According to recent studies, over 1.6 million adults (ages 18 and older) and youth (ages 13 to 17) identify as transgender in the United States, which is equivalent to 0.6% of those ages 13 and older
. Another study found that about 1.03% of the nation's adult population identifies as transgender, which is equivalent to approximately 2.6 million people
. A study conducted by Pew Research Center found that 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary, with higher numbers among young people
. However, determining the exact number of transgender people in the U.S. is not simple, and researchers rely on survey data to estimate the size of the transgender population.
