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“Statistical Report 1983,” Ensign, May 1984, 20

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 1983. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1983 reports available prior to conference.)

Church Units

• Number of stakes 1,458

• Number of districts 343

• Number of missions 178

• Number of wards 9,329

• Number of branches in stakes 2,641

• Number of branches in missions 2,024

(These statistics reflect an increase of 66 stakes and 378 wards and branches during 1983.)

• Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches 90

• Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches 17

Church Membership

• Total membership at the close of 1983 5,400,000

Church Growth during 1983

• Increase in children of record 120,000

• Children of record baptized 69,000

• Converts baptized 189,419

Social Statistics

• Birthrate per thousand 24.5

• Number of persons married per thousand 11.1

• Death rate per thousand 4.0

Priesthood

• Deacons 229,000

• Teachers 169,000

• Priests 335,000

• Elders 444,000

• Seventies 32,000

• High Priests 190,000

Missionaries

• Full-time missionaries 26,565

Genealogical

• Names cleared in 1983 for temple endowments 4,288,303

Temples

Number of endowments performed during 1983:

• For the living 52,116

• For the dead 4,364,928

• Temples in operation 25

• Temples planned or under construction or renovation 17

Six temples were dedicated in 1983, and six are planned to be dedicated in 1984. (If problems arise, one or more might be delayed until 1985.)

Church Educational System

Total enrollment during 1982–83 school year:

• Seminaries and Institutes, including special programs 389,258

• Church schools, colleges, and continuing education 68,707

Welfare Services

• Persons assisted by LDS Social Services 118,672

• Persons placed in gainful employment 25,460

• Man-days of labor donated to Welfare Services 399,375

• Bishops’ orders from storehouse 305,891

Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April

Elder Mark E. Petersen, member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Clara May Jeffs Hunter, wife of Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Lucille Thurman Buehner, widow of Carl W. Buehner, counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Margaret Ann Newman Wells, widow of John Wells, Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Blanche Black Stoddard, former general Relief Society secretary; and Paul Benjamin Tanner, former general Sunday School treasurer.