Nearly 1% of Americans, over 2.8 million people, identify as transgender, according a new study from the Williams Institute, a University of California, Los Angeles-based research organization focused on sexual orientation and gender identity issues, The Hill reported.
According to the study, roughly .08% of Americans ages 18 and older identify as transgender. That’s over 2.1 million people. Nearly 3.3% of 13- to 17-year-olds in the U.S., or 724,000, identify as transgender.
Researchers used data from two public health surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: the 2021- 2023 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System and the 2021 and 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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