At least 2.8 million Americans – including 724,000 in the 13-17 age bracket – identify as transgender, according to a recent analysis of data from federal and state health departments by the University of California, Los Angeles.
Of the 2.1 million adults who identify as transgender, about 33% are transgender women. About 34% are transgender men and 33% are transgender nonbinary adults, the UCLA study said.
"Chances are, you've met a transgender person, even if you don't know it," says Advocates for Trans Equality.
"That's true," says Sabrina Lindaman, 46, a transgender woman who lives in Springfield, Missouri. "Even if it's 1% of the population, and you're in a busy Walmart, you're there with a trans person."
The UCLA study updates, from previous reports, numbers and characteristics of those who are transgender, people whose gender identity differs from the gender they were believed to be at birth.
