Robert F. Smith Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 The three fastest growing states in America are in the Mormon Corridor -- Idaho, Utah, and Nevada: http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/fox_news-idaho_is_fastestgrowing_state_illinois_slips_to_6t-rfoxnews . In future this means that the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census may require an allocation of additional Congressional representation to those areas, and a consequent loss to other states. 2 Link to comment
Jeanne Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 27 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said: The three fastest growing states in America are in the Mormon Corridor -- Idaho, Utah, and Nevada: http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/fox_news-idaho_is_fastestgrowing_state_illinois_slips_to_6t-rfoxnews . In future this means that the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census may require an allocation of additional Congressional representation to those areas, and a consequent loss to other states. I found this very interesting and wonder what the big reason is...economics?? Safety?? What do you think?? Link to comment
JLHPROF Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 59 minutes ago, Jeanne said: I found this very interesting and wonder what the big reason is...economics?? Safety?? What do you think?? The usual reasons. Large numbers of returned bilingual missionaries makes a good location for international business. The economy in Utah is also focused on industries in growth. It's all IT, tech and sales here. Not much else. And large families who emphasize education equals large numbers of entry level young professionals. 3 Link to comment
Robert F. Smith Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeanne said: I found this very interesting and wonder what the big reason is...economics?? Safety?? What do you think?? According to the article, births outnumbered deaths in this region (which even includes Arizona), and that is a primary characteristic of the Mormon Corridor. Add to that the low crime rate and other inducements, and it makes sense. However, general growth in America is primarily in the West, and in the South. Other areas are losing out. 3 Link to comment
Guest Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 On December 25, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Jeanne said: I found this very interesting and wonder what the big reason is...economics?? Safety?? What do you think?? "Safety and economics" always run hand in hand. Business, nor societies can grow in chaos. 1 Link to comment
Gray Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) A percentage point increase in a small state is much easier to achieve than it would be for a large state. Maths and stuff. If we put Idaho's growth in California, for instance, would count as a tiny fraction of a percentage point. Edited January 2, 2018 by Gray 1 Link to comment
stemelbow Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 21 hours ago, Gray said: A percentage point increase in a small state is much easier to achieve than it would be for a large state. Maths and stuff. If we put Idaho's growth in California, for instance, would count as a tiny fraction of a percentage point. California has had as many new residents as the Church had convert baptisms in 2016 (around 240,000). Texas and Florida had far more people added to their states over the course of last year. We think of California having a ton of Mormons, but the number of Mormons in the state has decreased over the years and in 3 years time the amount of new Californians reaches the amount of LDS in the state. Percent LDS in California is under 2%. Percent LDS in the US is just over 2%. Link to comment
Gray Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, stemelbow said: California has had as many new residents as the Church had convert baptisms in 2016 (around 240,000). Texas and Florida had far more people added to their states over the course of last year. We think of California having a ton of Mormons, but the number of Mormons in the state has decreased over the years and in 3 years time the amount of new Californians reaches the amount of LDS in the state. Percent LDS in California is under 2%. Percent LDS in the US is just over 2%. I wonder what's driving the exodus? Real estate prices? Link to comment
stemelbow Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) Here's a table specific to California. I don't really know why, but you can see the growth rate of LDS members in the state has decreased since the late 80s, after having steeply increased during the 80s. in the past 30 years there have been, as you can see, 88,000 Mormons added to the state, while the population of the state has increased some 21 million (less than half of 1 percent of the state's growth has been Mormons that explains the decrease in percent LDS). I'm sure there's been some secularism that has offered some effect here. Mormon people aren't just leaving the state more than they are entering, but some are leaving the Church itself, I'd guess. I'm open to others ideas though. Here's Texas (2nd most populous state in US) for comparison: LDS population continues to increase there. Edited January 3, 2018 by stemelbow Link to comment
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