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What percentage of Cheyenne Wyoming is Mormon?

What percentage of Cheyenne Wyoming is Mormon?

9 percent
Interestingly, Wyoming is more influenced by Mormonism. At 9 percent, Wyoming has the third highest Mormon population in the West (after Utah and Idaho) and, indeed, in the entire USA. So, Wyoming’s religious character is overwhelmingly Christian (66 percent) and solidly Protestant (43 percent).

Does Wyoming have a large Mormon population?

Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming have the largest Mormon populations in the United States. The remainder of the states have Mormon populations of less than 11% of their total populations.

Is Wyoming full of Mormons?

The survey shows Wyoming has the third-highest proportion of Mormons with 9 percent. Next on the list is a group of five states that have about 4 to 5 percent of its residents in the LDS church: Nevada, Montana, Arizona, Hawaii and Alaska.

What percent of Arizona is Mormon?

6 percent
Research indicates that about 6 percent of Arizona’s population identifies as Mormon, making it “one of the highest baptizing areas for the LDS church in North America,” Martinich said.

What percentage of Utah is Mormon?

62%
Statewide, Mormons account for nearly 62% of Utah’s 3.1 million residents. That number is also inching down as the state’s healthy job market attracts non-Mormon newcomers from other places. The ongoing demographic shift could have widespread effects, including at the Utah Legislature, where most lawmakers are Mormon.

What percentage of Idaho is Mormon?

24 percent
That’s more than double the proportion in any other state. Idaho ranks second with 24 percent of its residents belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

What is the most Mormon state?

Alaska
This page shows the membership statistics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) within the United States….Official LDS Membership.

State Alaska
Membership 33,495
Population 731,545
LDS 4.58%
Temples 1

Are Mormons polygamists?

The LDS Church publicly renounced the practice of polygamy in 1890, but it has never renounced polygamy as doctrine, as evidenced in LDS scriptures. It has always permitted and continues to permit men to be married in Mormon temples “for the eternities” to more than one wife.

How do I quit the Mormon Church?

There are sites that provide instructions for Mormons to submit their own letters — many former Mormons in r/exmormon have had success doing so — and Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff says the simplest way for a person to remove their name from Church records is to write to their bishop with their request to leave.

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