Here's how many trans adults and kids live in the U.S., according to a new report

Over 2.8 million people in the United States identify as transgender, including 724,000 youth ages 13 to 17, representing one percent of those age 13 and older, 0.8 percent of adults, and 3.3 percent of young people. Among adults, roughly one-third are trans women, one-third trans men, and one-third nonbinary. Young people and young adults show markedly higher identification rates than older cohorts. Identification rates for those 18 and older are similar across U.S. regions, with modest state variation. Differences by race and ethnicity are not statistically significant, with small variations among specific groups.

Conservatives have spent the past several years targeting just one percent of the United States population. Over 2.8 million people in the U.S. are transgender, according to a new report from the Williams Institute, including 724,000 youth ages 13 to 17. This accounts for one percent of the nation's total population 13 and older, 0.8 percent of adults (over 2.1 million people), and 3.3 percent of young people.

Among the adults who identify as trans, 32.7 percent (698,500) are trans women, 34.2 percent (730,500) are trans men, and 33.1 percent (707,100) are nonbinary. Youth are "significantly more likely" to identify as trans, with 2.72 percent of those ages 18 to 24 belonging to the group compared to 0.42 percent of those ages 35 to 64 and 0.26 percent of those ages 65 and older. Young adults ages 18 to 24 account for 28.9 percent of trans people compared to 10.7 percent of the U.S. population, and youth ages 13 to 17 account for 25.3 percent of those who are trans in comparison to 7.7 percent of the overall population.

The amount of those 18 and older who identify as trans are "similar across regions and range," according to the report, with the lowest being 0.7 percent in the South and the highest 0.9 percent in the Northeast. State percentages range from 0.4 percent in New Mexico to 1.2 percent in Minnesota. Similarly, the report found that "differences based on race/ethnicity among youth and adults are not statistically significant," and the distribution "appears similar to the U.S. population."

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