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.
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