How Americans View Themselves: A Nation of Wealthy Gay Black Millionaires

A bar chart from YouGov titled 'Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups' compares 'True proportion' (red dots) with 'Estimated proportion' (blue dots) for various demographic and socioeconomic traits. The chart shows that for traits like being trans, Muslim, or Native American, the true percentages are very low (1-2%), while estimated percentages are much higher (21-30%). Conversely, for traits like being white, having a driver's license, or owning a smartphone, the true percentages are high (50-89%), but estimated percentages are even higher (62-85%).

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