A Gallup poll released Wednesday found that adults from Generation Z are far likelier to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) than older Americans are.
An estimated 5.6 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, according to the poll, a 4.5 percent increase from Gallups last update, based off data from 2017.
The results are compiled from more than 15,000 interviews conducted throughout 2020 with Americans aged 18 and up.
As for Gen Zers (those born between 1997 and 2002) 1 in 6, or roughly 16 percent of respondents identified as as LGBT.
Comparatively, 9 percent of Millennials and 3.8 percent of Gen Xers identify as LGBT. Just 1.3 percent of those born before 1946 and 2 percent of baby boomers identified similarly.
According to Gallup, the poll results stem from a time when Americans are increasingly supportive of equal rights for LGBT people, and with younger generations far more likely than older generations to consider themselves LGBT, the identification is predicted to rise steadily.
