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0.53% of population

0.28% male --> female
0.16% female --> male
0.08% gender nonconforming

Transgender individuals made up 0.53% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.46, 0.61) of the population, with a larger proportion of individuals identifying as male-to-female (0.28% of the population; 95% CI = 0.23, 0.33) than female-to-male (0.16%; 95% CI = 0.12, 0.21) or gender nonconforming (0.08%; 95% CI = 0.06, 0.13). Overall, transgender respondents were not significantly different from the nontransgender population with regard to age, living in a rural area, marital status, or employment (Table 1). Male-to-female transgender respondents were more likely to live in rural areas (36.2%; 95% CI = 24.0, 50.4) compared with nontransgender females (22.3%; 95% CI = 21.8, 22.8). Race/ethnicity and transgender status were associated with a greater proportion of transgender individuals identifying as non-White compared with the nontransgender population (Table 1). Nontransgender individuals were more likely to have gone to college and less likely to be in poverty than were transgender respondents (Table 1).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5227939/

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https://srlp.org/resources/fact-sheet-transgender-gender-nonconforming-youth-school/

WHAT DOES TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING MEAN?
Transgender is a general term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender nonconforming refers to people who do not follow other peoples ideas or stereotypes about how they should look or act based on the female or male sex they were assigned at birth.
Transgender and Gender nonconforming are umbrella terms that often encompass other terms such as transsexual, cross dresser, gender queer, femme queen, A.G., Two Spirit, and many more. It is important to refer to people with the term they prefer.
Gender Questioning People who are questioning their gender identity might be wondering whether they identify as a boy, a girl or another gender. They might also be experimenting with different genders.

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