From building and equipping medical facilities to providing clean water and sanitation, the Church provides humanitarian aid across the globe.
In 2024, the Church’s humanitarian aid expenditures were $1.45 billion. That’s about $4 million per day in humanitarian aid worldwide.
The Church owns vast farmland. The harvest allows the Church to provide food for food banks and other organizations to help the hungry.
In 2024, the Church donated 32 million pounds of food through humanitarian organizations and food banks.
This investment enables anyone who wants a college degree to earn one through BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Pathway, or Ensign College.
Latter-day Saints volunteer in their local churches and communities more than any other religious group in America.
Pew Research Center found that more than seven in ten Latter-day Saints volunteered in the past year, compared to 41% of Americans.
Latter-day Saints surpassed 1 million units donated back in 2022. One unit helps three people. Millions of lives have been directly affected.
There are nearly 110,000 Latter-day Saints serving as missionaries. This service leaves a lifelong impact.
In fact, recent metrics show that the Church is growing. Convert baptisms surged last year to the highest level seen in nearly three decades, per The Salt Lake Tribune.
Percentage of Adults who are Married: • Latter-day Saints: 68% • Hindus: 66% • Evangelicals: 64% • Jewish: 62% • Catholics: 61% • Protestants: 60% • Muslims: 49%
Latter-day Saints have the most stable marriages in America.
A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago put the likelihood that two Latter-day Saints divorce at 13%.
Another from the B.H. Roberts Foundation put the likelihood at 14%.
Fertility Rate by Religious Affiliation: • Latter-day Saint: 2.8 • Muslim: 2.5 • Replacement Level: 2.1 • Protestant: 2.1 • Catholic: 2.1 • None: 2 • Jewish: 1.9 • Buddhist: 1.8 • Atheist/Agnostic: 1.8
81% of Latter-day Saints say that one of the most important things in life is being a good parent. For comparison, the U.S. average is 51%.
80% of Latter-day Saint parents say they pray or read scriptures with their children, more than any other group of Christian parents.
A researcher who studied American teens said this:
“In nearly every area, using a variety of measures, Latter-day Saint teenagers were consistently the most positive, the most healthy, the most hopeful, and the most self-aware teenagers in the study.”
Among Adolescents…
“My family talks about God, scriptures, prayer, or spiritual things a few times a week or more.”
• Latter-day Saints: 74% • U.S. Average: 34% • Catholics: 24% • Protestants (Mainline): 23% • Jewish: 9%
“My religious faith is extremely or very important for shaping daily life.”
• Latter-day Saint Teens: 68% • All U.S. Teens: 51%
“My religious faith is extremely or very important for shaping major life decisions.”
• Latter-day Saint Teens: 66% • All U.S. Teens: 49%
Latter-day Saints were also found to be the Christians most likely to know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Pew Research asked who delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
% who knew it was Jesus: • Latter-day Saint: 71% • Protestant: 62% • Catholic: 55% • U.S. Average: 51%
Latter-day Saints are also the Christians who are most likely to: • Study the Bible • Read the Bible with their children
Latter-day Saints are the most devout Christians.
Pew Research finds they are the Christians most likely to: • Pray Daily • Read the Bible • Say religion is important • Say the Bible is important • Attend weekly worship services
“I attend religious services in person weekly.” • Latter-day Saint: 69% • Protestant: 40% • Muslim: 39% • Catholic: 29% • U.S. Average: 25% • Orthodox Christian: 23% • Hindu: 18% • Jewish: 15% • Buddhist: 6% • Nones: 3%
Source: 2024 Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
“I read scriptures outside of religious services at least monthly.” • Latter-day Saints: 72% • Protestants: 52% • U.S. Average: 29% • Catholics: 21% • Jewish: 18% • None: 8%
Source: 2024 Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
“I pray daily.” • Latter-day Saints: 73% • Protestants: 64% • Catholics: 51% • U.S. Average: 44% • Jewish: 22% • None: 17%
Source: 2024 Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
“Religion is very important in my life.”
• Latter-day Saints: 84% • Protestants: 72% • Muslims: 64% • Catholics: 58% • U.S. Average: 53% • Jewish: 35% • Atheists: 2%
Source: Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
“The Bible is extremely or very important in my life.”
• Latter-day Saints: 80% • Protestants: 72% • Catholics: 46% • U.S. Average: 44% • Jewish: 22% • None: 15%
Source: 2024 Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
“Most people who want to get ahead can make it if they are willing to work hard.”
• Latter-day Saint: 77% • Muslim: 71% • Catholic: 70% • Protestant: 69% • U.S. Average: 67% • Jewish: 63% • Agnostic: 61% • Jehovah’s Witness: 57% • Atheist: 54%
Source: Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
In summary, Latter-day Saints are the Americans most likely to:
Get married Stay married Have children Study the Bible Teach children the Bible Attend weekly worship services Practice personal religious devotion Volunteer