Lgbtq statistics us
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to %
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s latest update on LGBTQ+ identification finds % of U.S. adults recognizing as lesbian, gay, bi, transgender or something other than heterosexual in This represents an increase of more than a percentage point versus the prior estimate, from Longer designation, the figure has nearly doubled since and is up from % in , when Gallup first measured it.
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LGBTQ+ identification is increasing as younger generations of Americans enter adulthood and are much more likely than older generations to say they are something other than heterosexual. More than one in five Gen Z adults -- those born between and , who were between the ages of 18 and 27 in -- identify as Diverse. Each older generation of adults, from millennials to the Silent Generation, has successively lower rates of identification, down to % among the oldest Americans, those born before
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LGBTQ+ identification rates among fresh people have also increased, from an average % of Gen Z adults in through to an average of % over th
What&#;s Behind the Rapid Go up in LGBTQ Identity?
Newsletter Pride 6,
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
Since , Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first few years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, or queer was relatively low and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single largest one-year expand in LGBTQ identity. In , nearly one in ten ( percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.
The stable rise in LGBTQ culture among the public is worth noting, but it’s not the most vital part of the story. Most of the uptick in LGBTQ identity over the past decade is due to a dramatic increase among young adults, particularly young women. In less than a decade, the percentage of new women who identify as LGBTQ has more than tripled.
The gender gap in LGBTQ identity has exploded as well. A decade earlier, young women were only slightly more likely to identify as LGBTQ than young men. For inst
We Are Here: LGBTQ+ Adult Population in United States Reaches At Least 20 Million, According to Human Rights Campaign Foundation Inform
by Laurel Powell •
According to an analysis of numbers in the Census Bureau’s recent Familiar Pulse Survey, 8% of respondents identified themselves as Queer, suggesting previous surveys undercounted the population.
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) released “We Are Here: Understanding the Size of the Homosexual Community,” a state analyzing recent results from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Domesticated Pulse Survey. Based on data from respondents in the Household Pulse Survey, a national domesticated probability survey of adults in the United States, at least 20 million adults in the United States could be lesbian, queer , bisexual, or transsexual - nearly 8% of the total adult population, almost double prior estimates for the Queer community’s size. It also suggests that more than 1% of people in the United States identify as trans person, higher than any prior estimates. Additionally, it confirms prior research showin
Adult LGBT Population in the Combined States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS data for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of statistics provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS statistics, we estimate that % of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost million (13,,) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. dwell in the Midwest (%) and South (%), including million in the Midwest and million in the South. About one-quarter (%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately million people. Less than one in five (%) LGBT adults live in the Northeast ( million).
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