Statistical Report 1973

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 1973.

Number of Stakes of Zion at the Close of 1973	630
Number of Wards	4,580
Number of Independent Branches in Stakes	1,127
Total Wards and Independent Branches in Stakes at the Close of the Year	5,707
Number of Mission Branches at the Close of the Year	1,847
Number of Full-time Missions at the End of the Year	108

Church Membership, December 31, 1973

In the Stakes	2,856,210
In the Missions	465,346
Total Membership	3,321,556

Church Growth During 1973

Children Blessed in Stakes and Missions	68,623
Children of Record Baptized in Stakes and Missions	48,578
Converts Baptized in Stakes and Missions	79,603

Social Statistics (Based on 1973 data from the stakes)

Birth Rate per Thousand	25.64
Number of Persons Married per Thousand	14.72
Death Rate per Thousand	4.91

Priesthood

Members Holding the Aaronic Priesthood, December 31, 1973

Deacons	140,549
Teachers	102,924
Priests	164,668
Total Number Holding Aaronic Priesthood	408,141

Members Holding the Melchizedek Priesthood, December 31, 1973

Elders	280,351
Seventies	24,490
High priests	99,886
Total Number Holding Melchizedek Priesthood	404,727
Grand Total Members Holding Aaronic or Melchizedek Priesthood	812,868

(An increase of 25,932 during the year)

Church Organizations (Enrollments)

Relief Society	785,000
Sunday School	2,564,134
Aaronic Priesthood MIA—Young Men	171,377
Aaronic Priesthood MIA—Young Women	212,040
Primary	471,538
Melchizedek Priesthood MIA	625,000

Welfare Plan

Number of Persons Assisted During the Year	103,100
Number Placed in Remunerative Employment	16,159
Man-days of Work Donated to the Welfare Plan	154,306
Unit-days of Equipment Use Donated	4,756

Genealogical Society

Names Cleared in 1973 for Temple Ordinances

2,718,421

(Genealogical records microfilmed in 27 countries during the year brought the total to 796,804 100-foot rolls of microfilm for use of the Church which are the equivalent of over 3,801,373 printed volumes of 300 pages each.)

Temples

Number of Ordinances Performed During 1973 in the 15 Operating Temples

For the Living	71,555
For the Dead	8,836,044
Total Number of Ordinances	8,907,599

Church School System

Total 1973 Cumulative Enrollment in Church Schools, including Institutes and Seminaries

307,086

Those who have passed away:

President Harold B. Lee, eleventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the age of 74 on December 26, 1973; Arthur V. Watkins, former United States Senator and prominent Church leader; Frank W. Asper, Salt Lake Tabernacle organist emeritus; Roy A. Welker, Church official, educator, author, and teacher; and Roland L. Jaussi, director of the San Diego Visitors Center and former director of the Missionary Home in Salt Lake City.