Rural Aging for LGBTQ+ Older Adults
April 2022 | National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging
“National surveys of rural areas show that between 3% and 5% of the rural
population identifies as LGBT, consistent with estimates that 4.5% of the U.S.
adult population identifies as LGBT.”
This fact sheet explores LGBTQ+ Aging in rural communities, an often-overlooked segment within LGBTQ+ communities.