Gallup: 9% Of U.S. Adults Identify As LGBTQ

The latest polling from Gallup shows about 9% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ.

While that’s pretty much the same as last year, that figure is more than double the 3.5% in 2012 – the first year Gallup began tracking LGBTQ+ identity.

From Gallup:

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.

As Gallup has previously demonstrated, the recent increase in LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. is primarily driven by higher rates among those in the younger generations. In the latest data, 23% of adults under age 30 identify as LGBTQ+, compared with 10% of those aged 30 to 49 and 3% or less among those aged 50 and older. 

As you may have guessed, Democrats are more inclined than Republicans to identify as LGBTQ+.

These results were culled from 2025 telephone interviews with over 13,000 adults in the U.S.