Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States)

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

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."
"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 2022 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.

Table

Congregational

Members and growth

Territories

From religious surveys

2001 American Religious Identification Survey

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.

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]

References

^ a b "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: United States", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 15 May 2022
^ Excludes groups meeting separate from wards and branches.
^ Category:United States Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved March 28, 2022
^ "General Handbook [2022], 33.6.2 Members of Record". ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved 11 Aug 2022.
^ "State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
^ "Religion in American Culture -- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life". Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
^ Portrait of Mormons in the U.S. Archived 2009-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 24, 2009
^ "The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups". pewresearch.org. Jul 27, 2015.
^ "Racial and ethnic composition among Mormons". pewforum.org. Retrieved 2021-11-24.