jamesp85 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Hi folks,I am a graduate student of Columbia University, and I'm writing a blurb about Mormons in New York City. I've had some trouble pulling up membership trends from 2000 and on. Does anyone know where I can find membership data from 5+ years ago?I've called the public affairs office of LDS, but was told their spokesman wouldn't be available until tomorrow. I have a deadline tonight.Thank you in advance, and I hope I haven't broken any forum rules by posting.James[email protected] (or through message on here) Quote
prospectmom Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Lds.org might have some of that info. It has statistical items Quote
jamesp85 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks prospectmom, the LDS website has some great info about membership today, but no past data. Quote
Jason_J Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 I'd love to read your blurb. I'm not LDS (yet), but I live in Long Island and work/go to school in NYC, and am also curious about this. I've seen missionaries in Queens a few times, but oddly, I've never ran into them in Manhattan. Quote
jamesp85 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks Jason, yeah I'd be more than willing to share my blurb. I'm profiling a student who happens to be Mormon. It didn't occur to me until recently that Mormons are a growing demographic in NYC. Should be an interesting report. Quote
prospectmom Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 just took a guess. I find lots of information on that site. You should beable to find something. There are stats for everything. Quote
Wingnut Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 It takes quite a bit of hunting around, but I find that the statistical reports from the April sessions of General Conference are the best place to get numbers that reflect growth. They won't be regionally specific, though. Quote
Jason_J Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 don't know if this is helpful, but according to this article:"Still, Mormons’ numbers in Manhattan have increased by about 50 percent in the past 10 years, though overall they remain a tiny percentage of the population—the community has gone from 3,225 practicing Mormons in December 1997 to 4,853 by the end of September 2007, according to figures supplied by a church spokesman."Of course that says nothing about the numbers in the outer boroughs of the City. Quote
jamesp85 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Posted January 24, 2011 Thank you, Jason. That's an interesting read, and it has some stats in there. Thx. James Quote
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