Notably, the estimates of those who have transitioned are consistent with the survey-based estimates from California and Massachusetts.
Those surveys both used questions that implied a transition or at least discordance between sex at birth and current gender presentation. How many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are there in the United States? Federal data sources designed to provide population estimates in the United States e.
The findings shown in Figure 1 suggest that no single survey offers a definitive estimate for the size of the LGBT community in the United States. However, combining information from the population-based surveys considered in this brief offers a mechanism to produce credible estimates for the size of the LGBT community.
Specifically, estimates for sexual orientation identity will be derived by averaging results from the five US surveys identified in Figure 1. Separate averages are calculated for lesbian and bisexual women along with gay and bisexual men. An estimate for the transgender population is derived by averaging the findings from the Massachusetts and California surveys cited earlier.
It should be noted that some transgender individuals may identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. So it is not possible to make a precise combined LGBT estimate. Instead, Figure 5 presents separate estimates for the number of LGB adults and the number of transgender adults.
There are also nearly , transgender individuals in the US. Given these findings, it seems reasonable to assert that approximately 9 million Americans identify as LGBT. Averaging measures of same-sex sexual behavior yields an estimate of nearly 19 million Americans 8.
By way of comparison, these analyses suggest that the size of the LGBT community is roughly equivalent to the population of New Jersey. The number of adults who have had same-sex sexual experiences is approximately equal to the population of Florida while those who have some same-sex attraction comprise more individuals than the population of Texas.
The surveys highlighted in this report demonstrate the viability of sexual orientation and gender identity questions on large-scale national population-based surveys. States and municipal governments are often testing grounds for the implementation of new LGBT-related public policies or can be directly affected by national-level policies.
Adding sexual orientation and gender identity questions to national data sources that can provide local-level estimates and to state and municipal surveys is critical to assessing the potential efficacy and impact of such policies.
Download the brief. Since the NSFG data only survey year olds, this estimate assumes that patterns in this group are the same for those aged 45 and older.
It may be that older adults are less likely to report same-sex attraction. If so, this estimate may somewhat overstate same-sex attraction among all adults.
Publications Demographics. Contents Download Share. Overview Highlights Data Points Brief. Copy link Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Adults are 2 to 3 times more likely to say that they have same-sex attraction or have engaged in same-sex behavior than they are to identify as LGB. Data Points. Executive Summary Increasing numbers of population-based surveys in the United States and across the world include questions that allow for an estimate of the size of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT population.
If you are wondering what percent of men or women are gay in specific, this data is a bit harder to find, and the results are scattered. This statistic illustrates the rise in acceptance of the LGBT community as a whole. This is a significant rise from the same report 5 years prior in which 3. This rise has been consistent over the years, and it can be assumed that the numbers in the near future may be at least a full percentage higher. These numbers can be broken down further based on whether the individual identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
As listed in the previous section, the number of people identifying as gay and lesbian is 1. The statistics for transgender individuals can be found below 0. An estimated 9. Only 2. Of the LGBT population as a whole, we have broken down the specific percentage of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals. The percentage of transgender people in the US is an estimated 0. California has the highest percent of transgender individuals at 0. Nebraska has the lowest percent of transgender individuals at 0.
In older age groups, expressed bisexual preference is not significantly more common than expressed gay or lesbian preference. In addition to the pronounced generational differences, significant gender differences are seen in sexual identity, as well as differences by people's political ideology:.
At a time when Americans are increasingly supportive of equal rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people, a growing percentage of Americans identify themselves as LGBT. With younger generations far more likely than older generations to consider themselves LGBT, that growth should continue.
The pronounced generational differences raise questions about whether higher LGBT identification in younger than older Americans reflects a true shift in sexual orientation, or if it merely reflects a greater willingness of younger people to identify as LGBT. To the extent it reflects older Americans not wanting to acknowledge an LGBT orientation, the Gallup estimates may underestimate the actual population prevalence of it.
One of the biggest recent advances in LGBT rights was the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide. Gallup's new estimates on same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships in the U. Editor's note: On Feb. Learn more about how the Gallup Poll Social Series works. Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted in with a random sample of 15, adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.
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Americans' satisfaction with each of 21 key national policy issues has declined or held steady compared with readings one year ago.
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