![]() Our estimates for the percentage of adults who identify as transgender range from 0.9% in North Carolina to 0.2% in Missouri. At the state level, our estimates range from 3.0% of youth ages 13 to 17 identifying as transgender in New York to 0.6% in Wyoming.regions who identify as transgender range from 1.8% in the Northeast to 1.2% in the Midwest for youth ages 13 to 17, and range from 0.6% in the Northeast to 0.4% in the Midwest for adults. Our estimates of the percent of residents in U.S.population, though our estimates mirror prior research that found transgender youth and adults are more likely to report being Latinx and less likely to report being White compared to the U.S. The racial/ethnic distribution of youth and adults who identify as transgender appears generally similar to the U.S.We find that youth ages 13 to 17 are significantly more likely to identify as transgender (1.4%) than adults ages 65 or older (0.3%). Research shows transgender individuals are younger on average than the U.S.Of the 1.3 million adults who identify as transgender, 38.5% (515,200) are transgender women, 35.9% (480,000) are transgender men, and 25.6% (341,800) reported they are gender nonconforming.Among youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S., 1.4% (about 300,000 youth) identify as transgender. adults, 0.5% (about 1.3 million adults) identify as transgender. Over 1.6 million adults (ages 18 and older) and youth (ages 13 to 17) identify as transgender in the United States, or 0.6% of those ages 13 and older.In this study, we use data from the 20 YRBS and the 2017- 2020 BRFSS to find that: Since 2017, fifteen states have included this question in their YRBS statewide questionnaire. Additionally, in 2017, the YRBS, a national survey of high school students, began asking respondents if they are transgender. Since then, a total of 43 states have used the BRFSS optional gender identity module for at least one year, providing more years of data from more states since these initial estimates. In 20, the Williams Institute used data from the 2014-15 BRFSS to estimate the number of adults (ages 18 and older) and youth (ages 13 to 17) who identify as transgender. Recent data from the CDC’s Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) provide an opportunity to update prior population estimates of the number of adults and youth who identify as transgender in the U.S. Infographics Visualizations of our research.Survey Measures How to ask sexual orientation and gender identity questions. ![]() Data Interactives Customizable visualizations of our data.LGBT FAQs Find answers to our most frequently asked questions.
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