Mormon fertility

Study: Utah is no longer a majority-Mormon state

By Jana Riess — December 28, 2023
(RNS) — With more nonmembers moving into the state and smaller Mormon birthrates, Utah is no longer a majority-Mormon state.

The incredible shrinking Mormon American family

By Jana Riess — June 15, 2019
New research shows that U.S. Mormon families are still larger than the nation’s, but the difference is smaller than it used to be.

If Mormonism becomes liberal and progressive, won’t it decline even more?

By Jana Riess — March 8, 2018
A podcast listener takes me to task for saying that we should lighten up on Millennials, because doesn't everyone know that religions that liberalize their standards go down the toilet? Not so fast, I respond.

Worldwide, only 25 percent of young single Mormons are active in the LDS Church

By Jana Riess — October 5, 2016
A leaked video of a behind-closed-doors 2008 meeting of the LDS Church's top leaders revealed some startling statistics about the Church's youngest adult members.
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