Statistical Report 1974

Prepared by the Office of the Presiding Bishopric

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 1974:

Church Units

Number of Stakes of Zion at the Close of 1974	675
Number of Wards	4,756
Number of Independent Branches in Stakes	1,195
Total Wards and Independent Branches in Stakes at the Close of the Year	5,951
Number of Mission Branches at the Close of the Year	1,822
Number of Full-time Missions at the End of the Year	113

Church Membership, December 31, 1974

In the Stakes	2,960,143
In the Missions	425,766
Total Membership	3,385,909

Church Growth During 1974

Children Blessed in Stakes and Missions	72,717
Children of Record Baptized in Stakes and Missions	47,234
Converts Baptized in Stakes and Missions	69,018

Social Statistics (Based on 1974 Data from the Stakes and Missions)

Birth Rate per Thousand	26.11
Number of Persons Married per Thousand	14.29
Death Rate per Thousand	4.50

Priesthood

Members Holding the Aaronic Priesthood, December 31, 1974

Deacons	140,185
Teachers	107,277
Priests	170,867
Total Number Holding Aaronic Priesthood	418,329

Members Holding the Melchizedek Priesthood, December 31, 1974

Elders	292,873
Seventies	25,184
High Priests	104,919
Total Number Holding Melchizedek Priesthood	422,976
Grand Total Members Holding Aaronic or Melchizedek Priesthood	841,305

(An increase of 29,357 during the year 1974)

Church Organizations (Enrollment)

Relief Society	861,272
Sunday School	3,101,281
Aaronic Priesthood Age Young Men	180,912
Young Women	178,307
Primary Association	468,790
Melchizedek Priesthood MIA	650,000

Welfare Plan

Number of Persons Assisted During the Year	109,212
Number Placed in Remunerative Employment	17,346
Man-days of Work Donated to the Welfare Plan	139,418
Unit-days of Equipment Use Donated	4,102

Genealogical Society

Names Cleared in 1974 for Temple Ordinances

2,704,905

Genealogical records microfilmed in 27 countries during the year brought the total to 836,952 one hundred-foot rolls of microfilm for use of the Church, which are the equivalent of over 3,992,911 printed volumes of 300 pages each.

Temples

Number of Endowments Performed During 1974 in the 16 Operating Temples

For the Living	37,432
For the Dead	2,535,518
Total Number of Endowments	2,572,950

Church School System

Total 1974 Cumulative Enrollment in Church Schools, including Institutes and Seminaries

307,810

Those Who Have Passed Away

Carl W. Buehner, former counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Church

Zina Card Brown, wife of Elder Hugh B. Brown of the Council of the Twelve

Virginia Lee Perry, wife of Elder L. Tom Perry of the Council of the Twelve

Grace G. Cullimore, wife of James A. Cullimore, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve

Vernon E. Snyder, former legal counsel for the Church

Terrence Leslie Hansen, president of the Brigham Young University Language Training Mission

Clarissa Beesley, former member of the Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association Presidency

Ettie Lee, founder of the Ettie Lee Homes for Boys