U.S. LGBT Identification Steady at 7.2%

After showing perceptible increases in 2020 and 2021, U.S. adults’ identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual held steady in 2022, at 7.2%. The current percentage is double what it was when Gallup first measured LGBT identification a decade ago. …

Adult members of Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2004 who were aged 18 to 25 in 2022, are the most likely subgroup to identify as LGBT, with 19.7% doing so. The rate is 11.2% among millennials and 3.3% or less among older generations. CONTINUED

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup


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  1. Lisa Polyak says:

    In past years when you published this data, you reported gender breakout for LGBT, and the straight/hetero #’s for generation cohorts. Could you share for 2022 data?

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