Share of LGBTQ adults hits new high of 9.3% in Gallup polling

The latest Gallup poll released Thursday finds a new high of 9.3% of adults identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024.

The polling company said the share of LGBTQ adults is up from 7.6% in 2023, has nearly doubled since 2020, and has almost tripled from 3.5% in 2012 when it first posed the question in surveys.

Gallup chalked up the trend to an uptick in younger, liberal women identifying as bisexual during the years of the Biden administration.