New U.S. Religion Census sheds light on LDS Church membership

Here’s one anomaly: The number of Latter-day Saints in Utah’s Rich County is greater than the county’s overall population. Huh?

So let’s dig in to the data. First, we’ll look at how the census was performed , and then we’ll see what it says.There’s nothing better than the U.S. census for data researchers. Rather than relying on polls that are then extrapolated over the whole population, the goal is to get a complete tally of everyone who lives in the U.S. Truthfully, census researchers do a darn good job, all things considered.

In particular, both of those groups report multiple counties in which they say there are more adherents to their churches than there are residents in the county. For example, here’s the USARB’s map of denominations in the U.S. Note that “major” here means the predominant faith in that county.With these numbers, you can see that all of Utah, western Nevada and southeastern Idaho are majority Latter-day Saint counties, along with a few counties in Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, even Alaska. Beyond that, you can see the influence of the Baptists in the South, the Lutherans in the north, and Catholics in the Northeast, Southwest and Florida.

andyblarsen What's the percentage of actual tithe paying, active members though? 🤔

andyblarsen Found a typo under the map of 'Major Religious Families.' Isn't Eastern Nevada majority LDS, and not Western Nevada?

andyblarsen Does illegal immigration having anything to do with it? They’d show up on church records, maybe not on a Census…

andyblarsen Sounds like inactive members died or moved without their local leadership knowing.

andyblarsen Huh, I didn't know Mormons were Democrat's.

andyblarsen I am so sure that the census is accurate, just like all of the statistics that come from the tribune.

andyblarsen STOP THE COUNT!!!!

andyblarsen Small point of fact: Bear Lake is in Bear Lake County on the Idaho side, not Franklin County. Franklin County is the Idaho portion of Valley. BL is in Rich county on the Utah side though, so vacation properties could still be inflating those numbers somewhat.

andyblarsen Good to see the rise of nones. Also - 'We should note also that this means inflation is occurring on the official Latter-day Saint rolls.'🤔

andyblarsen Members probably have come and gone and are still counted as living there. That is all.

andyblarsen Counting in-active people too? How do I get out of this cult?! 😂

andyblarsen Count the dead?

andyblarsen Refreshing to continue to hear the rise of nones continues.

andyblarsen Is there actually any reason this is important? Does the number of members affect anything outside of people’s speculations of one religion or another? Churches already don’t pay taxes so what specific reason would they try to inflate their numbers?

andyblarsen They must be counting my very non-mormon ancestors, whom they have baptized

andyblarsen On average, people don't live to be 110 years. Add people who leave their rural home without giving a forwarding address and I am surprised this number is not higher. LDS mormon fraud

andyblarsen Dishonest church, no surprise. They claim 16 million but we know its 1/3rd of that. Just count the asses in the seats, wards have 500ish, less than 100 in seats.

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