a just-published report from Gallup, 5.6 percent of Americans identify as LGBT, or non-heterosexual, up from 4.5 percent in 2017.
The report covers all of 2020. (Note: Gallup uses the term “LGBT,” a far narrower construct than many Americans observe today.
These numbers reflect that specific designation.)Among Generation Z, which Gallup defines as those 18-23, nearly 16 percent – about one in six – identify as LGBT.
That’s almost three times the national average.About one in eleven Millennials (those born between 1981-1996) or 9.1 percent, say they identify as LGBT.Gallup also reports more than half of LGBT Americans (54.6%) identify as bisexual.