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1.3 million adult immigrants in the US identify as LGBT
KEY FINDINGS
Undocumented LGBT Immigrants
• Almost half (48%) of LGBT undocumented immigrants are between the ages of 18 and 29, compared to 22% of undocumented immigrants overall.
• 62% of LGBT undocumented immigrants are male compared to 54% of all adult undocumented immigrants and 42% of all LGBT adults in the U.S.
• An estimated 209,500 undocumented LGBT adults were born in 10 Latin America countries, including 136,600 from Mexico and 48,300 from the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras).
• An estimated 35,500 undocumented LGBT adults are from five countries in Asia: India, China, Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam.
Documented LGBT Immigrants
• 40% of LGBT documented immigrants are between the ages of 18 and 29, compared to 13% of documented immigrants overall.
• 55% of LGBT documented immigrants are male compared to 47% of all adult documented immigrants and 42% of all LGBT adults in the U.S.
• 39% of documented LGBT adults are Latino/a, 32% are Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% are White, and 6% are Black—comparable to the racial/ethnic composition of the overall documented adult immigrant population.
Same-Sex Couples with a Foreign-Born Partner or Spouse
• An estimated 128,500 same-sex couples include at least one foreign-born partner or spouse. Approximately 94,400 of the couples are binational, where one member is a native-born U.S. citizen and the other is either a naturalized citizen or a non-citizen.
• An estimated 18,200 same-sex couples with at least one foreign-born partner or spouse are raising an estimated 31,000 children under the age of 18.
• Dual non-citizens and dual naturalized citizen same-sex couples are the most likely to be raising children under age 18 (24% and 21%, respectively).
The Pew Research Center estimates that there are 44 million foreign-born immigrants living in the U.S., including approximately 10 million who are undocumented and 33 million who are documented.
Source: The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law
