LGBTQ+ Identity Dips In 2025 (But Doubled Over Last Decade)
Authored by Jeffrey Jones via Gallup,
Gallup estimates that 9% of U.S. adults personally identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual. This percentage is essentially unchanged from last year but remains more than double the 3.5% from 2012, the first year Gallup measured LGBTQ+ incidence. The current figure is also higher than readings of roughly 7% between 2021 and 2023.
The latest results are based on combined data from 2025 Gallup telephone interviews with over 13,000 U.S. adults.
In each poll it conducts, Gallup asks respondents whether they personally identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something else. The vast majority, 86%, say they are heterosexual, while 9% identify with one of the various LGBTQ+ identities and 5% do not give a response.
The largest share of LGBTQ+ adults say they are bisexual, representing more than half of the subgroup and about 5% of the entire U.S. adult population. Meanwhile, 17% of LGBTQ+ adults identify as gay, 16% as lesbian and 12% as transgender, each representing between 1% and 2% of all U.S. adults. Another 6% of LGBTQ+ ...
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