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To: Dan(9698)
Yeah, his numbers are off. Don't know about now, but these numbers are from 1990.

Top 10 U.S. States with Highest Proportion of
Latter-day Saints in the Population, 1990

State Number of
congregations
Number of
members
Percent of state
population
Utah 2,924 1,236,242 71.76%
Idaho 662 268,060 26.63
Wyoming 128 45,793 10.10
Nevada 198 89,033 7.41
Arizona 469 199,761 5.45
Montana 106 28,620 3.58
Hawaii 109 38,303 3.46
Oregon 228 89,601 3.15
Washington 371 150,634 3.10
Alaska 58 15,751 2.86

Top 10 U.S. States with Most Latter-day Saints, 1990

State Number of
congregations
Number of
members
Percent of state
population
Utah 2,924 1,236,242 71.76%
California 1,323 533,741 1.79
Idaho 662 268,060 26.63
Arizona 469 199,761 5.45
Washington 371 150,634 3.10
Texas 329 111,276 0.66
Oregon 228 89,601 3.15
Nevada 198 89,033 7.41
Colorado 193 70,313 2.13
Florida 160 59,845 0.46

Note: Data from this and following tables come from the 1990 Glenmary Research Institute study of county-by-county membership data from 130 U.S. denominations. The data was based on organizational reporting. Adherents.com has correlated these data with results from the 1990 Kosmin/NSRI (National Survey of Religious Identification)

4 posted on 07/06/2010 9:08:48 PM PDT by Ripliancum ("As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free")
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To: Ripliancum

Of course, these numbers are 8 years earlier than when the LDS did the big fight against ssm in Hawaii in 98.


5 posted on 07/06/2010 9:10:51 PM PDT by Ripliancum ("As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free")
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