Statistical Report 1975
For the information of the members of the Church:
The First Presidency issued the following statistical report concerning the membership of the Church at the end of the year 1975:
Church Units
|
Number of stakes of Zion at the close of 1975 |
737 |
|
Number of wards |
5,095 |
|
Number of independent branches in stakes |
1,295 |
|
Total wards and independent branches in stakes at the close of the year |
6,390 |
|
Number of mission branches at the close of the year |
1,761 |
|
Number of full-time missions at the end of the year |
134 |
Church Membership, December 31, 1975
|
In the stakes |
3,126,469 |
|
In the missions |
445,733 |
|
Total membership |
3,572,202 |
Church Growth during 1975
|
Children blessed in stakes and missions |
79,723 |
|
Children of record baptized in stakes and missions |
50,263 |
|
Converts baptized in stakes and missions |
95,412 |
Social Statistics (Based on 1975 data from the stakes and missions)
|
Birthrate per thousand |
27.79 |
|
Number of persons married per thousand |
13.75 |
|
Death rate per thousand |
4.36 |
Priesthood
|
Deacons |
140,832 |
|
Teachers |
106,934 |
|
Priests |
178,241 |
|
Total number holding Aaronic Priesthood |
426,007 |
|
Elders |
308,863 |
|
Seventies |
25,734 |
|
High priests |
113,189 |
|
Total number holding Melchizedek Priesthood |
447,786 |
Grand total, members holding Aaronic or Melchizedek Priesthood
(An increase of 32,051 during the year 1975.)
873,793
Church Organizations (Enrollment)
|
Relief Society |
954,957 |
|
Sunday School |
3,243,531 |
|
Aaronic Priesthood-age young men |
257,082 |
|
Young Women |
223,440 |
|
Primary Association |
484,261 |
Welfare Plan
|
Number of persons assisted during the year |
112,715 |
|
Number placed in remunerative employment |
20,078 |
|
Man-days of work donated to the welfare plan (estimated) |
330,000 |
|
Unit-days of equipment use donated |
10,045 |
Genealogical Society
|
Names cleared in 1975 for temple ordinances The Genealogical records microfilmed in 37 countries during the year brought the total to 876,532 100-foot rolls of microfilm for use of the Church, which are the equivalent of over 4,219,504 printed volumes of 300 pages each. |
3,394,762 |
Temples
Number of endowments performed during 1975 in the 16 operating temples
|
For the living |
47,142 |
|
For the dead |
3,027,956 |
|
Total number of endowments |
3,075,098 |
Church School System
|
Total 1975 cumulative enrollment in Church schools including institutes and seminaries |
324,670 |
Those Who Have Passed Away
President Hugh B. Brown, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and former counselor in the First Presidency; Elder ElRay L. Christiansen, Assistant to the Twelve; Elder Milton R. Hunter of the First Council of the Seventy; Emma Marr Petersen, wife of Elder Mark E. Petersen of the Quorum of the Twelve; Jane “Jennie” Foote Taylor Richards, widow of Stayner Richards, former Assistant to the Twelve; Doyle L. Green, director/editor of Church magazines; David Smith, first president of the Idaho Falls Temple; Elbert Raine Curtis, former superintendent of the YMMIA; Earl C. Crockett, former acting president of BYU; Ivy Baker Priest, former United States Treasurer.
