Year-end 2008 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) list just under 6 million baptized members of the Church in the United States.
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Many of what are now the Western United States were settled by "Mormons." You may be referring to Utah, however, which was the primary destination of the move west.
As of 2007, there were approximately 6.3 million Mormons living in the United States.
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The Mormons had faced severe persecution and oppression from both local residents and city and state governments. An appeal for protection to the United States government was not answered, so the Mormons decided to seek religious freedom outside of the United States.
Mormon pioneers settled many cities in the western and midwestern United States. The federal government drew the state boundaries and named the states.
The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the mormons) has over 13 million members worldwide. The largest concentrations are in the United States, Mexico and Brasil. In the United States the state of Utah is usually associated with the Mormons because they settled the territory before it was annexed into the United States. Currently Utah's population is approximately 50% mormon.
I guess this depends on when in the late 1800's you are talking about. Many of the western states where Mormons settled were not actually states until the 1890's, they were territories. Either way, the answer would be Utah by far. Mormons settled almost the entire state of Utah. Southern Idaho and Northern Arizona had very high concentrations of Church members, but the rest of those states did not. There were also Mormon colonies and congregations in Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Canada, Mexico, the mid-west United States, Hawaii, New York, and Europe.
According to official 2008 Church records, there are approximately 7,534,468 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called "Mormons") outside of the United States, and 5,974,041 members inside the United States.
Yes, definately. There are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) in every state of the US. There are over 6 million Mormons in the United States. The state with the largest number of Mormons is Utah with 1.8 million Mormons. The state with the fewest number of Mormons is Rhode Island, with about 4,000 Mormons.
There are no official statistics kept on how many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) vote. Church members are encouraged to participate in their local governments by participating in elections, and we can safely assume that in the United States, voting among Mormons remains at or slightly above the national average. Mormons are probably more likely to vote if a candidate or policy of interest to them is on the ballot. About 60% of Mormons live outside the United States, some in democratic nations and some in non-democratic nations. Obviously these 60% do not vote in U.S. elections, but if there are elections in their nations they are encouraged to participate.
The Mormons moved to the west because they were trying to leave the United States. They had been kicked out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and thought they would try their luck in what was then Mexico. Also, Joseph Smith had prophesied a few years before his death that the Church would eventually move to the Rocky Mountains. Soon after the Mormons arrived there, the United States took over the area.
If you are referring to the Mormon gathering in Utah, then most recently Missouri and Illinois, although there were Mormons also coming from England and many other places. Later, when the church was larger, the church started branches in other states and countries rather than only gathering in one area. Originally the church was organized in Fayette, NY.