Race and Ethnicity of Adults who Identify as Transgender in the United States

Source: The Williams Institute: UCLA School of Law
Topic: Data Collection/Evaluation, Demographic or Census Data
Population Focus: LGBTQ Adults, Racially/Ethnically Diverse LGBTQ, Transgender and Gender Nonconforming

This January 2017 demographic data report draws on state-level, population-based surveys to estimate the racial and ethnic composition of adults who identify as transgender in the U.S. A key finding is that “adults who identify as transgender are more racially and ethnically diverse than the U.S. population.”