“Statistical Report 1982,” Ensign, May 1983, 20
Statistical Report 1982
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 1982. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1982 reports available prior to conference.)
Church Units
|
Number of stakes |
1,392 |
|
Number of districts |
336 |
|
Number of missions |
180 |
|
Number of wards |
8,888 |
|
Number of branches in stakes |
2,699 |
|
Number of branches in missions |
2,029 |
(These statistics reflect an increase of 71 stakes and 523 wards and branches during 1982.)
|
Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches |
89 |
|
Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches |
16 |
Church Membership
|
Total membership at the close of 1982 |
5,165,000 |
Church Growth during 1982
|
Increase in children of record |
124,000 |
|
Children of record baptized |
67,000 |
|
Converts baptized |
207,000 |
Social Statistics
|
Birthrate per thousand |
28.1 |
|
Number of persons married per thousand |
12.2 |
|
Death rate per thousand |
3.9 |
Priesthood
|
Deacons |
227,000 |
|
Teachers |
168,000 |
|
Priests |
325,000 |
|
Elders |
436,000 |
|
Seventies |
32,000 |
|
High priests |
180,000 |
Missionaries
|
Full-time missionaries |
26,300 |
Genealogical
|
Names cleared in 1982 for temple endowments |
2,462,700 |
Temples
Number of endowments performed during 1982:
|
For the living |
48,800 |
|
For the dead |
4,418,000 |
|
Temples in operation |
19 |
|
Temples planned or under construction |
22 |
|
Temples closed during the year |
1 |
Church Educational System
Total enrollment during 1981–82 school year:
|
Seminaries and Institutes |
320,500 |
|
Church schools, colleges, universities |
70,100 |
Welfare Services
|
Persons assisted by LDS Social Services |
83,700 |
|
Persons placed in gainful employment |
22,300 |
|
Man-days of labor donated to welfare services |
393,500 |
|
Commodities distributed from storehouses in pounds |
21,099,000 |
Prominent Members Who Passed Away Since Last April
President N. Eldon Tanner, First Counselor in the First Presidency; Elder LeGrand Richards, Member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; John G. Lahaderne, president of the Italy Catania Mission; Charles R. Hansen, president of the California Oakland Mission; Terry Lavelle Crapo, Regional Representative; Lavere Arnold Ricks, Regional Representative; James David King, president of the Paradise Valley Arizona Stake; J. Spencer Cornwall, former conductor of the Tabernacle Choir; Bertha Reeder Richards, former general president of the Young Women’s MIA from 1948 to 1961; Percy K. Fetzer, patriarch and former temple, stake, and mission president; Monte L. Bean, prominent church leader and philanthropist; Dr. Albert Ray Olpin, former president of the University of Utah; Clare Middlemiss, personal secretary to President David O. McKay for thirty-five years; W. Creed Haymond, noted athlete and church leader; Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of the first artificial heart.