Data shows that more than 2.8 million people in the United States consider transgender, including 724,000 young people. LGBTQ+ Rights

According to new data analysis, more than 2.8 million people are now identified as transgender in the United States, including an estimated 724,000 youth.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Williams Institute used federal surveys and data from state health agencies to determine the size and demographics of transgender populations in each state.

Shared with guardian analysis and Release on Wednesdayrecorded thousands of transgender youth living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings Oppose Donald Trump’s Active Work Denied existence of Transgender peopleas his government Remove Refers to transgender people who are trans-federal institutions and widely erode the conservation and programs of the LGBTQ+ community.

The report is based on federal data collection efforts, and now the White House is eliminating it. Authors warn their research could be the last comprehensive portrait of a transgender population in a decade or more nation Health Report and Crime data analysis.

The Williams Institute relies primarily on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Survey Center from 2021 to 2023 and records disclosed by national health agencies. Some key findings include:

• 1% of the total U.S. population aged 13 and above is identified as trans, including 0.8% of adults (more than 2.1 million) and youth aged 13 to 17 (about 724,000).

• Young people aged 18 to 24 were more likely to identify as transgender (2.72%) (0.26%) than those aged 35 to 64 (0.42%) and those aged 65 and over.

• Of the 2.1 million trans-adults, 32.7% (698,500) are trans women, 34.2% (730,500) are trans men, and 33.1% (707,100) are trans people.

• The trans population is quite consistent across the region, with 0.9% of adults in the West, Midwest and Northeast regions identified as trans, while 0.7% of adults in the South.

• Minnesota has the highest adult rate, which they identify as transgender (1.2%) and Hawaii has the highest transgender rate (3.6%), although the range is similar across states.

“Transgender people live in various states and have representation in each state,” said Dr. Jody Herman, senior public policy scholar at Williams College and co-author of the report. “It’s a large population with unique concerns and barriers in meeting demand, and lawmakers need to keep that in mind.”

The Williams Institute, the leading LGBTQ+ policy research center Since the 2011 reportthis is the first of its kind, as state-level data on gender identity has been obtained. The estimate is considered the best data and is Quote The U.S. Supreme Court insists in recent majority opinion Tennessee bans trans youth health care.

The quality and source of the researchers’ data has improved from one report to the next, so it is difficult to assess changes over time, the researchers said. But the researchers noted that its overall estimates for trans-adults remain relatively stable, and the latest data suggest that young people are now more likely to identify as trans people than older people.

Dr. Andrew Flores, a distinguished visiting scholar at Williams Institute and associate professor of government at the U.S. university, said there are many factors that make young people identify as transgender at a higher rate, including young people, more likely to answer such survey questions.

“Young people are growing up with other young people, and their attitudes towards LGBT and trans people are more extensive,” said Flores, co-author of the report. Student strike in Florida In order to protest against anti-trade policies. “In this generation, they may be more willing and safe to be sure they are transgender because they don’t see older harm or threats.”

While some conservative and anti-trans advocates reported that the growth of trans youth is “Social infectionFlores said. ”, suggesting that youth are replicating their peers, “growing is because people are now in an environment that enables them to fully express their identities. ”

He said transfer language also influenced generational differences, noting that people of the age group were more likely to identify it as lesbian or homosexual, while younger people were more likely to identify it as bisexual or homosexual. Although older trans people are more likely to identify as male or female, younger trans people see it more frequently as nonbinary.

The report also found that transgender people are roughly similar to the broader U.S. demographics, with Native, Latino, and multiracial adults more easily identified as transgender than other groups.

The Trump administration has been extensive Under attack Data collection efforts for each government have been moved to Delete trans identity issues From two key CDC behavioral health investigations and the Justice Department investigation About criminal victimization and sexual violence. The U.S. Census Bureau has also taken steps to exclude gender identity from multiple surveys. According to the former director He resigned in February.

Those who work hard on Trump One-day executive order “Restore biological truth” to the government, which shows that trans identity is “wrong” and directs the State Department to deny trans people Accurate passport.

The data loss will make it impossible for the Williams Institute to continue to perform its analysis in its current form, and even if the next government resumes investigations, the public will still lose up to 10 years of data, which will be a devastating erosion of knowledge.

“We didn’t really have decent national data until about 10 years ago, so we’ve recently grasped how many people are in the United States and what their traits are,” Herman said. “It’s a big setback for these data sources to suddenly disappear. The population is not going to disappear, we just won’t know them better than the ones we are currently.”

The data are often used by journalists, school boards, public health experts, civil rights lawyers, advocates to fight discriminatory legislation and lawmakers who expand trans rights. Researchers have hoped federal data could help shed light on transgender migration in the U.S. Escape from the Red Country because Anti-trading lawThey say it would be difficult to track without a state investigation.

“In some policy circles, they say if you can’t be counted, then that’s not the case,” Flores added. “It’s very important for members of the LGBTQ+ community to see numbers that reflect their life experiences.”

Imara Jones, founder of news agency Cransverash Media, said this is not easy to resolve due to the loss of national data backed by federal resources.

“This is for erasing, and the purpose of erasing is to have real-world effects and make it harder for people to be their own identity.”

Flores said the institute and others are discussing ways to fill the gaps and continue data collection without the federal government: “We’re not only going to close the stores. We’re going to try to find a way to keep telling these stories and persevere.”