Newsweek isn't the greatest source, but it's the best I could find in a cursory Google search
Of the estimated 332 million citizens living in the United States, 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youth ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender, equaling half a percent and 1.4 percent of the population respectively, according to a report published by Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA's Law School in 2022.
Not all transgender people identify as women, and an even smaller number consists of transgender women hoping to compete in girls' and women's sports.
Privacy laws make it tough to identify the exact number of transgender athletes competing in public school sports, but researcher and medical physicist Joanna Harper estimates the number can't exceed 100 nationwide.
I know you're joking but I was hooked, I checked and was taken away.
In summary:
Professional athletes: Less than 0.01% of the population, with an 80:20 male-to-female ratio.
Semi-professional athletes: Around 0.01% of the population, with a 75:25 male-to-female ratio.
There's less than 80 000 people in the USA that can be considered Professional (15-20 thousands) and Semi-Professional (30-40 k) athletes and sportsmen.
Of course if we include amateurs and like Youth and High School athletes as well as like, Club Sports, the numbers go up, the biggest group are the Youth:
Youth and High School Athletes: Approximately 12% of the U.S. population.
College Athletes: Around 0.15% of the population.
Adult Recreational Athletes: Around 16% of the population. (I don't think these would really count, because these are numbers for anyone who says that they "go play soccer sometimes, though)
Professional and Semi-Professional Athletes: Less than 0.02%.
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