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

• 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.

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]

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

Table

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

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.

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.

References

See also

• LDS membership statistics (worldwide)
• LDS membership statistics (Canada)

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