The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)

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Main article: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics

This page shows membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints within the United States.

Contents
  • Official LDS Membership - Membership count on record provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These records include adults and children, and also include active and less active members.
  • From religious surveys - General religious surveys conducted within the United States. These surveyed U.S. adults about their religious beliefs.

[edit] Official LDS Membership

Membership reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on January 1, 2010 was used to determine the number of members in each state.[1][2][3] The United States Census Bureau 2010 Census was used as the basis for the general population.[4]


[edit] Maps

Official Latter-day Saint membership by state as of January 1, 2009
Percent of general population that are Latter-day Saints as of Jan 1, 2009
LDS Percentage of Population 2000


[edit] Table

Each state link gives a brief history and additional membership information for that state.

State Membership Population % LDS Stakes [5] Districts [5] Wards [6] Branches [6] Total Congregations Missions Temples
Alabama 34,725 4,779,736 0.73% 6 43 30 74 1 1
Alaska 32,170 710,231 4.53% 7 1 51 31 80 1 1
Arizona 381,235 6,392,017 5.96% 90 703 91 784 4 3
Arkansas 26,650 2,915,918 0.91% 5 35 25 60 1
California 757,895 37,253,956 2.03% 157 1184 174 1358 16 7
Colorado 139,887 5,029,196 2.78% 31 256 31 287 3 1
Connecticut 14,784 3,574,097 0.41% 4 27 5 32 1
Delaware 5,209 897,934 0.58% 1 9 3 12
District of Columbia 2,357 601,723 0.39% 2 1 3
Florida 133,805 18,801,310 0.71% 26 182 52 234 5 1
Georgia 76,294 9,687,653 0.79% 15 110 41 151 3 1
Hawaii 68,858 1,360,301 5.06% 15 124 10 134 1 2
Idaho 410,757 1,567,582 26.2% 121 965 102 1067 2 4
Illinois 55,460 12,830,632 0.43% 12 92 35 127 4 2
Indiana 41,190 6,483,802 0.64% 11 68 30 98 1
Iowa 24,229 3,046,355 0.78% 7 37 30 67 1
Kansas 33,279 2,853,118 1.18% 7 53 22 75
Kentucky 31,568 4,339,367 0.73% 6 41 33 74 1 1
Louisiana 27,977 4,533,372 0.62% 6 30 20 50 1 1
Maine 10,541 1,328,361 0.79% 2 16 13 29
Maryland 39,755 5,773,552 0.69% 8 65 14 79 2 1
Massachusetts 24,689 6,547,629 0.38% 4 39 13 52 1 1
Michigan 42,599 9,883,640 0.43% 8 1 66 39 105 2 1
Minnesota 30,304 5,303,925 0.57% 8 54 26 80 1 1
Mississippi 21,041 2,967,297 0.71% 4 29 14 43 1
Missouri 65,122 5,988,927 1.09% 14 106 38 144 2 1
Montana 45,893 989,415 4.64% 11 78 42 120 1 1
Nebraska 22,706 1,826,341 1.24% 4 41 19 60 1 1
Nevada 174,662 2,700,551 6.47% 35 290 28 318 2 2
New Hampshire 8,238 1,316,470 0.63% 3 16 5 21 1
New Jersey 31,277 8,791,894 0.36% 5 1 34 24 58 2
New Mexico 66,178 2,059,179 3.21% 13 89 42 131 1 1
New York 76,811 19,378,102 0.40% 14 3 88 64 151 4 2
North Carolina 75,685 9,535,483 0.79% 15 111 40 151 2 1
North Dakota 6,366 672,591 0.95% 2 7 9 16 1
Ohio 57,918 11,536,504 0.50% 13 93 33 126 3 1
Oklahoma 42,515 3,751,351 1.13% 7 58 26 84 2 1
Oregon 146,617 3,831,074 3.83% 36 252 53 305 2 2
Pennsylvania 49,743 12,702,379 0.39% 10 1 74 36 110 2
Rhode Island 3,711 1,052,567 0.35% 1 6 6
South Carolina 36,365 4,625,364 0.79% 6 48 14 62 1 1
South Dakota 9,631 814,180 1.18% 2 1 10 23 33 1
Tennessee 44,464 6,346,105 0.70% 10 69 28 97 2 2
Texas 286,902 25,145,561 1.14% 55 3 434 120 554 8 4
Utah 1,884,377 2,763,885 68.2% 536 1 4411 375 4786 5 13
Vermont 4,386 625,741 0.70% 1 7 5 12
Virginia 86,998 8,001,024 1.09% 19 150 44 190 2
Washington 263,004 6,724,540 3.91% 54 451 62 513 5 3
West Virginia 16,879 1,852,994 0.91% 4 24 14 38 1
Wisconsin 24,386 5,686,986 0.43% 6 42 27 69 1
Wyoming 62,411 563,626 11.1% 16 131 21 152

[edit] From religious surveys

The American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2001 was based on a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 50,281 American adults in the continental U.S.[7] Its findings are found on the map below on the left.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published a survey of 35,556 adults living in the United States that was conducted in 2007.[8] These results are found on the map below on the right. Note: some less populated states were combined in this survey. These include:Montana-Wyoming,D.C.-Maryland, North & South Dakota, New Hampshire-Vermont, and Connecticut-Rhode Island.

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Percentage of US adult population by state claiming membership in the LDS church in the 2001 ARIS survey. Click image for map legend.
Percentage of US adult population, by state, claiming Mormon as religious preference in the 2007 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.


[edit] 2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

The 2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI), found 1.7% of the U.S. adult population self identified themselves as Mormon.[9] The table below lists a few significant findings, from the survey, about Mormons.

Demographic[9] Mormons (U.S.) U.S. Avg.
Married 71% 54%
Divorced or separated 9% 12%
3 or more children at home 21% 9%
Weekly (or more) Attendance at Religious Services 76% 39%

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church News Almanac
  2. ^ LDS Newsroom
  3. ^ Deseret News Church Almanac, 2010.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau 2010 Census
  5. ^ a b LDS Stake & Ward Web Site Search.
  6. ^ a b LDS Meetinghouse Locator
  7. ^ 2001 American Religious Identification Survey
  8. ^ Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Survey
  9. ^ a b Portrait of Mormons in the U.S., Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 24, 2009

[edit] See also
See also: Membership Statistics (United States), Temples in the United States, and Missions in the United States
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