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LGBT Populations

This route shows the estimated unpolished 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 (2012-2017) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2015 and 2017 YRBS). For more facts, see the methodology in the Williams analysis. 

  • 500K - 1.4M+

  • 200K - 499K

  • 50K - 199K

  • 8K - 49K

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 senior population living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Estimates of the LGBTQ elder population in the five inhabited U.S. territories are not available, and so cannot be reflected here.

This route shows the estimated percentage of each state's mature person (ages 18+) population that identifies as lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, based on a 2018 assessment of Gallup data by The Williams Institute.

  • 5.0% and greater

  • 4.0%-4.9%

  • 3.0%-3.9%

  • 1.5%-2.9%

Percent of Adult LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws

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Type most likely to be Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual

Seymour said:

Actually, looking at it in more detail, the number of profiles per type vs the MBTI (US) National Characteristic sample is pretty other for men. For example, there are 6.32 times as high a percentage of INFJs as were in the national sample, but only 0.23 times as many ESFJs as one would expect. Is this because of bias in OkCupid self-selection, or some other factor? Complicated to tell.

Still, if we multiplied out the gay male percentage per type (from OkCupid data) times the percentage of population per type from the representative sample, we'd get (for gay men of a given type as a percentage of the overall population):

ESFJ: 1.95%
ESTJ: 1.57%
ISTJ: 1.43%
ISFJ: 1.40%
ESFP: 1.20%
ENFP: 1.05%
ESTP: 0.75%
ISFP: 0.74%
INFP: 0.54%
ISTP: 0.42%
INTJ: 0.35%
ENFJ: 0.34%
ENTJ: 0.31%
INTP: 0.30%
ENTP: 0.29%
ISTP: 0.23%
INFJ: 0.22%

Which seems a little truer to life. SFJs still are very high (with ESFJs being the most frequent type for gay men), but TJs fill the #2 and #3 slot.

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See I wonder how much of this is stereotypes and self report without any knowledge of Jung, Beebe, K

LGBT Identification in U.S. Ticks Up to 7.1%

Story Highlights

  • LGBT identification up from 5.6% in 2020
  • One in five Gen Z adults identify as LGBT
  • Bisexual identification is most common

Learn more in Gallup’s 2024 LGBTQ+ update.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of U.S. adults who self-identify as lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual has increased to a new tall of 7.1%, which is double the percentage from 2012, when Gallup first measured it.

Gallup asks Americans whether they personally identify as straight or heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual person, or transgender as part of the demographic information it collects on all U.S. telephone surveys. Respondents can also volunteer any other sexual orientation or gender identity they prefer. In addition to the 7.1% of U.S. adults who consider themselves to be an LGBT identity, 86.3% say they are straight or heterosexual, and 6.6% complete not offer an opinion. The results are based on aggregated 2021 statistics, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 U.S. adults.

Line graph. Americans' Self-Identification as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-curious, Transgender or Something Other than Heterosexual.

LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gay identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.

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These results are based on aggregated information from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, double attraction, transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.

Bisexual adults construct up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of LGBTQ+ adults say they are bisexual. Gay and lesbian are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Slightly less than 1% of U.S. adults and about one in eight LGBT

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 2020-2021 numbers for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of numbers provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.

Combining 2020-2021 BRFSS data, we estimate that 5.5% of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost 13.9 million (13,942,200) 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 (57.0%) of LGBT people in the U.S. live in the Midwest (21.1%) and South (35.9%), including 2.9 million in the Midwest and 5.0 million in the South. About one-quarter (24.5%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately 3.4 million people. Less than one in five (18.5%) LGBT adults inhabit in the Northeast (2.6 million).

The percent of adults who identify as LGBT are there more lesbian or gay