New survey data show queer identification in the United States holding steady while reflecting a dramatic long-term rise. Gallup’s 2025 telephone interviews with more than 13,000 US adults found that around nine percent of adults identify within the LGBTQ+ community. That figure is unchanged from the previous year, but more than double the level recorded in 2012 — the first year Gallup measured the LGBTQ+ population.
Between 2021 and 2023, Gallup reported readings of roughly seven percent. Respondents were asked whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something else. A majority, that is 86 percent, said they are heterosexual, while nine percent identified with one of the LGBTQ+ identities. Five percent declined to answer.
Bisexual adults make up the largest share of the LGBTQ+ population, representing about five percent of the entire US adult population. Among LGBTQ+ adults, 17 percent identify as gay, 16 percent as lesbian, and 12 percent as transgender, each accounting for roughly one to two percent of all US adults. Gallup notes that growth is driven largely by adults under 30. Women report higher LGBTQ+ identification rates, and Democrats are more likely than Republicans to identify as part of the community. A separate Hinge report found Gen Z to be more open-minded than millennials about sexuality.
