MEI 2022: See Your Cities' Past Scores

Produced by the HRC Foundation

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.


MEI 2023: See Your Cities' Scores

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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
Dublin
Elk Grove
Escondido
Fontana
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Glendale
Guerneville (Sonoma County)
Hayward
Huntington Beach
Irvine
Lancaster
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Modesto
Oakland
Oceanside
Ontario
Orange
Oxnard
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Moreno Valley
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
Fort Collins
Lakewood
Littleton

Connecticut

Bridgeport
Fairfield
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven
Norwalk
Stamford
Storrs (Mansfield)
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 Shores
Oakland Park
Orlando
Pembroke Pines
Port Saint Lucie
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tampa
Wellington
West Palm Beach
Wilton Manors

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
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
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
New Plymouth
Portsmouth

New Jersey

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

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

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
Philadephia
Pittsburgh
Reading
State College
Wilkes Barre

Rhode Island

Cranston
East Providence
Narragansett
Newport
Pawtucket
Providence
South Kingston
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
Port Townsend
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 Spring
Sheridan
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