Gallup: LGBTQ identification holds steady at 7.2%

Gallup conducted a national survey using aggregated polling data from 2022 telephone surveys, which showed that the percentage of U.S. adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual remained constant at 7.2 percent. Respondents were asked to identify as one or more of these identities, and the current percentage is double that of a decade ago.

The survey also found that younger generations have a higher LGBTQ identification rate, with adult members of Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2004, being the most likely to identify as LGBTQ, with 19.7 percent doing so. The rate is 11.2 percent among millennials and 3.3 percent or less among older generations.

Within Generation Z, 13.1 percent identified as bisexual, 3.4 percent as gay, 2.2 percent as lesbian, and 1.9 percent as transgender. These percentages were higher than in all other generations.

Gallup’s report stated that out of all U.S. adults, 86 percent identified as straight or heterosexual, while 7 percent chose not to answer the question. More than half, or 4.2 percent of all U.S. adults identifying as LGBTQ, identified as bisexual.