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A Look At The 10 U.S. Metro Areas With The Highest LGBT Populations

And The U.S. City With The Highest Percentage Of LGBT People Is...
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 8: A man carries a rainbow flag and whistle at the LA Pride Parade on June 8, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. The LA Pride Parade and weekend events this year are emphasizing transgender rights and issues. The annual LGBT pride parade begin in 1970, a year after the Stonewall riots, and historically attracts more than 400,000 spectators and participants. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The West Coast has a significantly higher number of cities with burgeoning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations, a new Gallup Poll has revealed.

The San Francisco metro area came in on top of the new survey, with 6.2 percent of its population identifying as LGBT, followed by Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas at 5.4 and 5.3 percent, respectively. Also making an appearance in the top 10 are Seattle (4.8 percent) and Los Angeles (4.6 percent).

Collectively, the list includes metro areas from every region of the U.S. with the exception of the Midwest. Also noticeably absent from the list was New York, although 4 percent of its population does identify as LGBT.

As Time pointed out, the Gallup analysis is based on a survey of 374,325 adults, and was conducted between June 2012 and December 2014.

Read more about the Gallup poll here, or check out the top 10 cities with the highest LGBT populations in the slideshow below.

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Metro Areas With Highest LGBT Populations
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California (01 of14)
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LGBT population: 6.2 percent (credit:Burachet via Getty Images)
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Oregon/Washington (02 of14)
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LGBT population: 5.4 percent (credit:jose1983 via Getty Images)
Austin-Round Rock, Texas (03 of14)
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LGBT population: 5.3 percent (credit:Peter Tsai Photography - www.petertsaiphotography.com via Getty Images)
New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (04 of14)
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LGBT population: 5.1 percent (credit:Spondylolithesis via Getty Images)
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (05 of14)
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LGBT population: 4.8 percent (credit:dibrova via Getty Images)
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Massachusetts/New Hampshire (06 of14)
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LGBT population: 4.8 percent (credit:SeanPavonePhoto via Getty Images)
Salt Lake City, Utah (07 of14)
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LGBT population: 4,7 percent (credit:David Crowther via Getty Images)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (08 of14)
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LGBT population: 4.6 percent (credit:Mitchell Funk via Getty Images)
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado (09 of14)
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LGBT population: 4.6 percent (credit:Walter Bibikow via Getty Images)
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut (10 of14)
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LGBT population: 4.6 percent (credit:Photo by Brian T. Evans via Getty Images)
USA, Oregon, Portland, man with bicycle looking at skyline over river(11 of14)
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USA, Oregon, Portland, man with bicycle looking at skyline over river (credit:Kim Carson via Getty Images)
Seattle skyline(12 of14)
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Sunset view of Seattle skyline with Space Needle, WA, USA (credit:dibrova via Getty Images)
Boston Public Garden(13 of14)
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Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The equestrian George Washington statue was created by the monumental American sculptor Thomas Ball in 1867. (credit:SeanPavonePhoto via Getty Images)
Salt Lake City Skyline(14 of14)
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Winter daytime shot of Salt Lake City. Featured is the temple from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or the Mormons (credit:David Crowther via Getty Images)
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