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

United States

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• 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, 2010 was used to determine the number of members in each state. The United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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 2010 Census was used as the basis for the general population.

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

State	Membership	Population	% LDS	Stakes	Districts District (LDS Church) A district of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative unit composed of a number of congregations called branches. A district is a subdivision of a mission of the church and in many ways is analogous to a stake of the church. The leader of a district is the...	Wards	Branches	Total Congregations	Missions Mission (LDS Church) A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...	Temples Temple (LDS Church) In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and they are considered by Church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time...
Alabama	34,725	4,779,736	0.73%	6		43	30	74	1	1
Alaska	32,170	710,231	4.53%	7	1	51	31	80	1	1
Arizona	381,235	6,392,017	5.96%	90		703	91	784	4	3
Arkansas	26,650	2,915,918	0.91%	5		35	25	60	1
California	757,895	37,253,956	2.03%	157		1184	174	1358	16	7
Colorado	139,887	5,029,196	2.78%	31		256	31	287	3	1
Connecticut	14,784	3,574,097	0.41%	4		27	5	32	1
Delaware	5,209	897,934	0.58%	1		9	3	12
District of Columbia	2,357	601,723	0.39%			2	1	3
Florida	133,805	18,801,310	0.71%	26		182	52	234	5	1
Georgia	76,294	9,687,653	0.79%	15		110	41	151	3	1
Hawaii	68,858	1,360,301	5.06%	15		124	10	134	1	2
Idaho	410,757	1,567,582	26.2%	121		965	102	1067	2	4
Illinois	55,460	12,830,632	0.43%	12		92	35	127	4	2
Indiana	41,190	6,483,802	0.64%	11		68	30	98	1
Iowa	24,229	3,046,355	0.78%	7		37	30	67	1
Kansas	33,279	2,853,118	1.18%	7		53	22	75
Kentucky	31,568	4,339,367	0.73%	6		41	33	74	1	1
Louisiana	27,977	4,533,372	0.62%	6		30	20	50	1	1
Maine	10,541	1,328,361	0.79%	2		16	13	29
Maryland	39,755	5,773,552	0.69%	8		65	14	79	2	1
Massachusetts	24,689	6,547,629	0.38%	4		39	13	52	1	1
Michigan	42,599	9,883,640	0.43%	8	1	66	39	105	2	1
Minnesota	30,304	5,303,925	0.57%	8		54	26	80	1	1
Mississippi	21,041	2,967,297	0.71%	4		29	14	43	1
Missouri	65,122	5,988,927	1.09%	14		106	38	144	2	1
Montana	45,893	989,415	4.64%	11		78	42	120	1	1
Nebraska	22,706	1,826,341	1.24%	4		41	19	60	1	1
Nevada	174,662	2,700,551	6.47%	35		290	28	318	2	2
New Hampshire	8,238	1,316,470	0.63%	3		16	5	21	1
New Jersey	31,277	8,791,894	0.36%	5	1	34	24	58	2
New Mexico	66,178	2,059,179	3.21%	13		89	42	131	1	1
New York	76,811	19,378,102	0.40%	14	3	88	64	151	4	2
North Carolina	75,685	9,535,483	0.79%	15		111	40	151	2	1
North Dakota	6,366	672,591	0.95%	2		7	9	16		1
Ohio	57,918	11,536,504	0.50%	13		93	33	126	3	1
Oklahoma	42,515	3,751,351	1.13%	7		58	26	84	2	1
Oregon	146,617	3,831,074	3.83%	36		252	53	305	2	2
Pennsylvania	49,024	12,702,379	0.39%	10	1	74	36	110	2
Rhode Island	3,711	1,052,567	0.35%	1		6		6
South Carolina	36,365	4,625,364	0.79%	6		48	14	62	1	1
South Dakota	9,631	814,180	1.18%	2	1	10	23	33	1
Tennessee	44,464	6,346,105	0.70%	10		69	28	97	2	2
Texas	286,902	25,145,561	1.14%	55	3	434	120	554	8	4
Utah	1,884,377	2,763,885	68.2%	536	1	4411	375	4786	5	13
Vermont	4,386	625,741	0.70%	1		7	5	12
Virginia	86,998	8,001,024	1.09%	19		150	44	190	2
Washington	263,004	6,724,540	3.91%	54		451	62	513	5	3
West Virginia	16,879	1,852,994	0.91%	4		24	14	38	1
Wisconsin	24,386	5,686,986	0.43%	6		42	27	69	1
Wyoming	62,411	563,626	11.1%	16		131	21	152

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. 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. 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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2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

The 2007 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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 survey, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI), found 1.7% of the U.S. adult population self identified themselves as Mormon. The table below lists a few significant findings, from the survey, about Mormons.

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%

See also

• LDS membership statistics (worldwide)
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics
  The tables on this page represents Latter Day Saint membership as reported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of January 1, 2009....
  
  
• LDS membership statistics (Canada)
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Canada)
  The general population was taken from using the Jan 1, 2010 population estimates. The official membership statistics as of Jan 1, 2010 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was used for all other data.This table is sortable...