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

Main article: Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States
The Salt Lake Temple
Members	6,868,793 (2023)[1]
Stakes	1,693
Districts	6
Wards	12,792
Branches	1,801
Total Congregations[2]	14,593
Missions	110
Temples	94 Operating 23 Under Construction 34 Announced 151 Total
FamilySearch Centers	3,539[3]

Recent Membership History

Year	Members
2012	6,321,416 (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.)

Membership defined

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

Congregational

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

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

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

2001 American Religious Identification Survey

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

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

• LDS Church portal

• Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Canada)

References

1. "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.