Estimated from surveys of about 400k U.S. adults per year conducted 2020-2021
Cartogram of U.S. states showing the share of adults who identify as LGBT from an analysis of survey data conducted 2020-2021. Overall, 5.5% of the U.S. adults identify as LGBT. D.C. has the highest share, at 14.3%, while Mississippi and West Virginia are tied for the lowest, at 4.1%. States in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest tend to have a higher share of LGBT residents.