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What percentage of the US population is LGBTQ? Modern data shows which states have the most
New information estimates the greatest number of lesbian, gay, bi-curious and transgender U.S. adults live in the South, confirming findings from recent years.
Across the country, researchers estimate more than 5% of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+, matching prior Homosexual population data. Young people ages are much more likely to identify as LGBTQ+, according to the report from the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles.
The report, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, found that in and , there were nearly 14 million LGBTQ+ adults in the U.S. − with some states having noticeably higher percentages of gay and queer residents than others.
Earlier this year, a poll from Gallup found a slightly higher percentage of U.S. adults are Queer. Overall, multiple polls display that the adult LGBTQ population has been steadily increasing for years.
"Look at the numbers, more people are coming out younger and people are coming out in places where LGBTQ folks have been less out a
5 key findings about LGBTQ+ Americans
Pew Investigate Center has been tracking Americans’ attitudes toward same-sex marriage, gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues for more than a decade. In that time, we have also done deep explorations of the experiences of LGBT and gender nonconforming and nonbinary Americans.
As the United States celebrates LGBTQ+ Self-acceptance month, here are five key findings about LGBTQ+ Americans from our recent surveys:
Some 7% of Americans are woman loving woman, gay or bi-curious, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 12, U.S. adults conducted in summer Some 17% of adults younger than 30 identify as woman loving woman, gay or pansexual, compared with 8% of those ages 30 to 49, 5% of those 50 to 64 and 2% of those 65 and older. Similar shares of men and women identify with any of these terms, as perform similar shares of adults across racial and ethnic groups.
How we did this
Pew Research Center sought to provide an overview of findings on LGBTQ+ Americans. The overview is based on facts from Center surveys and analyses conducted from to , including a study of survey facts fro
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 information provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS information, 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. survive 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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What&#;s Behind the Rapid Climb in LGBTQ Identity?
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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, pansexual, 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 significant 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 juvenile 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