Gallup surveyed more than 14,000 U.S. adults for the poll to find 85.7% of respondents said they are straight, 5.2% are bisexual, 2.0% are gay, 1.4% are lesbian, 1.3% are transgender and just under 1% mentioned a different LGBTQ+ identity, such as pansexual or asexual (5% declined to answer the question).

The poll, which sampled 14,162 U.S. adults throughout 2024, found the rate of LGBTQ+ identification varied widely across generations. Generation Z and millennials were the most likely to identify as LGBTQ+, with rates of 23.1% and 14.2%, respectively.

The percentage of young people identifying as LGBTQ+ has increased over the past two years from an average of 18.8% in 2020 through 2022 to an average of 22.7%, according to the poll. Gallup also observed an increase of nearly 2 percentage points among millennials and an increase of 1 percentage point among Generation X.