New poll finds 9% of US adults identify as LGBTQ+ — nearly triple the amount recorded in 2012

February 18, 2026

Gallup estimated that, according to data gathered in 2025 phone interviews, 9% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, a figure similar to data from 2024.

Based on data collected via 2025 telephone interviews with more than 13,000 U.S. adults, Gallup estimates that 9% of Americans self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or another non-heterosexual identity.

"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," identified as LGBT in 2012, according to the company.

LGBTQ+ identities are more prevalent in young adults, women and Democrats, the data indicates.

While a whopping 23% of U.S. adults ages 18-29 identify as LGBTQ+, that number drops precipitously for higher age groups, falling to 10.4% among those 30-49-years-old, 3.1% among those ages 50-64 and 2.3% for those 65+.

While 10.5% of women identify as LGBTQ+, just 5.6% of men do, according to Gallup's 2025 telephone poll.

And while 14.2% of Democrats identify as LGBTQ+, only 1.9% of Republicans do, according to the poll.

Bisexual, the most popular of the alternative identities, was chosen by more than half (58.6%) of those identifying as LGBTQ+, which amounts to 5.3% of U.S. adults, according to Gallup's poll.