California has the largest number of LGBTQ Americans, followed by Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The data comes from a study by the Williams Institute at UCLA.
Driving the news: According to the study, around 13.9 million people – 5.5 percent of U.S. adults – identify as LGBTQ.
- California has over 1.5 million LGBTQ people, with texas being the only other state to top one million.
- Washington, D.C. has the highest percentage of LGBTQ residents, with about 14.3% of the population identifying as LGBTQ.
- Other states with high LGBTQ populations include Oregon, Delaware, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
- The South has the largest share of LGBTQ adults compared to other regions, with nearly 36% of LGBTQ Americans residing there.
- The Midwest and Northeast regions also have significant proportions of LGBTQ residents, with 21.1% and 18.5% respectively.
- Young adults aged 18 to 24 make up the largest share of LGBTQ Americans, at 15.2%.
- The percentage of people identifying as LGBTQ decreases with age, with only about 1.8% of those 65 and older identifying as LGBTQ.
