Fact Sheet

Adult LGBT Population in the United States

July 2020

Using data from the Gallup Daily Tracking Survey, this study estimates the number of LGBT people in the U.S. and by state. Separate estimates for cisgender LGB and transgender people are also provided.

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Note: Population estimates accompany the Williams Institute’s LGBT Data & Demographics interactive. Due to rounding, estimates for subgroups (i.e., LGB cisgender adults, LGB transgender adults) will not always add up to the total (i.e., all LGB adults). As detailed in the methodological notes below, % LGBT draws upon 2017 data for the US estimate and from 2015-2017 or 2012-2017 aggregated data for state estimates. This means that the sum of all state estimates will not equal the total estimated number of US adults.

Adult LGBT Population in the United States