Statistics of Mormon population.
--The
Valley Tan copies the following statistics of Mormon population:
The population of Mormons in the
United States and British dominions in 1856 was not less than 65,000, of which 38,000 were residents in
Utah, 6,000 in New York, State, 4,000 in
California, 5,000 in
Nova Scotia and in the Canadas, and 9,000 in
South America.
In
Europe there were 36,000, of which 32,900 were in
Great Britain and
Ireland, 5,000 in
Scandinavia, 2,000 in
Germany,
Switzerland and
France, and the rest of
Europe 1,000; in
Australia and Polynesia 2,400; in
Africa 100; and on travel 2,800.
To these, if we add the different branches, including Sarengities, Rigdonites and Whitcites, the whole sect was not less than 126,000.
In 1857 there appears to have been a decrease in the population of
Utah, the number being only 31,622, of which 9,000 were children, about 11,000 women, and 11,000 men capable of bearing arms.
There are 2,388 men with eight or more wives; of these, 13 have more than nine wives, 730 men with five wives, 1,100 with four wives, and 2,508 with more than one wife.
Recapitulation--4,617 men with about 16,500 wives.