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This page will ideally include information on the estimated numbers of nonbinary people worldwide as well as in specific regions. | This page will ideally include information on the estimated numbers of nonbinary people worldwide as well as in specific regions. We also will try to have other demographic and statistical information when available. | ||
Obtaining numbers of nonbinary people is difficult due to many factors such as: | |||
*Many nonbinary people are not [[Coming out|out]] or for another reason they are not comfortable reporting their [[gender identity]] on surveys. | |||
*Most large-scale population counts only allow for [[binary gender]] selections. | |||
*Depending on how the gender question is worded, nonbinary people may think it is asking for their [[legal gender]] or their [[sex assigned at birth]]. | |||
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Extrapolated from the 2015 USTS, it was estimated that there could be over 450,000 [[nonbinary]] individuals in the United States of America<ref name="Hendrick">{{Cite web |title=“M,” “F,” Or “X”? Nonbinary Gender Designations In The Workplace |author=Hendrick et al. |work=Fisher Phillips |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-newsletters-article-m-f-or-x-nonbinary-gender-designations}}</ref>, although totally accurate numbers are difficult to ascertain.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Micro Interactions, Macro Harms: Some Thoughts on Improving Health Care for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Folks|journal=International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics |last=Freeman|first=Lauren|year=2018|doi=10.3138/ijfab.2018.05.29}}</ref> | Extrapolated from the 2015 USTS, it was estimated that there could be over 450,000 [[nonbinary]] individuals in the United States of America<ref name="Hendrick">{{Cite web |title=“M,” “F,” Or “X”? Nonbinary Gender Designations In The Workplace |author=Hendrick et al. |work=Fisher Phillips |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-newsletters-article-m-f-or-x-nonbinary-gender-designations}}</ref>, although totally accurate numbers are difficult to ascertain.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Micro Interactions, Macro Harms: Some Thoughts on Improving Health Care for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Folks|journal=International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics |last=Freeman|first=Lauren|year=2018|doi=10.3138/ijfab.2018.05.29}}</ref> | ||
===USA subpopulations=== | |||
In a 2018 count, 0.2 percent of the USA homeless population (1,163 people) were nonbinary (where "nonbinary" was defined as "not male, female or transgender".)<ref name="NAEH">{{Cite web |title=Demographic Data Project: Gender Minorities |author=National Alliance to End Homelessness |date= |access-date=24 October 2020 |url= https://endhomelessness.org/demographic-data-project-gender-minorities/}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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