Number of Potential Transpeople

[LordKAT]

I was told 1/30,000.  Unfortunately,  I live in a city of about 22k and know personally of 4 on HRT. Now take that out of how many people I know personally, and the rate is much higher. I don't reach for trans people or share my status. There are a few that know and people talk.

[Devlyn]

That would make 10,000 transgender people in the whole US, obviously low. The 1 in 30,000 number is transsexuals. Since the O/P posted in Transgender Talk and asked how many transgender people, I assume that's what she's looking for.

Hugs, Devlyn

[cindy16]

The 1 in 30,000 number is transsexuals.

Even as an estimate of only post-op trans women, it is very very low. It is from a time when getting surgery was incredibly difficult, and even then it may have been an under-estimate.
Also, the ratio should be taken over those assigned male at birth and from certain age groups, not the entire population. That plus a few other factors is what Lynn Conway has considered here in debunking that 1 in 30,000 number: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/TS-II.html#anchor317821

[JoanneB]

Well, Paul McHugh no longer runs it, (though he still has an office there). I've had dealings with them. I had a horrible experience with the services they provide trans people, so McHugh's absence hasn't improved things much.

"Horrible" pretty much sums up the experience of a few women in my group who first went to JH.

BTW - as a potential DES son and now true believer in "You are what you eat", what we are offered to eat these days is mostly food science. And I use the term "Food" in it's broadest sense. I try never to buy anything that comes in a box, bottle or can, if I can help it and not before checking out the ingredients. Cans are especially troubling since you never know until you open it if it has a plastic lining.

[LordKAT]

That would make 10,000 transgender people in the whole US, obviously low. The 1 in 30,000 number is transsexuals. Since the O/P posted in Transgender Talk and asked how many transgender people, I assume that's what she's looking for.

Hugs, Devlyn

I was speaking of only transsexuals. The numbers don't match even for the small area I know. That would make the numbers for transgender even farther off. Sorry I didn't make myself clear.

[Skyler]

I would assume that the number will be climbing more each year as we go on as people become more aware of the trans* spectrum, gender identity, and gender expression.. But from what Iv'e heard its .3% in the US however I'm inclined to think its much higher than that.

[TransSasha]

Probably a strange question.  I'm in discussions with the hospital I work at in Chicago about setting up a Transgender Healthcare Program. One of the questions that has come up is the number of potential clients/patients. Does anybody know where I might find a reasonable estimate of the number of potential clients, say in the Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana area. Unfortunately it wouldn't be for everybody, but with more insurances covering TG Health Services, and given our location,  it is a natural fit. The question is the number of potential clients.

I know there was a California study that estimated the TG population at .3% splitting the difference between .1% and .5%, and another study estimated the US transgender population at about 700,000 out of 319 million, also gives a .2% number. But is that transitioned, transitioning or just self-identifying.

Any thoughts or info would be helpful.

Thanks!

Well I can be the 1st