabama

• Auburn
• Birmingham
• Florence
• Hoover
• Huntsville
• Mobile
• Montgomery
• Tuscaloosa

Alaska

• Anchorage
• Fairbanks
• Homer
• Juneau
• Ketchikan
• Sitka
• Wasilla

Arizona

• Avondale
• Chandler
• Flagstaff
• Gilbert
• Glendale
• Mesa
• Peoria
• Phoenix
• Scottsdale
• Tempe
• Tucson

Arkansas

• Conway
• Eureka Springs
• Fayetteville
• Fort Smith
• Jonesboro
• Little Rock
• North Little Rock
• Springdale

California

• Anaheim
• Bakersfield
• Berkeley
• Brisbane
• Cathedral City
• Chula Vista
• Concord
• Corona
• Elk Grove
• Escondido
• Fontana
• Fremont
• Fresno
• Fullerton
• Garden Grove
• Glendale
• Guerneville
• Hayward
• Huntington Beach
• Irvine
• Lancaster
• Long Beach
• Los Angeles
• Modesto
• Moreno Valley
• Oakland
• Oceanside
• Ontario
• Orange
• Oxnard
• Palm Desert
• Palm Springs
• Palmdale
• Pasadena
• Pomona
• Rancho Cucamonga
• Rancho Mirage
• Richmond
• Riverside
• Sacramento
• Salinas
• San Bernardino
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Jose
• Santa Ana
• Santa Clarita
• Santa Monica
• Santa Rosa
• Signal Hill
• Stockton
• Sunnyvale
• Thousand Oaks
• Torrance
• Vallejo
• Visalia
• West Hollywood

Colorado

• Aspen
• Aurora
• Boulder
• Colorado Springs
• Denver
• Lakewood
• Fort Collins
• Littleton

Connecticut

• Bridgeport
• Fairfield
• Hartford
• New Britain
• New Haven
• Norwalk
• Stamford
• Storrs
• Waterbury

Delaware

• Bethany Beach
• Dover
• Middletown
• Milford
• Newark
• Rehoboth Beach
• Smyrna
• Wilmington

Florida

• Cape Coral
• Coral Gables
• Daytona Beach
• Fort Lauderdale
• Gainesville
• Hialeah
• Hollywood
• Jacksonville
• Miami
• Miami Beach
• Miami Shores
• Oakland Park
• Orlando
• Pembroke Pines
• Port Saint Lucie
• St. Petersburg
• Tallahassee
• Tampa
• Wilton Manors
• West Palm Beach

Georgia

• Athens-Clarke
• Atlanta
• Augusta-Richmond
• Avondale Estates
• Columbus
• Decatur
• North Druid Hills
• Roswell
• Sandy Springs
• Savannah

Hawaii

• Hawaii County
• Honolulu County
• Kalawao County
• Kauai County
• Maui County

Idaho

• Boise
• Coeur d'Alene
• Idaho Falls
• Meridian
• Moscow
• Nampa
• Pocatello

Illinois

• Aurora
• Carbondale
• Champaign
• Chicago
• Joliet
• Naperville
• Peoria
• Rockford
• Springfield

Indiana

• Bloomington
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Hammond
• Indianapolis
• Muncie
• South Bend
• Terre Haute
• West Lafayette

Iowa

• Ames
• Cedar Rapids
• Davenport
• Des Moines
• Dubuque
• Iowa City
• Sioux City
• Waterloo
• West Des Moines

Kansas

• Emporia
• Hutchinson
• Kansas City
• Lawrence
• Manhattan
• Olathe
• Overland Park
• Topeka
• Wichita

Kentucky

• Berea
• Bowling Green
• Covington
• Frankfort
• Lexington
• Louisville
• Morehead
• Owensboro

Louisiana

• Alexandria
• Baton Rouge
• Lafayette
• Lake Charles
• Metairie
• Monroe
• New Orleans
• Shreveport

Maine

• Auburn
• Augusta
• Bangor
• Brunswick
• Lewiston
• Orono
• Portland
• Scarborough
• South Portland

Maryland

• Annapolis
• Baltimore
• Bowie
• College Park
• Columbia
• Frederick
• Gaithersburg
• Hagerstown
• Rockville
• Towson

Massachusetts

• Amherst
• Arlington
• Boston
• Cambridge
• Lowell
• Northampton
• Provincetown
• Salem
• Springfield
• Worcester

Michigan

• Ann Arbor
• Detroit
• East Lansing
• Ferndale
• Grand Rapids
• Kalamazoo
• Lansing
• Pleasant Ridge
• Sterling Heights
• Traverse City
• Warren

Minnesota

• Bloomington
• Duluth
• Eden Prairie
• Minneapolis
• Minnetonka
• Rochester
• Saint Cloud
• Saint Paul

Mississippi

• Bay St. Louis
• Biloxi
• Gulfport
• Hattiesburg
• Jackson
• Ocean Springs
• Oxford
• Southaven
• Starkville

Missouri

• Cape Girardeau
• Columbia
• Independence
• Jefferson City
• Kansas City
• Springfield
• St. Charles
• St. Louis

Montana

• Billings
• Bozeman
• Butte-Silver Bow
• Great Falls
• Helena
• Kalispell
• Missoula
• Whitefish

Nebraska

• Bellevue
• Fremont
• Grand Island
• Kearney
• Lincoln
• North Platte
• Omaha

Nevada

• Carson City
• Elko
• Enterprise
• Henderson
• Las Vegas
• Mesquite
• North Las Vegas
• Paradise
• Reno
• Sparks

New Hampshire

• Concord
• Derry
• Dover
• Durham
• Keene
• Manchester
• Nashua
• Plymouth
• Portsmouth
• Rochester

New Jersey

• Asbury Park
• Elizabeth
• Hoboken
• Jersey City
• Lambertville
• Montclair
• New Brunswick
• Newark
• Ocean Grove
• Paterson
• Princeton
• Trenton
• Woodbury

New Mexico

• Albuquerque
• Eldorado at Santa Fe
• Farmington
• Gallup
• Las Cruces
• Rio Rancho
• Roswell
• Santa Fe

New York

• Albany
• Brookhaven
• Buffalo
• Ithaca
• New York
• Northwest Harbor
• Rochester
• Syracuse
• White Plains
• Yonkers

North Carolina

• Carrboro
• Cary
• Chapel Hill
• Charlotte
• Durham
• Fayetteville
• Greensboro
• Raleigh
• Wilmington
• Winston-Salem

North Dakota

• Bismarck
• Fargo
• Grand Forks
• Jamestown
• Mandan
• Minot
• West Fargo

Ohio

• Akron
• Cincinnati
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Dayton
• Dublin
• Lakewood
• Toledo

Oklahoma

• Broken Arrow
• Edmond
• Lawton
• Moore
• Norman
• Oklahoma City
• Stillwater
• Tulsa

Oregon

• Ashland
• Bend
• Corvallis
• Eugene
• Gresham
• Hillsboro
• Portland
• Salem

Pennsylvania

• Allentown
• Carlisle
• Erie
• Harrisburg
• New Hope
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Reading
• State College
• Wilkes-Barre

Rhode Island

• Cranston
• East Providence
• Kingston
• Narragansett
• Newport
• Pawtucket
• Providence
• Warwick

South Carolina

• Charleston
• Clemson
• Columbia
• Greenville
• Mount Pleasant
• Myrtle Beach
• North Charleston
• Rock Hill

South Dakota

• Aberdeen
• Brookings
• Mitchell
• Pierre
• Rapid City
• Sioux Falls
• Spearfish
• Vermillion
• Watertown

Tennessee

• Chattanooga
• Clarksville
• Franklin
• Johnson City
• Knoxville
• Memphis
• Murfreesboro
• Nashville

Texas

• Amarillo
• Arlington
• Austin
• Brownsville
• College Station
• Corpus Christi
• Dallas
• Denton
• El Paso
• Fort Worth
• Garland
• Grand Prairie
• Houston
• Irving
• Killeen
• Laredo
• Lubbock
• McAllen
• McKinney
• Mesquite
• Pasadena
• Plano
• Round Rock
• San Antonio
• Waco

Utah

• Logan
• Ogden City 
• Orem
• Park City
• Provo
• Salt Lake City
• West Jordan
• West Valley City

Vermont

• Barre
• Brattleboro
• Burlington
• Castleton
• Essex
• Montpelier
• Rutland
• South Burlington
• Winooski

Virginia

• Alexandria
• Arlington County
• Charlottesville
• Chesapeake
• Fairfax County
• Hampton
• Newport News
• Norfolk
• Richmond
• Roanoke
• Virginia Beach

Washington

• Bellevue
• Bellingham
• Kent
• Olympia
• Pullman
• Seattle
• Spokane
• Tacoma
• Vancouver
• Vashon

West Virginia

• Charles Town
• Charleston
• Huntington
• Lewisburg
• Morgantown
• Parkersburg
• Wheeling

Wisconsin

• Appleton
• Green Bay
• Kenosha
• Madison
• Milwaukee
• Oshkosh
• Racine

Wyoming

• Casper
• Cheyenne
• Gillette
• Jackson
• Laramie
• Rock Springs
• Sheridan