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VIEWS ON LGBTQ RIGHTS IN ALL 50 STATES - Findings from PRRI’s 2023 American Values Atlas

8 Mar 2024

Along with one-third of LGBTQ Americans between the ages of 30 and 49 (34%), nearly three-quarters of LGBTQ Americans (78%) are under the age of 50. [...] More than one-third of LGBTQ Americans (35%) live in the South, about one-quarter live in the West (27%), and about one in five each live in the Northeast (20%) and Midwest (19%). [...] Meanwhile, similar proportions of the population in all of the country’s regions identify as LGBTQ: 9% of Mid- westerners, 9% of Southerners, 11% of Northeasterners, and 12% of Westerners. [...] Among Democrats, at least 79% of all age groups are in favor of same-sex marriage, including 85% of people under 30, 83% of people aged 30-49, 80% of people between 50 and 64, and 79% of seniors. [...] Seventy-five percent of young independents, 74% of independents 30-49 years, 69% of independents ages 50-64, and 65% of seniors are in favor of allowing same-sex couples the right to marry.
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