9.3% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, new report reveals

A new analysis report from Gallup has revealed that 9.3 percent of adults in the United States identify as LGBTQ+.

Gallup surveyed 14,000 people across the US via telephone in 2024, and their latest results mark a rise in LGBTQ+ identifying people around the country, largely driven by Gen Z and bisexual women.

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There were many notable changes to the sample size population. According to the report, nearly one in four adults between 18 and 27 years old identify as LGBTQ+. And when looking at the Gen Z pollers, 31 percent of women identify as LGBTQ+ compared to just 12 percent of men.

Out of everyone who identified as LGBTQ+, 50 percent of them were bisexual. Women were almost twice as likely as men to identify as LGBTQ+.

It also shared more stats on our transgender population, which assumably includes nonbinary and genderqueer people. 1.3 percent of pollers identified as transgender, which was up from 0.6 percent in 2020, New York Times notes. Gallup found that 4.1 percent of Gen Z identified as transgender compared to 1.7 percent of millennials, and less than 1 percent in each older generation.

The report also found biases when looking at political affiliations. 21 percent of liberals identified as LGBTQ+ compared to 3 percent of conservatives.

Gallup reportedly noted that the numbers are likely an underestimate, as some Americans surveyed might not have been comfortable sharing their identity via telephone survey. 5 percent of respondents declined to answer the question completely.

Organizers are also worried that the number could decline in the future if social acceptance for LGBTQ+ folks decreases under the Trump administration.

"I worry that it will push some people to go back into the closet and not be out about their identity anymore," said Dr. Mitchell R. Lunn, co-director of a Stanford LGBTQ+ health study. "I think we may lose a lot of the really positive momentum that we've built over the past decades."