Overview

• The analysis estimates that 1% of people ages 13 and older identify as transgender—0.8% of adults (over 2.1 million) and 3.3% of teens 13–17 (about 724,000).
• Young adults 18–24 report the highest rates at 2.72%, compared with 0.42% for ages 35–64 and 0.26% for those 65 and older.
• Among the 2.1 million trans adults, the population is split roughly into thirds across trans women, trans men, and nonbinary people.
• Rates are broadly similar across regions, with Minnesota highest for adults at 1.2% and Hawaii highest for youth at 3.6%.
• Researchers used 2021–2023 CDC surveys and state health records and warn that survey removals under President Donald Trump could make this the last comprehensive count for years; the estimates have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.