LGBTQIA+ History and Pride: Data and Statistics
Census Data for Same Sex Couples
Census Data for Same Sex Couples
The Census occurs every 10 years, in years ending in zero, to count the population and housing units for the entire United States. Its primary purpose is to provide the population counts that determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned.
Data about same sex couples are available for the U.S., 50 states and the District of Columbia, counties, and subcounty statistical areas (such as zip codes and block groups) from 1990 to the present.
All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about same sex couples. The level of detail collected varies, as does the availability of other characteristics of the partners.
Census LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June 2023 Stats for Stories Sheet
Gay Rights Timelines
- Milestones in the American Gay Rights MovementThis timeline is a companion to the the PBS program The American Experience: Stonewall Uprising. It lists events in the movement between 1924 and 2015, which is when the program aired on PBS.
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund TimelineThis interactive timeline shows how the Fund's grants have been used and teaches about the accomplishments of the organizations and leaders they have supported over a span of more than 20 years. This timeline ends at 2022.
- Teen Vogue 20 Historic Moments in the Fight for LGBTQ RightsThis timeline lists major moments that propelled the LGBTQ Rights Movement forward from 1924 to 2019.
Infographics & Statistics
Percentage of U.S. LGBTQ youth who attempted suicide in the past year as of 2020, by LGBTQ-affirming spaces.
- School
- LGBTQ-affirming: 12%
- Not LGBTQ-affirming: 18%
- Home
- LGBTQ-affirming: 11%
- Not LGBTQ-affirming: 16%
- Online Communities
- LGBTQ-affirming: 14%
- Not LGBTQ-affirming: 16%
Generational Differences in U.S. LGBTQI+ Identification
- Baby Boomers
- Heterosexual: 95%
- Homosexual 3%
- Bisexual 1%
- Generation X
- Heterosexual: 94%
- Homosexual 3%
- Bisexual 3%
- Millennials
- Heterosexual: 88%
- Homosexual 3%
- Bisexual 6%
- Pansexual 1%
- Asexual 1%
- Gen Z
- Heterosexual: 77%
- Homosexual 4%
- Bisexual 13%
- Pansexual 3%
- Asexual 1%
- Queer 1%
- Other 1%
Religion & Attitudes Towards Serving LGBT People
U.S. respondents who favor small businesses not having to serve homosexuals*
- White evangelical Protestant 53%
- Mormon 53%
- White Catholic 34%
- White mainline Protestant 32%
- Hispanic Protestant 31%
- Orthodox Christian 31%
- Hindu 30%
- Hispanic Catholic 29%
- Black Protestant 27%
- Muslim 27%
- Jewish 24%
- Unaffiliated 22%
- Buddhist 19%
- Unitarian/Universalist 8%
*Q: Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing a small business owner in your state to refuse to provide products or services to gay or lesbian people, if doing so violates their religious beliefs?
Opinions of non-LGBTQ adults on companies including LGBTQ representation in advertising in the United States as of December 2019c
- Supportive of LGBTQ rights 86%
- Committed to offering products to all types of customers 85%
- Value all kinds of diversity 82%
- Treat all their employees with respect 82%
- Understand LGBTQ/other minority groups deserve recognition 77%
- Socially responsible 76%
- Leaders in business 69%
- I feel better about buying products from them 68%