LDS Membership by US State in 2017, Percent LDS Membership Growth by US State in 2017

I have received recent inquires about the number of Latter-day Saints in each state in the United States. See below for a list of all states in the United States (plus the District of Columbia) ranked by church-reported membership for year-end 2017. Locations listed in bold do not have an LDS temple announced or in operation.

1. Utah - 2,090,401 
2. California - 767,252 
3. Idaho - 450,347 
4. Arizona -  428,069 
5. Texas - 353,317 
6. Washington - 288,515 
7. Nevada - 183,638 
8. Florida - 156,724 
9. Oregon - 153,955 
10. Colorado - 151,433 
11. Virginia - 95,379 
12. North Carolina -  86,132 
13. Georgia -  85,363 
14. New York - 82,361 
15. Hawaii -  74,278 
16. Missouri - 71,212 
17. New Mexico -  69,627 
18. Wyoming - 67,275 
19. Ohio - 61,966 
20. Illinois - 57,111 
21. Pennsylvania - 51,765 
22. Tennessee - 51,050 
23. Montana - 50,420 
24. Oklahoma - 47,852 
25. Indiana - 44,876 
26. Michigan - 44,849 
27. Maryland - 43,721 
28. South Carolina - 40,608 
29. Kansas - 37,780 
30. Alabama - 37,487 
31. Kentucky - 35,125 
32. New Jersey - 33,726 
33. Alaska - 33,492 
34. Minnesota - 33,012 
35. Arkansas - 31,254 
36. Louisiana - 29,787 
37. Iowa - 28,160 
38. Massachusetts -  27,576 
39. Wisconsin -  26,753 
40. Nebraska - 24,945 
41. Mississippi - 21,725 
42. West Virginia - 16,933 
43. Connecticut - 15,870 
44. North Dakota - 11,244 
45. Maine - 10,947 
46. South Dakota - 10,626 
47. New Hampshire - 8,771 
48. Delaware - 5,527 
49. Vermont -  4,625 
50. Rhode Island - 4,177 
51. District of Columbia - 2,848 

See below for a list of states and the District of Columbia ranked in order by membership growth rate for the year 2017. The 10 states with the most members in this list are indicated in italics:

1.  District of Columbia +3.26% 
2. Rhode Island +2.63% 
3. Delaware +2.35% 
4. Tennessee +2.04% 
5. Arkansas +1.82% 
6. Vermont +1.69% 
7. South Dakota +1.68% 
8. Texas +1.49% 
9. North Carolina +1.45% 
10. Wisconsin +1.37% 
11. Massachusetts +1.37% 
12. Idaho +1.29% 
13. Utah +1.19% 
14. New Hampshire +1.19% 
15. Arizona +1.18% 
16. Missouri +1.17% 
17. Florida +1.16% 
18. Georgia +1.12% 
19. Oklahoma +1.06% 
20. South Carolina +0.97% 
21. Minnesota +0.90% 
22. Ohio +0.77% 
23. New York +0.76% 
24. New Jersey +0.74% 
25. Nebraska +0.73% 
26. Alabama +0.67% 
27. Nevada +0.56% 
28. Montana +0.55% 
29. Kentucky +0.49% 
30. Hawaii +0.47% 
31. Indiana +0.46% 
32. Maryland +0.43% 
33. Michigan +0.42% 
34. Kansas +0.39% 
35. Washington +0.38% 
36. Connecticut +0.23% 
37. Pennsylvania +0.19% 
38. Virginia +0.19% 
39. New Mexico +0.01% 
40. Oregon +0.01% 
41. Iowa +0.01%
42.  Illinois +0.00% 
43. North Dakota -0.11% 
44. Maine -0.28% 
45. West Virginia -0.28% 
46. Colorado -0.30% 
47. Wyoming -0.34% 
48. Louisiana -0.49% 
49. California -0.55% 
50. Mississippi -0.57% 
51. Alaska -0.94%

Updated list of the states in the United States without a temple

With the recent announcement of temples for Indianapolis, Indiana and Hartford, Connecticut I have updated the list of states in the United States without temples.  Currently 15 states and the District of Columbia do not have an LDS temple announced, operating, or under construction.  At the end of 2010 six percent of LDS membership in the United States resided in states without an LDS temple.

1. Virginia

•  89,297 members
•  19 stakes
• 196 congregations
• Washington DC Temple

2. Wyoming

•  63,069 members
• 16 stakes
• 155 congregations
• Billings Montana Temple (5 stakes), Ogden Utah Temple (5 stakes), Denver Colorado Temple (2 stakes), Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (2 stakes), Vernal Utah Temple (2 stakes)

3. Kansas

• 34,190 members
• 7 stakes
• 75 congregations
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple (2 stakes), St. Louis Missouri Temple (2 stakes), Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple (2 stakes), Denver Colorado Temple (1 stake)

4. New Jersey

• 31,673 members
• 5 stakes, 1 district
• 59 congregations
• Manhattan New York Temple (4 stakes, 1 district), Washington DC Temple (1 stake)

5. Arkansas

•  27,559 members
• 5 stakes
• 63 congregations
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple (3 stakes), Memphis Tennessee Temple (2 stakes)

6. Wisconsin

• 24,496 members
• 6 stakes
• 69 congregations
• Chicago Illinois Temple (5 stakes), St. Paul Minnesota Temple (1 stake)

7. Iowa

• 24,614 members
• 7 stakes
• 69 congregations
• Nauvoo Illinois Temple (3 stakes), Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple (4 stakes)

8. Mississippi

• 21,217 members
• 4 stakes
• 43 congregations
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple (3 stakes), Memphis Tennessee Temple (1 stake)

9. West Virginia

• 16,710 members
• 4 stakes
• 37 congregations
• Washington DC Temple (2 stakes), Columbus Ohio Temple (1 stake), Louisville Kentucky Temple (1 stake)

10. Maine

• 10,684 members
• 2 stakes
• 27 congregations
• Boston Massachusetts Temple (2 stakes)

11. South Dakota

• 9,812 members
• 2 stakes, 1 district
• 33 congregations
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple (1 stake, 1 district), Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple (1 stake)

12. New Hampshire

• 8,231 members
• 3 stakes
• 21 congregations
• Boston Massachusetts Temple

13. Delaware

• 5,184 members
• 1 stake
• 12 congregations
• Washington DC Temple

14. Vermont

• 4,384 members
• 1 stake
• 12 congregations
• Boston Massachusetts Temple

15. Rhode Island

• 3,833 members
• 1 stake
• 7 congregations
• Boston Massachusetts Temple

16. District of Columbia

• 2,382 members
• 0 stakes, 0 districts (the Washington DC Stake is headquartered in Kensington, Maryland)
• 3 congregations
• Washington DC Temple (located in Kensington, Maryland)

Most of these states do not had their own LDS temples due to close proximity to a temple in a neighboring state.  For example, all states without a temple with over 20,000 Latter-day Saints are serviced by temples in neighboring states which are near the state border, such as the Washington DC Temple for Virginia and the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple for Iowa.  Prospects appear most favorable for temple announcements in the near future in Virginia (Richmond or Virginia Beach), Wyoming (Evanston), and Arkansas (Rogers) among states which currently have no LDS temples.