“A Statistical Profile: What Numbers Tell Us about Ourselves,” Ensign, Apr. 1980, 15

150 Years of the Restored Gospel

A Statistical Profile:

What Numbers Tell Us about Ourselves

Church Growth (With projections to the year 2000)

Year	Missions	Stakes	Stake Wards and Branches
1840	2	11
1850	9	1
1860	8	4
1870	7	9
1880	10	23
1890	12	32
1900	20	43	448
1910	21	62	694
1920	24	83	959
1930	30	104	1000
1940	35	134	1191
1950	43	180	1541
1960	58	319	2882
1970	92	537	4922
1978	168	990	8064
1980	190	1190	9550
1990	300	2400	19,000
2000	460	3600	29,000

Estimated number of members of the Church since the beginning of this dispensation through 1980: 5.5 million.

Church Buildings

Country	Historic Sites, Visitors Centers	Separate Branch Genealogical Libraries*	Hdqts. Buildings	Distrib. Centers	Institutes & Seminaries	Meeting- houses	Mission Properties	Temples	Welfare Buildings	Total
U.S. & Canada	96	12	18	1	427	4,106	55	13	130	4,858
Outside U.S. & Canada	6	1	15	19	9	1,540	103	6	1	1,700
Totals	102	13	33	20	436	5,646	158	19	131	6,558

Membership statistics (Estimates through 1980)

Melchizedek Priesthood	565,000
Relief Society	1,337,000
Aaronic Priesthood (includes adults)	500,000
Young Women (ages 12–18)	307,000
Families	1,780,000

Distribution of Members (Projected through 1980)

Australia-New Zealand	111,000
Hawaii-Pacific Isles	101,000
Canada	99,000
United States (excluding Hawaii)	3,254,000
Mexico-Central America	330,000
South America	380,000
British Isles	117,000
Europe	104,000
South Africa	11,000
Japan-Korea	60,000
Southeast Asia-Philippines	58,000

Temple Ordinance Summary, 1830–1979

Temple Ordinances

	Endowments per given year	Sealings of couples for the living, per given year	Sealings of couples for the dead, per given year
1846	839
1860	1,042
1870	2,268
1880	11,099
1890	30,843	1,101	9,352
1900	31,621
1910	55,423	1,950	12,652
1920	144,757
1930	366,556	944	39,410
1940	593,675
1950	455,292	6,070	127,336
1960	1,086,586
1970	1,698,542	14,180	232,308
1979	3,924,867	23,817	1,830,292

Total Missionaries

Convert Baptisms 1979 estimate: 193,000

Welfare Services Activities

	1979	1978	1975	1970	1965	1960	1955
Number of People Assisted	139,311 (est.)	111,449	112,715	84,500	106,285	98,411	58,778
Number of Donated Manhours	3,903,000 (est.)	3,548,000	3,200,000 (est.)	1,567,459	586,527	717,792	715,384
Number of Workers at D.I.	2,120	1,992	1,628	900 (est.)	702	563	380
Number of People Placed in Gainful Employment	18,476 (est.)	21,217	20,078	11,500	11,662	5,318	3,732
Number of Welfare Services Missionaries	717	511	272

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