(n = 1,254,950)

	n 2024	% 2024	% 2023	% 2022
Female	673,663	53.68%	53.79%	52.92%
Male	539,535	42.99%	42.77%	42.80%
Nonbinary	15,016	1.20%	1.37%	1.07%
Another gender*	2,728	0.22%	0.24%	0.20%
More than one response*	6,395	0.51%	0.63%	0.58%
No data or preferred not to say	17,559	1.40%	1.20%	2.43%
Unclear or inappropriate responses	51		38	71
Intersex	<10		<10	<10

^*  These figures recode students who marked the “another gender” option and who indicated that they were female/male, provided an unclear or inappropriate response, or chose not to provide a response.

(n = 1,254,897^*)

2.47% of 2024 Common App applicants identified as trans or nonbinary. The percent of openly trans and nonbinary students decreased in the 2023-24 admissions cycle. It could be that fewer students are willing to be out today, when about half of U.S. states have passed anti-trans laws and when public colleges in several states have been forced to remove supports for LGBTQ+ students.

	n 2024	% 2024	% 2023	% 2022
Presumably cis women#	671,569	53.52%	53.65%	52.80%
Presumably cis men#	534,526	42.60%	42.47%	42.60%
Trans and nonbinary individuals	31,015	2.47%	2.68%	2.15%
Female or male gender with X as legal sex@	228	0.02%	--	--
No data or preferred not to say	17,559	1.40%	1.20%	2.43%

^* This figure excludes unclear or inappropriate responses and intersex responses.
^# "Presumably cis women" students were individuals who indicated their legal sex as female and their gender identity as female, and "presumably cis men" students were individuals who indicated their legal sex as male and their gender identity as male. These numbers are likely inflated because some trans and nonbinary students may have indicated that they were cis, rather than come out on the Common App, and some trans women and men students may have changed their legal sex to match their gender identity prior to completing the Common App.
^@ Beginning with the 2023-24 admissions cycle (for the 2024-2025 school year), students have been able to indicate their legal sex as “X or another legal sex.” Surprisingly, 131 students who chose this response identified their gender as male and 97 identified their gender as female. Given that most people would not change their birth certificate and/or driver’s license to “X” if they identified as male or female, many of these students were probably not legally “X,” but likely chose “X or another legal sex” as a personal statement, recognizing that sex is not a binary.

(n = 1,254,897^*)

In looking at how students specifically identified their genders, the decrease in the percent of students identifying as trans and nonbinary is solely among nonbinary students. The percent of students identifying as trans men and trans women increased at the same pace as in the previous year.

	n 2024	% 2024	% 2023	% 2022
Trans men#	5,138	0.41%	0.32%	0.23%
Trans women#	2,066	0.16%	0.14%	0.13%
Nonbinary individuals@	23,620	1.88%	2.20%	1.78%
Trans, but uncategorizable	191	0.02%	0.01%	0.02%
Total	31,015	2.47%	2.68%	2.15%

^* This figure excludes unclear or inappropriate responses and intersex responses.
^# Trans men were individuals who indicated their legal sex as female and their gender identity as male or who wrote in that they were trans male/men, and trans women were individuals who indicated their legal sex as male and their gender identity as female or who wrote in that they were trans female/women.
^@ Nonbinary students were individuals who indicated one or more nonbinary identities (e.g., genderfluid, genderqueer, agender, bigender, pangender, demigirl, demiboy, transmasculine, transfeminine, gender nonconforming), even if they also indicated a male/man or female/woman identity.

(n = 30,824^*)

^* This figure excludes students who did not specify how they identified as trans.

In 2023, there were 82.49% nonbinary individuals, 12.09% trans men, and 5.41% trans women Common App applicants.
In 2022, there were 83.31% nonbinary individuals, 10.65% trans men, and 6.03% trans women Common App applicants.

(n = 1,254,897^*)

The decrease in the percent of students identifying as nonbinary included both individuals who solely identified as nonbinary and individuals who indicated both one or more nonbinary identities and a female/woman or male/man identity.

	n 2024	% 2024	% 2023
Trans men#	5,138	0.41%	0.32%
Trans women#	2,066	0.16%	0.14%
Nonbinary individuals@	18,344	1.46%	1.67%
Nonbinary women‡	3,612	0.29%	0.38%
Nonbinary men‡	1,664	0.13%	0.15%
Non-specific trans identities	191	0.02%	0.01%
Total	31,015	2.47%	2.68%

^* This figure excludes unclear or inappropriate responses and intersex responses.
^# Trans men were individuals who indicated their legal sex as female and their gender identity as male or who wrote in that they were trans male/men, and trans women were individuals who indicated their legal sex as male and their gender identity as female or who wrote in that they were trans female/women.
^@ Nonbinary students were individuals who indicated one or more nonbinary identities (e.g., genderfluid, genderqueer, agender, bigender, pangender, demigirl, demiboy, transmasculine, transfeminine, gender nonconforming) or both male/man and female/woman.
^‡ Nonbinary women were individuals who indicated one or more nonbinary identities and a female/woman identity (e.g., genderfluid female, agender trans woman) and nonbinary men were individuals who indicated one or more nonbinary identities and a male/man identity (e.g., genderqueer trans male, boyflux).

(n = 30,824^*)

^* This figure excludes students who did not specify how they identified as trans.

In 2023, there were 62.53% nonbinary individuals, 19.96% nonbinary women/men, 12.09% trans men, and 5.41% trans women.

This year, 3,570 students wrote in a trans or nonbinary gender identity, either as “another gender” only or “another gender” in combination with a given gender choice(s).

These students provided about 100 unique responses, among them: androgyne/androgynous, apagender, bakla, boyflux, cassgender, fluidflux, gender apathetic, genderdox, genderfae, genderflux, gender grey, gender neutral, gendervoid, girlflux, intergender, neutrois, novigender, omnigender, pangender, polygender, pomogender, queer, two spirit, woman adjacent, xenofluid, and xenogender.

The most common gender identities in 2024, as compared to 2023 and 2022, were:

2024 Rank	2024 (n = 3,570)	2023 (n = 3,775)	2022 (n = 3,521)
1	genderfluid (1,557): 43.60%	genderfluid (1,671): 44.26%	genderfluid (1,462): 41.52%
2	agender (425): 11.90%	genderqueer (430): 11.39%	genderqueer (344): 9.77%
3	genderqueer (319): 8.93%	agender (384): 10.17%	trans man (315): 8.95%
4	trans man/male (267): 7.48%	trans man (217): 5.75%	agender (296): 8.41%
5	demigirl (129): 3.61%	demigirl (168): 4.45%	demigirl (180): 5.11%
6	questioning (103): 2.88%	questioning (115): 3.05%	questioning (124): 3.52%
7	trans (87): 2.44%	demiboy (80): 2.12%	trans woman (89): 2.53%
8	trans masculine (80): 2.24%	trans masculine (80): 2.12%	gender nonconforming (72): 2.04%
9	trans woman (75): 2.10%	gender nonconforming (80): 2.12%	trans masculine (71): 2.02
10	bigender (75): 2.10%	bigender (79): 2.09%	demiboy (49): 1.39%
11	gender nonconforming (72): 2.02%	trans woman (72): 1.91%	unlabeled (39): 1.11%
12	demiboy (67): 1.88%	unlabeled (65): 1.72%	bigender (38): 1.08%

^* To learn more about applicant responses in previous years, please see: 2022 Common App Research and 2023 Common App Research.

(n = 1,254,899^*)

	n 2024	% 2024
Female	703,690	56.08%
Male	550,461	43.86%
X	748	0.06%

^* This figure excludes unclear and inappropriate responses.

(n = 720^*)

Not surprisingly, most students who identified their legal sex as “X or another legal sex,” rather than female or male, used one or more nonbinary gender labels for themselves (67.64%). But a significant number identified as just male (131 or 18.75%) or just female (97 or 13.61%), and the vast majority of these students went by only “he/him” (88.71%) or only “she/her” (80.21%) pronouns. A student who identifies as male or female would be unlikely to change the gender marker on their birth certificate and/or driver’s license to “X,” so the legal sex of most of these students is probably not actually "X."

Comparing the states where the students currently reside with where people can change the gender marker on their legal documents to “X” (see below) supports the idea that the male and female students were providing a personal statement, rather than a legal response, by indicating that their legal sex was “X or another legal sex.”

^* This figure excludes students who identified as intersex, who did not specify how they identified as trans, who provided inappropriate responses, and who did not provide a response.
^# This figure includes students who indicated that they are trans men.
^@ This figure includes students who indicated that they are trans women.

ID Documents by State (as of June 2024):

• In 15 states (CA, CO, CT, IL, ME, MI, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, UT, VT, and WA) and DC, people can have an “X” as their gender marker on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates.
• In 7 states (HI, MA, MD, MN, NH, PA, and VA), people can have an “X” as their gender marker on their driver’s licenses only.
• In 1 state (OH) people can have an “X” as their gender marker on their birth certificates only.

Legally X students who identified as male and female were less likely than those who used a nonbinary gender label for themselves to reside in a state where they could change the gender marker to “X” on at least one legal document (74.25% vs. 91.38%). A student could have been born in a state where they could change the gender marker to “X” on their birth certificate, after which their families moved to a state where this was not allowed. But the disparity between residing in supportive vs. unsupportive states suggests that the male- and female-identified students were less likely than the nonbinary individuals and nonbinary women and men to have changed the gender marker on their legal documents to indicate that their legal sex was “X.”

Overall (748):

• 637 (85.16%) live in states where individuals can change the gender marker to “X” on legal documents (supportive states).
• 111 (14.84%) live in states where individuals can not change the gender marker to “X” on any legal documents (unsupportive states).

Nonbinary Individuals, Nonbinary Women, and Nonbinary Men (487)

• 445 (91.38%) supportive states
• 42 (8.62%) unsupportive states

Female (98):

• 74 (75.51%) supportive states
• 24 (24.49%) unsupportive states

Male (135):

• 99 (73.33%) supportive states
• 36 (26.67%) unsupportive states

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female and female gender	671,569	55.68%
Legally male and male gender	534,526	44.32%

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female	671,569	99.68%
Legally male (i.e., trans women)	2,066	0.31%
Legally X	97	0.01%

2022: Legally Female: 99.78%, Trans Women: 0.22%
2023: Legally Female: 99.73%, Trans Women: 0.27%

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female (i.e., trans men)	5,138	0.95%
Legally male	534,526	99.02%
Legally X	131	0.02%

2022: Legally Male: 99.54%; Trans Men: 0.46%
2023: Legally Male: 99.25%, Trans Men: 0.75%

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female	14,295	77.93%
Legally male	3,605	19.65%
Legally X	444	2.42%

2022: Legally Female: 80.47%, Legally Male: 19.53%
2023: Legally Female: 79.34%, Legally Male: 20.66%

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female	3,374	93.41%
Legally male	224	6.20%
Legally X	14	0.39%

2023: Legally Female: 95.72% , Legally Male: 4.28%

Legal sex	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Legally female	569	34.19%
Legally male	1,066	64.06%
Legally X	29	1.74%

2023: Legally Female: 31.65%, Legally Male: 68.35%

In both 2022 and 2023, students who indicated their race as two or more races, Latinx, and white identified as trans or nonbinary at higher rates than students overall, whereas Black/African American and Asian students identified at lower rates (American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawai’ian or Other Pacific Islander students involved small sample sizes). These trends largely continued in 2024, but the percent of Latinx trans and nonbinary students was less than students overall. The percent of Latinx and Black/African American students identifying as trans or nonbinary was lower than in the previous two years, which led to the percent of trans and nonbinary students of color being lower than before. International students continued to identify as trans or nonbinary at a much lower rate than any of the racial groups.

	2024	2023	2022
Overall	2.47%	2.68%	2.15%
American Indian or Alaska Native	3.13%	2.85%	3.00%
Asian	1.78%	1.94%	1.56%
Black or African American	1.61%	1.91%	1.76%
Latinx	2.36%	2.79%	2.53%
Native Hawai’ian or Other Pacific Islander	1.69%	1.64%	2.15%
Two or More Races	3.65%	4.05%	3.25%
People of Color Total	2.17%	2.49%	2.18%
White	2.88%	2.95%	2.42%
International#	1.05%	1.23%	1.04%

^# The Common App includes international students who are residing in the U.S. as a category in the race/ethnicity question.

(n = 1,208,342*)

Looking at specific gender identities, trans women, trans men, and nonbinary students were more likely to be white and biracial/multiracial and less likely to be Black/African American and Asian than presumably cis women and cis men students. These findings were similar to the results from 2023. Also, like last year, international students were less likely to identify as trans men and nonbinary individuals than as cis women and cis men.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Asian	9.38% (9.86%)	10.99% (11.33%)	6.61% (5.65%)	4.74% (5.71%)	7.50% (7.55%)	8.42% (8.80%)	8.30% (8.58%)
Black or African American	15.11% (14.39%)	13.46% (12.67%)	8.59% (9.35%)	6.87% (7.68%)	9.48% (9.59%)	11.74% (11.35%)	7.93% (8.75%)
International#	0.98% (0.88%)	1.25% (1.11%)	1.04% (0.42%)	0.43% (0.37%)	0.37% (0.46%)	0.56% (0.41%)	0.61% (0.40%)
Latinx	21.20% (19.97%)	18.64% (17.46%)	15.79% (15.48%)	18.65% (17.47%)	19.28% (20.08%)	19.73% (19.77%)	17.33% (20.01%)
Two or More Races	5.43% (5.24%)	5.17% (4.95%)	5.82% (6.07%)	7.13% (7.44%)	7.66% (7.44%)	9.74% (9.57%)	10.14% (8.70%)
White	47.45% (49.22%)	50.05% (52.06%)	61.65% (62.62%)	61.76% (60.96%)	55.22% (54.53%)	49.39% (49.61%)	55.01% (53.10%)

^* This figure excludes students who did not indicate a gender and/or a race, students who did not specify how they identified as trans, and students who provided unclear or inappropriate responses to the gender question. The 2023 data reflect the same exclusions. Data about American Indian/Alaska Native students and Hawai’ian or Other Pacific Islander students are not displayed here because of very small sample sizes.
^# The Common App includes international students who are residing in the U.S. as a category in the race/ethnicity question.

(n = 30,462*)

^* This figure excludes students who did not indicate a race.
^# The Common App includes international students who are residing in the U.S. as a category in the race/ethnicity question.

(n = 713*)

Compared to students who identified their gender as nonbinary, students who indicated that their legal sex was “X or another legal sex” were more likely to be white (60.87% vs. 55.22%) and Black/African American (11.08% vs. 9.48%) and less likely to be Asian (4.91% vs. 7.50%), Latinx (15.01% vs. 19.28%), and bi/multiracial (6.59% vs. 7.66%).

^* This figure excludes students who did not specify their race and students who gave inappropriate gender responses. Data about international students, American Indian/Alaska Native students, and Hawai’ian or Other Pacific Islander students are not displayed here because of very small sample sizes.

As in 2022 and 2023, trans and nonbinary students were less likely to be recent migrants to the U.S. and citizens of other countries as compared to presumably cis students. The one exception were international trans women students. These findings might indicate that trans and nonbinary young people or their families face difficulties being able to migrate to or temporarily reside in the U.S. The results might also suggest that trans and nonbinary students who are non-U.S. citizens are less willing to be out, perhaps fearing that disclosing might affect their immigration status.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
U.S. Citizen	93.02% (93.17%)	92.49% (92.76%)	93.61% (93.66%)	95.50% (95.35%)	94.83% (94.38%)	93.55% (94.18%)	93.03% (92.83%)
U.S. Dual Citizen	3.12% (3.09%)	3.59% (3.44%)	3.53% (3.88%)	2.74% (2.81%)	3.59% (3.86%)	4.73% (3.81%)	4.81% (5.12%)
U.S. Permanent Resident	2.03% (2.15%)	1.99% (2.10%)	1.50% (1.56%)	0.90% (1.05%)	0.96% (0.98%)	0.94% (1.36%)	1.08% (1.39%)
DACA/Undocumented & U.S. Refugee/Asylee	0.86% (0.72%)	0.72% (0.61%)	0.34% (0.46%)	0.43% (0.42%)	0.26% (0.32%)	0.23% (0.25%)	0.48% (0.28%)
Non-U.S. Citizen	0.96% (0.86%)	1.21% (1.09%)	1.02% (0.41%)	0.43% (0.37%)	0.36% (0.45%)	0.55% (0.40%)	0.60% (0.39%)

Relatively few students have served or currently serve in the military. As in 2023, cis men were more likely to have been in the military than other groups. But 36 trans and nonbinary students were currently in the military, and trans and nonbinary students were more likely than presumably cis women and cis men to be dependents of someone who serves or has served in the military.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Currently serving or previously served	0.17% (0.15%)	0.57% (0.52%)	0.24% (0.36%)	0.22% (0.16%)	0.24% (0.19%)	0.11% (0.11%)	0.24% (0.50%)
Dependent	1.58% (1.52%)	1.48% (1.40%)	1.89% (1.94%)	2.00% (2.15%)	1.98% (2.17%)	2.44% (2.01%)	3.06% (2.00%)
None	98.25% (98.33%)	97.94% (98.08%)	97.87% (97.71%)	97.78% (97.69%)	97.78% (97.64%)	97.45% (97.88%)	96.69% (97.50%)

As in 2023, trans and nonbinary students were more likely to attend charter schools and to have been home schooled than presumably cis women and cis men students, which may be in response to harassment in traditional schools. Trans and nonbinary students were much less likely to have attended a religiously affiliated high school, which may be because these schools tend to be more anti-trans than other types of institutions^*.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Public	81.39% (81.01%)	78.18% (77.63%)	85.07% (82.25%)	85.88% (83.53%)	82.69% (82.43%)	83.19% (82.99%)	84.01% (82.41%)
Religious	8.87% (9.23%)	11.07% (11.62%)	3.27% (4.19%)	3.08% (4.12%)	4.42% (4.91%)	3.69% (5.15%)	3.21% (5.19%)
Independent	4.95% (5.12%)	6.19% (6.41%)	5.66% (6.49%)	5.32% (5.84%)	6.65% (6.68%)	6.74% (6.47%)	5.81% (6.98%)
Charter	4.15% (4.06%)	4.01% (3.83%)	4.98% (6.07%)	4.88% (5.60%)	5.27% (5.14%)	5.26% (4.81%)	5.88% (4.75%)
Home Schooled	0.64% (0.58%)	0.55% (0.51%)	1.02% (1.00%)	0.84% (0.90%)	0.97% (0.85%)	1.12% (0.58%)	1.09% (0.67%)

Students who were legally female (i.e., the presumably cis women and trans men) were more likely than their legally male counterparts to have parents who had not received a bachelor’s or higher academic degree.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
First-Gen	38.62% (39.24%)	31.37% (32.07%)	32.77% (31.59%)	38.59% (38.94%)	34.39% (36.10%)	33.69% (35.17%)	32.39% (32.87%)
Not First-Gen	61.38% (60.76%)	68.63% (67.93%)	67.23% (68.41%)	61.41% (61.06%)	65.61% (63.90%)	66.31% (64.83%)	67.61% (67.13%)

^* The Common App defines First-Generation as students whose parents have not received a bachelor’s or higher academic degree.

As in 2023, trans and nonbinary students were more likely to have two mothers than presumably cis women and cis men students.

NOTES:
The 2023 results are in parentheses.
The table does not show students who indicated “I have limited information on this parent.”

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	NB Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Mother-Father	86.15% (86.54%)	89.57% (89.96%)	85.82% (86.08%)	82.03% (83.39%)	83.97% (84.23%)	83.61% (85.39%)	86.54% (85.43%)
Mother-Mother	0.29% (0.27%)	0.41% (0.39%)	0.53% (0.65%)	0.72% (0.50%)	0.76% (0.74%)	0.72% (0.49%)	0.60% (0.56%)
Father-Father	0.09% (0.08%)	0.15% (0.15%)	**	**	0.20% (0.14%)	**	**
Single Mother*	6.20% (6.14%)	4.62% (4.54%)	5.86% (5.17%)	5.96% (5.94%)	5.42% (5.93%)	5.90% (5.24%)	4.33% (5.06%)
Single Father*	0.50% (0.51%)	0.50% (0.48%)	0.48% (0.47%)	0.78% (0.79%)	0.52% (0.50%)	0.55% (0.62%)	0.36% (0.56%)

^* Respondents who said that they had a mother/father and “I do not have another parent.”
^** Not displaying the father-father response because of the small sample size. The father-father percentage for all trans and nonbinary students was 0.18%.

As in 2023, trans and nonbinary students were less likely to have parents who are married and more likely to have parents who are divorced than presumably cis women and cis men students. It could be that differences over support for a trans or nonbinary child was a factor in the greater extent of divorces.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	Nonbinary Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Married	63.14% (64.06%)	69.13% (70.17%)	57.41% (60.48%)	50.92% (52.94%)	57.03% (57.90%)	57.23% (57.81%)	59.01% (58.95%)
Divorced	16.00% (16.13%)	14.57% (14.60%)	23.28% (22.72%)	26.01% (26.22%)	21.91% (21.66%)	20.54% (21.01%)	21.51% (22.91%)
Never Married	11.40% (10.42%)	8.16% (7.41%)	9.63% (8.34%)	12.54% (10.80%)	11.56% (11.01%)	12.32% (11.24%)	10.10% (9.34%)
Separated	6.98% (6.88%)	5.91% (5.57%)	7.02% (6.17%)	7.36% (6.81%)	6.48% (6.55%)	6.78% (6.24%)	6.31% (6.17%)
Widowed	2.25% (2.25%)	2.04% (2.01%)	2.42% (1.88%)	2.96% (2.97%)	2.76% (2.53%)	2.82% (3.32%)	2.88% (2.28%)
Civil Union/Domestic Partner	0.22% (0.27%)	0.19% (0.23%)	0.24% (0.41%)	0.21% (0.26%)	0.26% (0.35%)	0.30% (0.38%)	0.18% (0.33%)

Presumably cis women and cis men students continue to be more likely to have children than trans and nonbinary students.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	Nonbinary Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Yes	0.72% (0.64%)	0.73% (0.66%)	0.44% (0.41%)	0.47% (0.47%)	0.39% (0.39%)	0.28% (0.42%)	0.18% (0.39%)

Trans and nonbinary students are more likely to reside in Midwestern and Western states and less likely to reside in Northeastern, Southeastern, and Southwestern states.

NOTES:
The 2023 results are in parentheses.
This does not include the percentages of individuals residing in D.C., U.S. territories, and armed forces installations overseas.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	Nonbinary Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Northeast	31.01% (32.10%)	32.16% (33.40%)	30.54% (29.13%)	31.37% (31.20%)	30.91% (30.94%)	28.63% (28.92%)	29.69% (29.96%)
Southeast	24.72% (24.34%)	23.95% (23.57%)	23.72% (24.54%)	23.06% (23.08%)	21.48% (22.50%)	22.40% (22.94%)	21.39% (22.72%)
Midwest	19.86% (19.79%)	19.84% (19.77%)	20.81% (20.20%)	21.14% (21.42%)	20.23% (19.70%)	19.93% (19.75%)	21.39% (21.71%)
Southwest	8.56% (7.57%)	8.39% (7.28%)	7.26% (7.75%)	7.63% (7.60%)	7.11% (6.80%)	7.50% (8.19%)	7.99% (8.24%)
West	15.31% (15.75%)	15.09% (15.55%)	17.23% (17.73%)	16.27% (16.25%)	19.59% (19.61%)	20.99% (19.61%)	18.93% (16.93%)

• Northeast: CT, DE, MA, ME, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
• Southeast: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
• Midwest: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI
• Southwest: AZ, NM, OK, TX
• West: AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY

(Based on trans youth access to gender-affirming healthcare as of July 2024^*)

Students who used a nonbinary identity label for themselves were less likely to reside in states that have passed laws banning access to gender-affirming care (specifically access to hormones and hormone blockers) and were more likely to reside in states that ensure access to gender-affirming care. Overall, more students lived in states that deny rights to trans and nonbinary youth in 2024 than in 2023 because three more states (Ohio, South Carolina, and Wyoming) passed anti-trans healthcare laws in the past year, whereas only two additional states with relatively small populations (Maine and Rhode Island) passed laws protecting access to gender-affirming healthcare.

	Presumably Cis Women	Presumably Cis Men	Trans Women	Trans Men	Nonbinary Individuals	NB Women	NB Men
Hostile States	37.46% (30.11%)	36.54% (29.04%)	35.95% (31.06%)	36.51% (29.97%)	32.73% (27.38%)	33.69% (24.21%)	33.85% (24.61%)
Supportive	46.83% (47.35%)	47.90% (48.62%)	48.06% (46.56%)	46.45% (46.50%)	51.29% (49.95%)	49.94% (47.34%)	51.59% (46.27%)
Neutral	15.71% (22.54%)	15.56% (22.35%)	15.99% (22.37%)	17.04% (23.53%)	15.98% (22.67%)	16.36% (28.45%)	14.55% (29.12%)

Hostile States (have a law banning access to gender-affirming care): 24 states (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WV, and WY) [it was 21 in 2023]

Supportive States (have a shield law protecting access to gender-affirming care): 16 states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, and WA) and DC [it was 14 in 2023]

Neutral States (have neither a law limiting access or a shield law): 10 states (AK, DE, HI, KS, MI, NH^#, NV, PA, VA, and WI) and all the U.S. territories (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, and VI) [it was 15 in 2023]

^*According to the Movement Advancement Project's tracking of medical care bans affecting transgender youth
^# NH passed a law in July 2024 banning gender-affirming genital surgeries for minors, which are rarely done. It did not limit access to hormones, hormone blockers, and top surgery.

The students provided 48 different pronoun sets. The most common neopronoun (i.e., pronoun sets beyond “he/him,” “she/her,” “they/them,” and “it/its”) were variations of “e/em” (e or ey / em or eir), “xe/xem” (xe, xi, xie, xiey, or xey / xem, xim, xiem, xir, or xyr), and “ze/zem” (ze, zey, zi, or zie / zem, zim, zer, zeir, or zir). The students offered 53 different pronoun sets in 2023 and 71 in 2022. This decrease may indicate that students are gravitating toward a smaller number of pronouns, since the percentage of students using pronouns beyond the ones assigned to them at birth was not much greater in 2024 than in 2022.

In 2024, twenty-two students used only neopronouns for themselves, the most common of which were “xe/xem” or “xey/xem” (9), “ze/hir” or “ze/zir” (4), and “ey/em” (3). In 2023, 20 students used only neopronouns (the most common were “xe/xem” or “xey/xem” [8], “ey/em” [3], and “ze/zir” or “zie/zir” [2]). In 2022, 19 students did so. The fact that so few students go by only a neopronoun is likely because the dominant society is largely unaware of neopronouns and, as a result, trans and nonbinary people who want to be known by neopronouns struggle to get others to respect and use them.

Much more commonly, students used neopronouns along with more established pronouns. Among trans and nonbinary students, 204 used neopronouns along with “he/him,” “she/her,” “they/them,” and/or “it/its.” Of these students, 114 used a version of “xe/xem” and 30 used a version of “ze/zem.” In addition, 14 presumably cis women students and 4 presumably cis men students used neopronouns.

Sixteen students used only “it/its” pronouns for themselves. This was an increase over 2022 and 2023 (when fewer than 10 students each year went solely by “it/its”), but still an exceedingly small number. Perhaps few students go by “it” because the word has historically been used as a slur against trans and nonbinary people.

However, as with neopronouns, students much more frequently used “it/its” in conjunction with more established pronouns. Among trans and nonbinary students, 266 used “it/its” in combination with other pronouns. In addition, 10 presumably cis women and 13 presumably cis men also used “it/its.”

More than double the percent of presumably cis women used pronouns other than just “she/her” than presumably cis men used pronouns other than just “he/him”: 1.70% vs. 0.69% (it was 2.11% vs. 0.83% in 2023). The vast majority of cis women and cis men who went by more than “she/her”/“he/him” also used “they/them.”

The trans women were more likely to use pronouns beyond “she/her” than the trans men were to use pronouns beyond “he/him”: 23.87% vs. 17.73%. (In 2023, it was 24.46% vs. 19.33%, and in 2022, it was 30.75% vs. 17.57%). This was due in part to a greater percentage of trans women continuing to go by “he/him” than trans men continuing to go by “she/her”: 6.85% vs. 3.11%. These figures have decreased over the past three years (it was 8.27% vs. 4.22% in 2023 and 21.72% vs. 6.21% in 2022). But a greater percentage of trans women continue to use the pronouns assigned to them at birth than trans men, which suggests that fewer trans women students are out and have begun to transition.

Trans Women (n=2,044^*)

Trans Men (n=5,109^*)

^* These figures were adjusted to remove nonresponses.

More than 46% of the nonbinary students used only “they/them” pronouns for themselves. Another 40% used “he/she/they,” “she/they,” or “he/they.” Among all nonbinary students, 91.57% used “they/them” as one or their only pronoun set (it was 92.83% in 2023), which is indicative of how “they/them” has become the go-to pronoun set for nonbinary people.

Nonbinary Individuals (n=18,169^*)

^* These figures were adjusted to remove nonresponses.

Just as there were far more nonbinary individuals who were legally female than legally male, there were more than twice as many nonbinary women as nonbinary men (3,586 vs. 1,653). Moreover, nonbinary men were less likely to use nonbinary or non-gendered pronouns than nonbinary women. Whereas nonbinary women used “they/them” as a pronoun set to about the same extent as nonbinary individuals (90.77% vs. 91.57%), only 81.00% of nonbinary men used “they/them” as a pronoun set. Instead, nonbinary men were more likely to use “he/him” than nonbinary women were to use “she/her” (17.79% vs. 7.92%). This difference suggests that not only do fewer men use a nonbinary gender label for themselves, but that those who do may be less out as nonbinary than nonbinary women.

Whereas nonbinary individuals were most likely to go by “they/them” pronouns, nonbinary women and nonbinary men were most likely to go by “she/they” and “he/they,” respectively. These differences demonstrate the need to have nonbinary women and nonbinary men as separate categories in research and not simply to include them as part of a nonbinary category.

Nonbinary Women (n=3,586^*)

Nonbinary Men (n=1,653^*)

^* These figures were adjusted to remove nonresponses.

As in 2023, Black trans women were less likely to go by “she/her” and more likely to go by “he/him” than trans women of other races, although the disparity was not as great this year. This difference seemingly indicates that the Black trans women were less likely to be out or to have begun to transition.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	All* (2,006)	Asian (134)	Black (171)	Latinx (315)	Two+ Races (117)	White (1,239)
She/her	76.02% (75.63)	71.64% (77.17)	66.67% (64.29)	71.11% (74.22)	73.50% (72.28)	79.26% (77.72)
She/they	14.21% (13.72)	10.45% (10.87)	13.45% (9.74)	13.02% (13.28)	19.66% (23.76)	14.45% (13.86)
He/him	6.83% (8.12)	9.70% (8.70)	18.13% (24.03)	11.11% (9.38)	4.27% (3.96)	4.12% (5.74)
Other pronouns	2.95% (2.52)	8.22% (3.27)	1.74% (1.95)	4.76% (3.12)	2.56%--	2.18% (2.67)

^* This figure includes the small number of American Indian/Alaska Native students and Native Hawai'ian or Other Pacific Islander students, as well as international students. It excludes trans women students who did not indicate their race, pronouns, or both.

As in 2023, Black trans men were less likely to use the pronouns commonly associated with their gender identity than trans men of other racial groups, but not to the same degree as Black trans women.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	All* (5,040)	Asian (237)	Black ((342)	Latinx ((940)	Two+ Races (358)	White (3,120)
He/him	82.22% (80.51)	81.01% (77.83)	72.22% (72.89)	81.38% (80.25)	83.24% (78.85)	83.69% (81.97)
He/they	13.13% (13.48)	10.13% (10.85)	14.91% (12.32)	14.04% (11.27)	12.29% (15.77)	13.08% (14.29)
She/her	3.13% (4.24)	6.33% (8.02)	11.40% (13.03)	3.83% (5.56)	2.79% (3.23)	1.70% (2.51)
Other pronouns	1.51% (1.78)	2.53% (3.29)	1.46% (1.76)	0.75% (2.93)	1.68% (2.15)	1.54% (1.22)

^* This figure includes the small number of American Indian/Alaska Native students and Native Hawai'ian or Other Pacific Islander students, as well as international students. It excludes trans men students who did not indicate their race, pronouns, or both.

The vast majority of nonbinary students of all racial groups used “they/them” as one of their pronoun sets, with just “they/them” as the most common pronoun option.

NOTE: The 2023 results are in parentheses.

	All* (17,867)	Asian (1,339)	Black (1,693)	Latinx (3,450)	Two+ Races (1,359)	White (9,873)
They/them	46.38% (45.25)	39.36% (40.76)	39.34% (39.13)	43.39% (42.17)	43.05% (40.95)	50.09% (48.80)
She/he/they	15.39% (15.72)	19.64% (18.69)	14.77% (15.18)	16.81% (18.13)	19.13% (19.36)	13.90% (14.03)
She/they	13.39% (16.03)	14.94% (15.99)	17.54% (18.59)	13.51% (17.20)	14.35% (15.51)	12.35% (15.21)
He/they	11.96% (11.60)	11.13% (10.73)	10.63% (11.00)	11.65% (11.05)	11.85% (12.65)	12.44% (11.89)
Any or all	2.92% (2.05)	3.29% (3.25)	2.42% (1.68)	2.87% (2.25)	2.28% (1.89)	3.07% (1.91)
He/him	3.52% (2.97)	4.63% (3.39)	5.08% (4.72)	3.45% (2.89)	3.16% (2.66)	3.11% (2.58)
She/her	2.39% (1.89)	2.32% (2.08)	6.38% (4.99)	3.25% (2.07)	1.47% (1.33)	1.49% (1.31)
He/she	2.00% (1.83)	2.69% (2.56)	2.19% (2.11)	2.96% (2.07)	2.21% (2.38)	1.51% (1.52)
Other pronouns	2.06% (2.46)	2.02% (2.42)	1.65% (2.17)	2.12% (1.97)	2.50% (3.07)	2.06% (2.62)

^* This figure includes the small number of American Indian/Alaska Native students and Native Hawai'ian or Other Pacific Islander students, as well as international students. It excludes nonbinary students who did not indicate their race, pronouns, or both.

Reflecting their identities as both nonbinary and women, more than three-fourths of nonbinary women students from each racial group listed their pronouns as “she/they” or “she/he/they.” Black nonbinary women were less likely than other groups to go by “she/they” and more likely to use “she/her,” the pronouns that most were assigned at birth. As with the Black trans women and Black trans men, this difference may mean that fewer Black nonbinary women are out.

	All* (3,531)	Asian (298)	Black (413)	Latinx (692)	Two+ Races (343)	White (1,750)
She/they	73.78%	73.49%	65.62%	73.55%	75.80%	75.54%
She/he/they, Any, or All	10.59%	13.42%	12.10%	11.70%	8.74%	9.72%
She/her	7.87%	6.04%	16.46%	7.80%	7.29%	6.23%
They/them	5.52%	4.70%	4.12%	5.20%	6.41%	5.94%
Other pronouns	2.23%	2.35%	1.69%	1.73%	1.75%	2.57%

^*This figure includes the small number of American Indian/Alaska Native students and Native Hawai'ian or Other Pacific Islander students, as well as international students. It excludes nonbinary women students who did not indicate their race, pronouns, or both.

Nonbinary men were much more likely to go by only “he/him” pronouns than nonbinary women were to go by only “she/her” pronouns. This may indicate that nonbinary men are less out to others as nonbinary. The Black nonbinary men were the most likely to use the pronouns assigned to them at birth, but the disparity with other racial groups was less in comparison to other Black trans and nonbinary students.

	All* (1,618)	Asian (135)	Black (127)	Latinx (280)	Two+ Races (164)	White (891)
He/they	72.74%	68.89%	66.93%	71.43%	68.90%	76.21%
He/him	17.68%	24.44%	25.98%	18.93%	16.46%	14.59%
She/he/they, Any, or All	4.45%	2.22%	4.72%	5.00%	7.93%	3.81%
They/them	2.22%	2.96%	0.79%	2.50%	1.83%	2.24%
Other pronouns	2.90%	1.48%	1.57%	2.14%	4.88%	3.14%

*This figure includes the small number of American Indian/Alaska Native students and Native Hawai'ian or Other Pacific Islander students, as well as international students. It excludes nonbinary men students who did not indicate their race, pronouns, or both.

In the three years that the Common App has included a question on gender, the number of students responding with their sexual orientation or another misplaced response (e.g., giving their race or religion) has decreased significantly, as students, particularly international students, have seemingly developed a greater understanding of what is being asked of them. At the same time, the number of students providing clearly hostile responses (e.g., listing inanimate objects) has increased significantly, which is indicative of the increasingly hostile climate for trans and nonbinary students nationally. Most of the students who gave antagonistic answers were legally male, which is in keeping with research that shows that cis men generally have higher rates of anti-trans prejudice than cis women. The race of the hostile responders was more diverse, but the majority were Latinx and white students.

Year	Sexual orientation responses	Other misplaced and unclear responses	Clearly hostile responses	Legal sex of hostile responders	Race of hostile responders
2024	17	9	25	20 M, 3 X, 2 F	8 Latinx, 6 white, 5 Asian, 4 two or more races, 1 Black, 1 N/A
2023	18	7	13	11 M, 2 F	8 Latinx, 3 white, 1 two or more races, 1 Black
2022	48	16	7	6 M, 1 F	3 white, 2 Black, 1 Asian, 1 Latinx