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By the numbers

What does the LGBTQ+ population look like in the U.S. today? Each year, Gallup conducts a survey of U.S. adults to determine the percentage of persons identifying within the LGBTQ+ community. In 2022, for the first time ever, the survey recoded the identities of persons who identify beyond the traditional lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender labels, with the most prevalent identities beyond those 4 being queer, pansexual and asexual.

The most recent Gallup poll shows an uptick in the percentage of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+, with 9.3% of participants reporting that they identify within the LGBTQ+ community.

Explore the findings from the 2024 Gallup survey to learn more about the findings, including the overall percentage of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+, how the numbers differ across generations, and what the most prevalent LGBTQ+ identities are today. The results may surprise you.

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LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%

References:

Jones, Jeffrey M. (2025, February 20). LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx

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Gender Identity Gender identity icon Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

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