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growth13 (LDS Population in the United States ** )

LDS Population in the United States, year-end 2001 and as of June 2020


                Order of states by         Percentage LDS,          Number of LDS members,       Percentage LDS,
                 LDS population %           year-end 2001               year-end 2001            as of June 2021
                    #01  Utah                  76.80 %                    1,655,600                 68.5 %
                    #02  Idaho                 26.77 %                      353,700                 26.0 %
                    #03  Wyoming               11.09 %                       54,800                 11.7 %
                    #04  Nevada                 7.28 %                      153,300                  6.2 %
                    #05  Arizona                6.06 %                      322,100                  6.2 %
                    #06  Hawaii                 4.78 %                       58,600                  5.3 %
                    #07  Montana                4.50 %                       40,700                  4.8 %
                    #08  Alaska                 4.14 %                       26,300                  4.5 %
                    #09  Oregon                 3.97 %                      138,000                  3.7 %
                    #10  Washington             3.90 %                      233,400                  3.9 %
                    #11  New Mexico             3.14 %                       57,600                  3.3 %
                    #12  Colorado               2.69 %                      119,000                  2.7 %
                    #13  California             2.19 %                      756,100                  1.9 %
                    #14  Nebraska               1.14 %                       19,600                  1.3 %
                    #15  South Dakota           1.11 %                        8,400                  1.2 %
                    #16  Texas                  1.05 %                      224,600                  1.3 %
                    #17  Kansas                 1.05 %                       28,300                  1.3 %
                    #18  Oklahoma               1.01 %                       34,800                  1.3 %
                    #19  Virginia               0.99 %                       71,600                  1.1 %
                    #20  Missouri               0.96 %                       54,000                  1.2 %
                    #21  North Dakota           0.80 %                        5,100
                    #22  Arkansas               0.77 %                       20,900
                    #23  North Carolina         0.73 %                       59,500
                    #24  Georgia                0.72 %                       60,700
                    #25  Florida                0.71 %                      115,800
                    #26  Maine                  0.70 %                        9,000
                    #27  South Carolina         0.69 %                       28,200
                    #28  West Virginia          0.69 %                       12,500
                    #29  Maryland               0.68 %                       36,800
                    #30  Vermont                0.66 %                        4,100
                    #31  Alabama                0.64 %                       28,400
                    #32  Mississippi            0.64 %                       18,200
                    #33  Iowa                   0.63 %                       18,400
                    #34  New Hampshire          0.61 %                        7,700
                    #35  Kentucky               0.59 %                       24,400
                    #36  Indiana                0.57 %                       34,700         
                    #37  Tennessee              0.56 %                       32,400
                    #38  Louisiana              0.54 %                       24,200
                    #39  Delaware               0.50 %                        4,000
                    #40  Minnesota              0.49 %                       24,400            
                    #41  Ohio                   0.43%                        49,400
                    #42  Illinois               0.39%                        49,000                         
                    #43  Michigan               0.39 %                       39,100
                    #44  Wisconsin              0.38 %                       20,700
                    #45  Connecticut            0.37 %                       13,000
                    #46  Massachusetts          0.35 %                       22,400
                    #47  New York               0.34 %                       64,900
                    #48  New Jersey             0.33 %                       28,300
                    #49  Rhode Island           0.32 %                        3,400
                    #50  Pennsylvania           0.31 %                       39,300
                    #51  District of Columbia   0.18 %                        1,100  


* The total LDS membership in the United States at the end of 2001 was 5,310,598 members.  At the end of 2020, there were over 16,000,000 members.
* As of June 2020, the population of American Samoa was 29.8% LDS, Alberta Canada 2.0%, the Virgin Islands 2.0%, Guam 1.5%, Northern Mariana Islands 1.5%.


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