On 12/17/2015 11:08 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 12/17/2015 08:42 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I'm not sure about the demographics. After
working in the clerk office for ten years,
I've never seen any racial record keeping
at least in the ward or branch office. Maybe
someone does some kind of demographic, to
try and figure out percent Black, Asian, etc.

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http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Vital_Statistics

RACE-ETHNICITY. Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in many LDS
congregations. In the United States, where about 77 percent of the
population were non-Hispanic whites in 1980, 95 percent of the LDS
population were non-Hispanic whites. About 12 percent of the U.S.
population and only 0.4 percent of the LDS population were black (see
Blacks). Hispanics and Asians constituted about 8 percent of the U.S.
population and less than 3 percent of the LDS population. American
Indians (see Native Americans) had a higher percentage in the LDS Church
(1.1 percent) than in the U.S. population (0.6 percent).

The spread of the Church in Asia, the South Pacific, and Africa signals
an increasingly diverse ethnic membership. Straight-line growth
projections discussed above suggest the possibility of a Hispanic
majority by 2010. In any event, international expansion implies a
decline in the dominance of white North Americans.


http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/fil...ormons2008.pdf

The Trinity statistics do not substantially disagree with BYU's but I'd
take Trinity's as a bit more accurate when it comes to growth rates and
percent of the US population. Any organization tends to err on the high
side when it comes to membership and growth figures.

I figure the people who want to be LDS can and will.
Can't get at all concerned about ethnicity, and so on.
I'm not affirmative action.

But, anyhow. Thanks for looking up those stats and all.
I guess it is of concern to you?

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