Transgender Polling Archive
probability RDD

Gallup

Gallup LGBTQ+ Identification (2024 aggregate) · Jan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
Gallup independent
Sponsor
Gallup
Fielded
Jan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Population
adults
Sample size
14,162
Sample frame
probability RDD
Mode
telephone - dual-frame RDD, live interviewer, fielded by ReconMR; combined random samples from Gallup's 2024 telephone polls
Margin of error
±1 percentage point
Weighting
Gallup standard demographic weighting
Geography
US national
Base notes
approximately 900 LGBTQ+ adults interviewed

Sources

Verification note. Survey Methods paragraph read from the Gallup release. Identity breakdown (85.7% straight, 5.2% bisexual, 2.0% gay, 1.4% lesbian, 1.3% transgender) recovered from coverage quoting Gallup's own table; Gallup's page text gives the transgender share of LGBTQ+ adults as 14%.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (1)

Contact & populationmultiple responsein a trend series
self-identification as transgender

Which of the following do you consider yourself to be? You can select as many as apply: Straight or heterosexual; Lesbian; Gay; Bisexual; Transgender.

Transgender
1.3%

Wording notes: mixes sexual orientation and gender identity in one select-all list | asked as a demographic item

unclear — not an attitude item; combined orientation/identity list likely understates transgender prevalence

Subgroup figures (1)

lgbtq_status

GroupTransgender
LGBTQ+ adults14%

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