Public opinion pollster Gallup has just released its most recent data about LGBTQ+ Americans. Gallup’s latest poll shows the LGBTQ+ community is growing, now at 9.3%—up nearly two points from 2023. That number has doubled since 2020 and is six points higher than in 2012 when Gallup first began tracking this data. These results reflect the telephone responses of 14,000 participants.
Gallup’s data shows generational differences in LGBTQ+ identification: 23% of Gen Z respondents identify as LGBTQ+, followed by 14% of Millennials, 5% of Gen X, 3% of Boomers and 1.8% of the Silent Generation.
Among LGBTQ+ respondents, 56% identified as bisexual, 21% as gay, 14.6% as lesbian, and 13.9% as transgender. Less than 1% identified as queer, while pansexual and asexual individuals each made up around 1%.
Other key differentiators included gender, with 10% of women respondents versus 6% of men identifying as LGBTQ+. Location also shows a difference in data, with those living in cities (11%) more likely to identify as LGBTQ+ than those living in more rural areas (7%).