Population of gay people in us
LGBT Populations
This blueprint shows the estimated unprocessed number of LGBT people (ages 13+) living in each state. The statistics are based on a Williams Institute analysis of surveys conducted by Gallup Polling () and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; and YRBS). For more information, see the methodology in the Williams analysis.
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Data are not currently available about LGBT people living in the U.S. territories.
Percent of Adult LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws
*Note: These percentages reflect estimates of the LGBTQ adult population living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Estimates of the LGBTQ adult population in the five inhabited U.S. territories are not free, and so cannot be reflected here.
This map shows the estimated percentage of each state's adult (ages 18+) population that identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, based on a analysis of Gallup information by The Williams Institute.
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Percent of Individual LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws
*Note: These percentages reflect estimates of the LGBTQ adult population li
What&#;s Behind the Rapid Ascend in LGBTQ Identity?
Newsletter Protest 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, double attraction, 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 raise in LGBTQ identity. In , nearly one in ten ( percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.
The constant rise in LGBTQ self among the public is worth noting, but it’s not the most key 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 adolescent 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 instance, in , 10 percent of young women and six percent of young men identified as LGBTQ. Over the next
ICYMI: Gallup Poll Finds Almost 1 in 10 in U.S. Identify as LGBTQ+, a Record Amount
by Delphine Luneau •
Polling Data Suggests There Are More than Million Gay Adults in U.S. — And it May Be an Underestimate, Expert Says
WASHINGTON — New polling out today from Gallup, as reported in the New York Times, shows that almost 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. recognize as part of the LGBTQ+ community, a breathtaking increase from a rare years ago that shows how the rise in acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities over the course of the past few decades has made people more comfortable to be who they truly are — even in the deal with of state and national politicians weaponizing their authority to try to strip away LGBTQ+ rights.
The polling of 14, adults showed that percent identified as LGBTQ+, including percent detecting as bisexual, 2 percent as gay, percent as lesbian and percent as transgender. Applied to a national population of million people, that would be million LGBTQ+ adults, including million bisexual people, million same-sex attracted people, million lesbians and million transgender people.
“This polling reflects what we’ve been saying all along: the future that anti-equality politicians ar
Adult LGBT Population in the United 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 data provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS data, 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 Joined States,more LGBT adults inhabit in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. live 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).
The percent of adults who distinguish as LGBT differs by state.
In terms of the number of LGBT adults, the to
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