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The tables on this section represents Latter-day Saint membership, as reported by the Church, as of December 31, 2022. [9] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for 2023). [10] Percentages of LDS members were calculated with this information.
Membership reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 31, 2022, 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."
Growth and demographic history. The records of the LDS Church show membership growth every decade since its beginning in the 1830s, although that has slowed significantly. Following initial growth rates that averaged 10% to 25% per year in the 1830s through 1850s, it grew at about 4% per year through the last four decades of the 19th century.
In 2001, sociologist Armand Mauss estimated that about 50 percent of LDS converts in the US stopped attending church within a year of baptism, while outside the US the rate was about 70 percent. [20] Membership statistics reported by the LDS Church have in some instances found to be inflated, with some counties in Utah having more reported ...
2021. 199,534. 2023. 203,339. *Membership was published as an estimate. Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Venezuela [1] In the 2021 Canadian census the number of persons who self-identified with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was 85,315 [2] down from 105,365 ...
[281] [282] In 2022, eight of the top ten nations with the highest LDS membership growth rate were in Africa, [283] and Latino people are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups with millions of LDS adherents in Latin American countries. [284] In the United States, church members tend to be more highly educated than the general population. [285]
According to the LDS Church, most of its revenues come in the form of tithes and fast offerings contributed by members. [21] Tithing donations are used to support operations of the church, including construction and maintenance of buildings and other facilities, and are transferred from local units directly to church headquarters in Salt Lake City, where the funds are centrally managed.
The overwhelming majority of Third Convention members reunified with the mainline church in 1946, [66] though some break-offs from the Third Convention established their own denominations (for example, Margarito Bautista's still extant El Reino de Dios). [30] [32] House of Aaron [62] [67] Maurice L. Glendenning: 1943 [67] LDS Church Fewer than ...