The Williams Institute is the leading research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Their website includes an interactive guide provides visualized and customizable information on the LGBTQIA+ community in the United States, as well as detailed sections on populations including POC LGBTQIA+ and transgender people.

All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about same-sex couples. The level of detail collected varies, as well as the availability of other characteristics of the partners.

Details the three surveys and one census that provide Census Bureau’s statistics on same-sex couples. Individual surveys can be explored for relevant information.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

RCMD offers data resources for those interested in studying gender identity, sexual behavior, and sexual orientation, or in finding datasets in which those populations are well-represented.

This report from 2016 includes statistics about LGBT-owned businesses.

A collection of demographic statistics collected by Dr. Gary Gates, an expert on the geography and demography of the LGBTIA+ community.

These data provide information on discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming people in every major area of life, including housing, employment, health and health care, education, public accommodation, family life, criminal justice and government identity documents, and demographic information such as citizenship, race, ethnicity, employment, and income.

The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) was conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) to examine the experiences of transgender adults in the US. The USTS Public Use Dataset (PUDS) features survey results from 27,715 respondents and details the experiences of transgender people across a wide range of areas, such as education, employment, family life, health, housing, and interactions with police and prisons.

The purpose of this Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) research group is to explore the best practices of the measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in the context of Federal information collections.

Discusses methodological approaches to inquiring about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Offers recommendations for collecting information about sexual orientation and gender identity.

This presentation from 2020 reviews some of the challenges in creating gender-inclusive categories in surveys using real-world examples.