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

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

[hide] 1 Official LDS Membership 1.1 Maps 1.2 Table 2 From religious surveys 2.1 Maps 2.2 2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life 3 References 4 See also

• 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, 2009 was used to determine the number of members in each state.^[1][2] The United States Census Bureau 2008 population estimates were used as the basis for the general population.^[3]

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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

[edit] Table

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

State	Membership	Population	% LDS	Stakes [4]	Districts [4]	Wards [5]	Branches [5]	Total Con-gregations	Missions	Temples
Alabama	33,968	4,661,900	0.73%	6		42	30	72	1	1
Alaska	30,169	686,293	4.40%	7	1	51	30	81	1	1
Arizona	374,830	6,500,180	5.77%	88		690	94	784	4	2
Arkansas	25,878	2,855,390	0.91%	5		35	25	56	1
California	755,747	36,756,666	2.06%	157		1182	174	1356	17	7
Colorado	137,145	4,939,456	2.78%	30		259	29	288	3	1
Connecticut	14,579	3,501,252	0.42%	4		27	5	32	1
Delaware	4,716	873,092	0.54%	1		8	3	10
District of Columbia	2,200	591,833	0.37%			2	1	3
Florida	131,621	18,328,340	0.72%	24		185	53	238	5	1
Georgia	74,644	9,685,744	0.77%	16		106	37	143	3	1
Hawaii	68,128	1,288,198	5.29%	15		122	10	132	1	2
Idaho	406,764	1,523,816	26.7%	119		958	105	1063	2	4
Illinois	55,111	12,901,563	0.43%	12		91	37	128	4	2
Indiana	40,529	6,376,792	0.64%	11		68	28	96	1
Iowa	23,519	3,002,555	0.78%	7		37	31	69	1
Kansas	33,050	2,802,134	1.18%	7		53	22	75
Kentucky	31,000	4,269,245	0.73%	6		41	32	73	1	1
Louisiana	27,628	4,410,796	0.63%	6		30	18	48	1	1
Maine	10,350	1,316,456	0.79%	2		15	15	30
Maryland	39,258	5,633,597	0.70%	8		67	13	80	2	1
Massachusetts	24,478	6,497,967	0.38%	4		37	16	53	1	1
Michigan	42,599	10,003,422	0.43%	8	1	66	41	107	2	1
Minnesota	30,006	5,220,393	0.57%	7		53	26	79	1	1
Mississippi	20,811	2,938,618	0.71%	4		29	15	44	1
Missouri	63,666	5,911,605	1.08%	14		106	38	144	2	1
Montana	45,517	967,440	4.70%	11		77	42	119	1	1
Nebraska	22,372	1,783,432	1.25%	4		41	20	61	1	1
Nevada	173,639	2,600,167	6.68%	35		288	29	317	2	2
New Hampshire	8,115	1,315,809	0.62%	3		16	5	21	1
New Jersey	30,896	8,682,661	0.36%	5	1	34	23	57	2
New Mexico	64,872	1,984,356	3.27%	14		90	42	132	1	1
New York	75,852	19,490,297	0.39%	14	3	87	64	151	4	2
North Carolina	74,185	9,222,414	0.80%	15		108	40	148	2	1
North Dakota	6,140	641,481	0.96%	2		7	9	16		1
Ohio	57,045	11,485,910	0.50%	13		91	33	124	3	1
Oklahoma	41,547	3,642,361	1.14%	7		58	25	83	2	1
Oregon	145,429	3,790,060	3.84%	36		256	50	306	2	2
Pennsylvania	48,477	12,448,279	0.39%	10	1	74	38	112	3
Rhode Island	3,661	1,050,788	0.35%	1		6		6
South Carolina	35,968	4,479,800	0.80%	6		45	16	61	1	1
South Dakota	9,525	804,194	1.18%	2	1	9	24	33	1
Tennessee	43,179	6,214,888	0.69%	10		68	24	92	2	2
Texas	278,492	24,326,974	1.14%	49	3	425	117	542	8	4
Utah	1,857,667	2,736,424	67.9%	530	1	4357	377	4734	5	13
Vermont	4,323	621,270	0.70%	1		7	5	12
Virginia	84,876	7,769,089	1.09%	19		147	41	188	2
Washington	257,710	6,549,224	3.93%	54		443	60	503	5	3
West Virginia	16,711	1,814,468	0.92%	4		24	14	38	1
Wisconsin	24,019	5,627,967	0.43%	6		41	27	68	1
Wyoming	61,430	532,668	11.5%	16		130	21	151

[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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] The table below lists a few significant findings, from the survey, about Mormons.

Demographic[8]	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%