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Utah’s Mormon Population is Decreasing

Orginally published on Monday, July 25, 2005 at 2:08 PM
by Todd Rhoades

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah’s population of Mormons - members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - and their dominate status in the state is slipping. Statistics project that within three years, the state population will have it’s lowest share of Mormons since the church started keeping membership numbers…

If the trend persists, by 2030, church members will no longer be a Utah majority, the Salt Lake Tribune reported in a copyright story Sunday.

The projections are based on the normally secret membership counts which church officials give to the Utah Office of Planning and Budget. The office uses the numbers to make population projections.

The newspaper obtained the numbers through a public records request. The data covers the period between 1989 and 2004 - the years office staff could find.

Still the 15-year window provides a picture of what could be a historic transformation of the state population.

''Utah is essentially becoming more like the nation,'' said Robert Spendlove, the planning office's lead demographer.

Such a shift in the dominance of the Mormon church could alter civic discourse in Utah, although academics say the change will take time.

''The core LDS population will always be a force here. In your lifetime, I am sure it is not going to change that much,'' said University of Utah sociologist Theresa Martinez said. ''It will probably be more diverse but the power structures will probably remain the same.''

The numbers also show that the long-held belief that Utah's population is 70 percent Mormon is not true, nor has been for a decade.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 12:13 PM

I agree that the title of this article is very misleading, and I question the sources sighted within. As long as the LDS church headquarters are based in Salt Lake City I doubt the numbers will ever decrease. BUT the ratio of LDS vs not LDS in Utah is forever changing. Less than one in three in Salt Lake City are LDS and even less of those who are, actually practice the religion.
I would not go so far to say that Utah is abundant with diversity, but between tourism and a rapid growth rate diversity is seeping in, and those of us who were here already here are having to learn the lesson.
One final note: I found that this article, however hard the author tried to be objective, seemed to be very negative towards us “Mormons.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, however odd some of our practices may be to those of other faiths, is based on Christ and Christian love and eternal spiritual progression. This article gives a sense of celebration that a Christian faith is dwindling in numbers, it further insinuates that the LDS Church works in secretism.("The projections are based on the normally SECRET membership counts which church officials give to the Utah Office of Planning and Budget.") I stand firm that the Church does nothing in secret, but tries to keep certain things on the low down to protect its sacredness. As far as these so called secret membership counts go, they are accessible through the public records to anyone and everyone, even the reporter who “dug them up.”
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an institution that teaches love, forgiveness, repentance, and much more. Any questions feel free to pick up a Book of Mormon and read it. All of those questions will be answered therein.
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