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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States
The Salt Lake Temple
Members6,868,793 (2023)[1]
Stakes1,693
Districts6
Wards12,792
Branches1,801
Total Congregations[2]14,593
Missions110
Temples
  • 94 Operating
  • 23 Under Construction
  • 34 Announced
  • 151 Total
FamilySearch Centers3,539[3]
Recent Membership History
YearMembers
20126,321,416 (2.02% of US total)
2013 6,398,889 (2.03% of US total)
2014 6,466,267 (2.03% of US total)
2015 6,531,656 (2.04% of US total)
2016 6,592,195 (2.04% of US total)
2017 6,641,886 (2.01% of US total)
2018 6,681,829 (2.01% of US total)
2019 6,721,032 (2.02% of US total)
*2020 6,742,000 (2.00% of US total)
2021 6,763,019 (2.01% of US total)
2022 6,804,028 (2.01% of US total)
2023 6,868,793 (2.05% of US total)
Source: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-states (*2020 is an estimate since official numbers weren't released.)

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

  • Official LDS Membership - Membership count on record provided by the LDS Church. These records include adults and children, and also include both 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.

Membership defined

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Membership reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 31, 2023, was used to determine the number of members in each state.[1] The church defines membership as:[4]

  • "Those who have been baptized and confirmed."
  • "Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized."
  • "Those who are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age."
  • "Unblessed children under 8 when both of the following apply:
    • "At least one parent or one grandparent is a member of the Church."
    • "Both parents give permission for a record to be created. (If only one parent has legal custody of the child, the permission of that parent is sufficient.)"

The United States Census Bureau 2023 population estimates was used as the basis for the general population.[5] Each state link gives a brief history and additional membership information for that state.

LDS membership as percentage of population by US states (2021)
LDS membership in absolute numbers, by US states (2021)

Table

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Congregational

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State Area Temples Mis­sions Dis­tricts Stakes Con­gre­ga­tions FSC
O U A T Wards Bran­ches Total
Alabama NA Southeast 1 0 1 2 1 0 8 47 28 75 69
Alaska NA West 1 0 2 3 1 0 9 60 22 82 15
Arizona NA Southwest 6 0 2 8 6 0 117 835 89 924 79
Arkansas NA Southeast 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 51 23 74 42
California NA West 8 2 2 12 15 0 147 977 135 1,112 221
Colorado NA Central 2 1 1 4 4 0 35 277 33 310 87
Connecticut NA Northeast 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 28 6 34 47
Delaware NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 11 5
Florida NA Southeast 2 1 2 5 4 0 32 224 50 274 225
Georgia NA Southeast 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 134 28 162 117
Hawaii NA West 2 0 2 4 2 0 16 127 16 143 24
Idaho NA Central 6 3 1 10 3 0 138 1,179 49 1,228 58
Illinois NA Central 2 0 0 2 1 0 12 91 26 117 146
Indiana NA Northeast 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 78 23 101 108
Iowa NA Central 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 44 24 68 42
Kansas NA Central 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 59 15 74 52
Kentucky NA Southeast 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 51 32 83 44
Louisiana NA Southeast 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 33 18 51 43
Maine NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 8 26 25
Maryland NA Northeast 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 65 17 82 23
Massachusetts NA Northeast 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 42 15 57 59
Michigan NA Northeast 1 0 1 2 2 1 10 62 37 99 113
Minnesota NA Central 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 54 21 75 102
Mississippi NA Southeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 19 49 17
Missouri NA Central 2 0 1 3 2 0 19 138 26 164 109
Montana NA Central 2 0 1 3 1 0 13 90 43 133 47
Nebraska NA Central 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 42 15 57 27
Nevada NA Southwest 2 1 1 4 3 0 43 306 37 343 33
New Hampshire NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 4 18 23
New Jersey NA Northeast 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 41 21 62 63
New Mexico NA Southwest 1 1 0 2 2 0 14 104 33 137 53
New York NA Northeast 2 0 0 2 2 1 17 96 49 145 117
North Carolina NA Southeast 1 0 1 2 2 0 20 139 44 183 87
North Dakota NA Central 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 20 6 26 8
Ohio NA Northeast 1 1 1 3 2 0 15 101 26 127 156
Oklahoma NA Southwest 1 0 1 2 1 0 11 75 20 95 36
Oregon NA West 2 1 0 3 3 0 34 243 48 291 75
Pennsylvania NA Northeast 2 0 1 3 2 0 13 80 27 107 112
Rhode Island NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 9 8
South Carolina NA Southeast 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 66 17 83 36
South Dakota NA Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 17 31 12
Tennessee NA Southeast 2 1 0 3 2 0 12 86 31 117 60
Texas NA Southwest 5 2 3 10 10 2 79 622 129 751 209
Utah Utah 22 6 3 31 10 2 633 5,102 315 5,417 150
Vermont NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 4 12 9
Virginia NA Northeast 1 0 2 3 2 0 22 173 37 210 123
Washington NA West 4 0 2 6 7 0 60 428 54 482 109
Washington, D.C. NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1
West Virginia NA Northeast 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 25 12 37 23
Wisconsin NA Central 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 48 21 69 47
Wyoming NA Central 1 2 0 3 0 0 19 143 29 172 43

Members and growth

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State Area Members Population %LDS 2013 Change Growth (%) % of Total Growth Pew ARDA
Alabama NA Southeast 40,540 5,108,468 0.79% 35,708 4,832 13.53% 1.03% 1% 10th
Alaska NA West 33,948 733,406 4.63% 33,033 915 2.77% 0.19% 5% 2nd
Arizona NA Southwest 442,879 7,431,344 5.96% 414,261 28,618 6.91% 6.09% 5% 2nd
Arkansas NA Southeast 36,630 3,067,732 1.19% 28,667 7,963 27.78% 1.69% 1% 9th
California NA West 728,598 38,965,193 1.87% 777,061 −48,463 -6.24% -10.31% 1% 2nd
Colorado NA Central 149,186 5,877,610 2.54% 147,707 1,479 1% 0.31% 2% 2nd
Connecticut NA Northeast 16,030 3,617,176 0.44% 15,273 757 4.96% 0.16% 1% 10th
Delaware NA Northeast 5,736 1,031,890 0.56% 5,080 656 12.91% 0.14% <1% 11th
Florida NA Southeast 172,918 22,610,726 0.76% 143,057 29,861 20.87% 6.35% 1% 8th
Georgia NA Southeast 91,142 11,029,227 0.83% 80,548 10,594 13.15% 2.25% 1% 8th
Hawaii NA West 75,635 1,435,138 5.27% 72,459 3,176 4.38% 0.68% 3% 2nd
Idaho NA Central 476,118 1,964,726 24.23% 422,345 53,773 12.73% 11.44% 19% 1st
Illinois NA Central 57,837 12,549,689 0.46% 56,531 1,306 2.31% 0.28% <1% 13th
Indiana NA Northeast 47,789 6,862,199 0.7% 42,147 5,642 13.39% 1.2% 1% 13th
Iowa NA Central 29,285 3,207,004 0.91% 26,001 3,284 12.63% 0.7% <1% 13th
Kansas NA Central 39,793 2,940,546 1.35% 35,627 4,166 11.69% 0.89% 1% 10th
Kentucky NA Southeast 38,535 4,526,154 0.85% 33,455 5,080 15.18% 1.08% <1% 8th
Louisiana NA Southeast 29,913 4,573,749 0.65% 29,366 547 1.86% 0.12% <1% 6th
Maine NA Northeast 11,233 1,395,722 0.8% 10,778 455 4.22% 0.1% 2% 6th
Maryland NA Northeast 44,094 6,180,253 0.71% 43,227 867 2.01% 0.18% 1% 8th
Massachusetts NA Northeast 28,667 7,001,399 0.41% 25,996 2,671 10.27% 0.57% 1% 11th
Michigan NA Northeast 46,044 10,037,261 0.46% 43,178 2,866 6.64% 0.61% <1% 13th
Minnesota NA Central 33,759 5,737,915 0.59% 31,298 2,461 7.86% 0.52% 1% 12th
Mississippi NA Southeast 22,297 2,939,690 0.76% 21,704 593 2.73% 0.13% 1% 10th
Missouri NA Central 80,440 6,196,156 1.3% 67,943 12,497 18.39% 2.66% 1% 8th
Montana NA Central 52,068 1,132,812 4.6% 47,854 4,214 8.81% 0.9% 4% 2nd
Nebraska NA Central 25,935 1,978,379 1.31% 23,688 2,247 9.49% 0.48% 1% 6th
Nevada NA Southwest 182,786 3,194,176 5.72% 178,737 4,049 2.27% 0.86% 4% 2nd
New Hampshire NA Northeast 8,553 1,402,054 0.61% 8,335 218 2.62% 0.05% 1% 6th
New Jersey NA Northeast 35,453 9,290,841 0.38% 32,744 2,709 8.27% 0.58% <1% 15th
New Mexico NA Southwest 69,432 2,114,371 3.28% 69,365 67 0.1% 0.01% 1% 3rd
New York NA Northeast 87,605 19,571,216 0.45% 79,933 7,672 9.6% 1.63% <1% 13th
North Carolina NA Southeast 95,875 10,835,491 0.88% 79,835 16,040 20.09% 3.41% 1% 8th
North Dakota NA Central 11,682 783,926 1.49% 9,122 2,560 28.06% 0.54% <1% 7th
Ohio NA Northeast 64,595 11,785,935 0.55% 59,662 4,933 8.27% 1.05% 1% 14th
Oklahoma NA Southwest 52,844 4,053,824 1.3% 45,008 7,836 17.41% 1.67% 1% 8th
Oregon NA West 150,170 4,233,358 3.55% 150,630 −460 -0.31% -0.1% 3% 2nd
Pennsylvania NA Northeast 53,025 12,961,683 0.41% 51,171 1,854 3.62% 0.39% <1% 13th
Rhode Island NA Northeast 4,796 1,095,962 0.44% 4,054 742 18.3% 0.16% <1% 8th
South Carolina NA Southeast 45,810 5,373,555 0.85% 38,676 7,134 18.45% 1.52% <1% 11th
South Dakota NA Central 11,601 919,318 1.26% 10,385 1,216 11.71% 0.26% <1% 8th
Tennessee NA Southeast 59,202 7,126,489 0.83% 47,343 11,859 25.05% 2.52% 1% 10th
Texas NA Southwest 385,600 30,503,301 1.26% 315,895 69,705 22.07% 14.83% 1% 6th
Utah Utah 2,190,610 3,417,734 64.1% 1,951,937 238,673 12.23% 50.79% 55% 1st
Vermont NA Northeast 4,624 647,464 0.71% 4,596 28 0.61% 0.01% <1% 7th
Virginia NA Northeast 98,786 8,715,698 1.13% 92,407 6,379 6.9% 1.36% 2% 7th
Washington NA West 281,802 7,812,880 3.61% 276,837 4,965 1.79% 1.06% 3% 2nd
Washington, D.C. NA Northeast 3,215 678,972 0.47% 2,485 730 29.38% 0.16% 1% 39th
West Virginia NA Northeast 17,557 1,770,071 0.99% 17,060 497 2.91% 0.11% 2% 9th
Wisconsin NA Central 28,430 5,910,955 0.48% 25,686 2,744 10.68% 0.58% <1% 10th
Wyoming NA Central 67,691 584,057 11.59% 65,485 2,206 3.37% 0.47% 9% 1st

Territories

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Country Area Temples Mis­sions Dis­tricts Stakes Con­gre­ga­tions FSC
O U A T Wards Bran­ches Total
American Samoa Pacific 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 38 5 43 6
Guam Asia North 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 5 2
Northern Mariana Islands Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Puerto Rico Caribbean 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 27 11 38 10
United States Virgin Islands Caribbean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
Totals 2 1 0 3 2 1 11 70 19 89 21
Country Area Members Population %LDS 2013 Change Growth (%) % of Total Growth
American Samoa Pacific 16,611 43,895 37.843% 16,621 −10 -0.06% -0%
Guam Asia North 2,511 169,532 1.481% 2,265 246 10.861% 0.011%
Northern Mariana Islands Pacific 896 51,118 1.753% 789 107 13.561% 0.005%
Puerto Rico Caribbean 23,222 3,019,450 0.769% 23,064 158 0.685% 0.007%
United States Virgin Islands Caribbean 638 104,377 0.611% 590 48 8.136% 0.002%
Totals 43,878 3,388,372 1.23% 43,329 549 1.27% 0.02%

From religious surveys

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2001 American Religious Identification Survey

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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.

The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) was based on a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 50,281 American adults in the continental U.S.

2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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Percentage of US adult population, by state, claiming Mormon as religious preference in the 2007 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published a survey of 35,556 adults living in the United States that was conducted in 2007.[6] The 2007 survey, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI), found 1.7% of the U.S. adult population self identified themselves as Mormon.[7] The table below lists a few significant findings, from the survey, about Mormons. 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. The racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. membership is predominantly white[8] with a lower percentage of blacks when compared to the U.S. average.[9]

Demographic 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 %
Race, Ethnicity Mormons (U.S.) U.S. Avg.
White, non-Hisp. 86 % 71 %
Black, non-Hisp. 3 % 11 %
Other non-Hisp. 5 % 6 %
Hispanic 7 % 12 %

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: United States", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 2 November 2024
  2. ^ Excludes groups meeting separate from wards and branches
  3. ^ Find a FamilySearch Location, familysearch.org, retrieved 2 November 2024
  4. ^ "General Handbook [2022], 33.6.2 Members of Record". ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved 11 Aug 2022.
  5. ^ "State Population Totals: 2020-2023". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  6. ^ "Religion in American Culture -- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life". Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. ^ Portrait of Mormons in the U.S. Archived 2009-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 24, 2009
  8. ^ "The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups". pewresearch.org. Jul 27, 2015.
  9. ^ "Racial and ethnic composition among Mormons". pewforum.org. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
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