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LGBT Populations
This map shows the estimated raw number of LGBT people (ages 13+) living in each express. The data 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 Mature person LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws
*Note: These percentages reflect estimates of the LGBTQ individual 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 available, and so cannot be reflected here.
This chart shows the estimated percentage of each state's adult (ages 18+) population that identifies as woman loving woman, gay, bisexual, or transgender, based on a analysis of Gallup data by The Williams Institute.
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Percent of Adult LGBTQ Popula LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to %
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s latest update on LGBTQ+ identification finds % of U.S. adults detecting 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 word, 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 Queer. 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 new people have also increased, from an average % of Gen Z adults in through to an average of % over th
Adult LGBT Population in the Joined 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 facts, 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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LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and activism initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both in the courts of commandment and in the court of public opinion.
The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and declare civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.
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For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
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LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to %
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s latest update on LGBTQ+ identification finds % of U.S. adults detecting 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 word, 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 Queer. 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 new people have also increased, from an average % of Gen Z adults in through to an average of % over th
Adult LGBT Population in the Joined 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 facts, 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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LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and activism initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both in the courts of commandment and in the court of public opinion.
The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and declare civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.
Need help?
fill out our confidential online form
For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
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