Statistical Report 1983
For the information of the members of the Church, the First Presidency has issued the following statistical report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of 31 December 1983. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1983 reports available prior to conference.)
Number of stakes | 1,458 |
Number of districts | 343 |
Number of missions | 178 |
Number of wards | 9,329 |
Number of branches in stakes | 2,641 |
Number of branches in missions (These statistics reflect an increase of 66 stakes and 378 wards and branches during 1983.) | 2,024 |
Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches | 90 |
Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches | 17 |
Total membership at the close of 1983 | 5,400,000 |
Increase in children of record | 112,000 |
Children of record baptized | 69,000 |
Converts baptized | 189,419 |
Birthrate per thousand | 24.5 |
Deacons | 229,000 |
Teachers | 169,000 |
Priests | 335,000 |
Elders | 444,000 |
Seventies | 32,000 |
High Priests | 190,000 |
Full-time missionaries | 26,565 |
Names cleared in 1983 for temple endowments | 4,288,303 |
For the living | 52,116 |
For the dead | 4,364,928 |
Temples in operation | 25 |
Temples planned or under construction or renovation Six temples were dedicated in 1983, and six are planned to be dedicated in 1984. (If problems arise, one or more might be delayed until 1985) | 17 |
Seminaries and Institutes, including special programs | 389,258 |
Persons assisted by LDS Social Services | 118,672 |
Persons placed in gainful employment | 25,460 |
Man-days of labor donated to Welfare Services | 399,375 |
Bishops’ orders from storehouses | 305,891 |
Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April
Elder Mark E. Petersen, member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Clara May Jeffs Hunter, wife of Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Lucille Thurman Buehner, widow of Carl W. Buehner, counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Margaret Ann Newman Wells, widow of John Wells, Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Blanche Black Stoddard, former general Relief Society secretary; and Paul Benjamin Tanner, former general Sunday School treasurer.