American men and women who identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, by state

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 8, 2024

This statistic shows the results of a survey among adults in the United States regarding whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or not. The survey was conducted from January 1, 2015, through December 30, 2016 in all federal states. During the survey, 8.6 percent of respondents in the District of Columbia stated they identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016)

Characteristic	Share of respondents stating "Yes"
District of Columbia	8.6%
Vermont	5.3%
Massachusetts	4.9%
Oregon	4.9%
California	4.9%
Nevada	4.8%
Delaware	4.7%
New Hampshire	4.6%
Washington	4.6%
New York	4.5%
Maine	4.5%
Colorado	4.3%
New Mexico	4.2%
Florida	4.2%
Indiana	4.1%
Minnesota	4%
Rhode Island	4%
Georgia	4%
Arizona	4%
Maryland	3.9%
Illinois	3.9%
Hawaii	3.8%
Michigan	3.8%
Ohio	3.8%
Louisiana	3.7%
New Jersey	3.6%
Nebraska	3.6%
Pennsylvania	3.6%
Texas	3.6%
Wyoming	3.5%
North Carolina	3.5%
Connecticut	3.5%
Oklahoma	3.5%
Virginia	3.4%
West Virginia	3.4%
Missouri	3.4%
Wisconsin	3.4%
Kentucky	3.3%
Utah	3.3%
Mississippi	3.2%
Iowa	3.2%
Tennessee	3.1%
Kansas	3.1%
South Carolina	3%
Alabama	3%
Alaska	3%
Montana	3%
Arkansas	3%
Idaho	2.8%
North Dakota	2.7%
South Dakota	2%

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 1, 2015, to December 30, 2016

Number of respondents

710,252 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was: "Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender?"

The source states: "The number of interviews conducted in each state between June and December is large enough to allow for reasonable estimates of each state's LGBT population. Only eight states had less than 1,000 completed interviews, including the lowest sample size of 613 in Alaska. Gallup also asked the LGBT question of 493 District of Columbia residents. The number of completed interviews conducted in each state is presented in the accompanying table [at the source]."

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