Welcome toLGBT friendly Palm Springs. According to the 2010 census, there were 22,746 households, out of which 3,337 (14.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,812 (25.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,985 (8.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 868 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,031 (4.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2,307 (10.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 10,006 households (44.0%) were made up of individuals and 4,295 (18.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93. There were 8,665 families (38.1% of all households); the average family size was 2.82. This of course, does not include part time residents.

Over the past several years, the Palm Springs area has become a preferred LGBT retirement community on the west coast. Some estimates are that over 25 % of the permanent and part-time population of Palm Springs is now comprised of gay men and lesbian women. Our Mayor, Robert Moon, and councilman Geoff Kors, councilman J.R. Roberts councilwoman Ginny Foat are all gay and serving our city well.