Three (3) New Stakes announced in US - AZ, CO, GA

Three new stakes have been created.  That is the most created / announced in one week since early January 2011.

A new stake has been created in Conyers Georgia. Conyers is south-east of Atlanta. This is Georgia's 16th stake, tying it with Wyoming in 12th place in the US. 

A new stake has been created in Parker Colorado - the Parker Colorado South Stake. Parker is south-east of Denver. This is Colorado's 31st Stake, but first one since 2004. Colorado has 5 more stakes then Florida, but 4 less than Nevada, putting it 9th on the US list. 

A new stake has been created in Prescott Valley Arizona. Prescott Valley is half-way between Phoenix and the Grand Canyon and is south-west of Sedona. This is Arizona's 91st stake, 45 ahead of Washington, but 30 behind Idaho, firmly in 4th place in the US.

www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

New Stake in North Pasco, WA

A new stake has been created from the Pasco Washington Stake, called the Pasco Washington North Stake, located not far from the Columbia River Washington Temple, this is the 56th stake in WA, - that passes TX with 55, and puts WA back in 5th place in the US. There are now 1,474 stakes in the US (50.8%) and 2,903 globally. 
www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents.html

Another new Stake created in Brazil

A new stake has been created in Sumaré Brazil. This is the first foreign stake of 2011, the 241st stake in Brazil, and the 9th new stake in Brazil in the past 12 months.  There are now 2,901 LDS stakes worldwide - 1,473 are in the US (50.8%)
www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html

2 New Stakes, one in California, one in Brazil

2011 brings the first new stake in CA since 2007, California now has 158 stakes, second only to Utah in the US and that is 37 more stakes than exist in Idaho. There are now 1,473 Domestic stakes, and 1,427 Foreign for 2,900 total stakes worldwide. The new California stake is in Lincoln, CA, 25 miles northwest of Sacramento. www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html   The newly created stake in Brazil is in Fortaleza.  Brazil now has 240 Stakes, 19 more then Mexico.

Riverton, Utah has first reported new stake of 2011

The Riverton Utah Harvest Park Stake is the first reported new stake created in 2011. Utah which had 9 of the 13 domestic stakes created in 2010, now has 547 stakes (or 37%) of the US Stakes.  There are now 2,903 Stakes
ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html

Elder Zachary Mittleman receives his Mission call to Concepcion, Chile

Here is what I shared with him:

1)      http://www.mission.net/chile/concepcion/index.php?set_lang=eng& (official mission web site in English or in Spanish)

2)      http://www.cumorah.com/index.php?target=main&wid=46 (LDS Chilean Facts)

3)      https://lds.org/maps/index.jsf?lang=eng#x=find/places&m=google&lat=-36.781792171319246&lng=-72.74871826171875&z=10&t=3&places=meetinghouses,temples&boundaries=selected,missions&assign=wards&find={c:"Concepci%C3%B3n",s:"Bio-Bio",n:"Chile",lat:-36.82601496577263,lng:-73.05484816431999,z:12}  (LDS map with Mission Boundary drawn)

4)      https://cdol.lds.org/cdol/stats/province-stats.jsf?reportId=5&countryId=101 (State/Province Stats of Chile, Biobio has 4 stakes, 17 wards and 6 branches )

5)      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n,_Chile (Wikipedia about Concepcion, the city and biobio the State it is in )

6)      http://elderrileyharper.blogspot.com/ (tons of specific Info about a similar Mission just to the south)

7)      http://www.ldsmissions.com/us/index.php?action=mission.info&mission_id=157 (this isn’t as good as mission.net Link #1 above), but has links to other mission web sites)

Enjoy !!

My stats   561,900 Members (more than ½ Million),  74 Stakes, 1 temple (#24 Santiago, Chile - 1983 ) 1 announced temple (#148  Concepcion, Chile - Announced- 10/2009), 421 wards

Rank Country: 1989 1999 2009 Growth '09 (1 yr) 1 Untied States 4,175,000 5,113,409  6,058,907 1.4% 2 Mexico 570,000   846,931  1,197,573 3.4% 3 Brazil 302,000  743,182  1,102,428 3.9% 4 Philippines 213,000  441,359   631,885 2.8% 5 Chile 266,000  502,153   561,904 1.3%

Rank	Country:	% LDS	Region
1	Tonga	45.2%	So. Pacific
2	Samoa (Western)	31.0%	So. Pacific
3	Amer. Samoa	22.5%	So. Pacific
4	Kiribati	11.9%	So. Pacific
5	French Polynesia	7.1%	So. Pacific
6	Marshall Islands	7.1%	So. Pacific
7	Cook Islands	6.7%	So. Pacific
8	Micronesia	3.5%	So. Pacific
9	Chile	3.3%	So. Amer.
10	Uruguay	2.6%	So. Amer.
11	New Zealand	2.4%	So. Pacific
12	Untied States	2.0%	US

First Stake = Santiago (#590) 19-Nov-72 now called Santiago Chile Quinta Normal

First Missionaries 1923

2011 Church Almanac - End of year 2009 Country membership and %'s

Finished updating my Excel stats from 2011 Church Almanac
3 countries over 1 Million
20 countries over 100,000
41 countries over 20,000
100 countries over 1,000
Blue over 5% annual growth, Green over 10% annual growth
a Yellow shaded box is a country who moved up in overall rank

Way below see Countries sorted by % LDS, US is 12th, Tonga is over 45% LDS

Rank	Country:	2009	Growth '09 (1 yr)
1	Untied States	6,058,907	1.4%
2	Mexico	1,197,573	3.4%
3	Brazil	1,102,428	3.9%
4	Philippines	631,885	2.8%
5	Chile	561,904	1.3%
6	Peru	480,816	4.0%
7	Argentina	380,669	2.4%
8	Guatemala	220,296	2.4%
9	Ecuador	190,498	2.6%
10	United Kingdom	180,566	0.9%
11	Canada	179,801	1.2%
12	Colombia	168,514	2.9%
13	Bolivia	168,396	3.2%
15	Venezuela	146,987	2.0%
14	Honduras	136,408	4.1%
16	Australia	126,767	2.5%
17	Japan	124,041	0.6%
18	Dominican Republic	114,571	4.1%
19	El Salvador	105,501	3.4%
20	New Zealand	100,962	1.5%
21	Uruguay	93,935	2.0%
22	Nigeria	93,532	5.8%
23	Korea (South)	82,472	1.5%
24	Paraguay	78,220	4.6%
25	Samoa (Western)	69,244	3.2%
26	Nicaragua	67,275	5.2%
27	Tonga	55,173	0.9%
28	South Africa	51,710	7.5%
29	Taiwan	51,090	4.2%
30	Spain	45,729	3.2%
31	Panama	45,343	3.7%
32	Ghana	40,872	6.9%
33	Portugal	38,509	0.8%
34	Germany	37,796	0.7%
35	Costa Rica	36,823	0.4%
36	France	35,427	1.5%
37	Hong Kong, China	24,114	3.8%
38	Dem. Rep of Congo	23,615	13.1%
39	Italy	23,430	2.4%
40	French Polynesia	20,805	2.6%
41	Russia	20,276	1.7%
42	Zimbabwe	17,632	2.3%
43	Papua	17,315	3.9%
44	Haiti	16,322	5.4%
45	Thailand	16,258	2.4%
46	Fiji	15,613	2.4%
47	Amer. Samoa	14,784	0.3%
48	Ivory Coast	14,417	8.8%
49	Kiribati	14,172	5.2%
50	Ukraine	10,722	3.2%
51	Kenya	9,370	11.3%
52	Mongolia	9,239	9.4%
53	Sweden	9,091	1.4%
54	Cambodia	8,908	6.6%
55	Netherlands	8,901	2.2%
56	Sierra Leone	8,330	3.4%
57	India	8,229	8.6%
58	Uganda	8,216	18.7%
59	Switzerland	7,947	0.1%
60	Cape Verde	7,149	3.5%
61	Indonesia	6,546	2.4%
62	Malaysia	6,404	13.4%
63	Belgium	5,980	-1.0%
64	Jamaica	5,906	-1.4%
65	Madagascar	5,516	15.7%
66	Northern Ireland	5,329	0.3%
67	Liberia	5,251	4.2%
68	Mozambique	5,079	4.7%
69	Guyana	4,846	23.2%
70	Marshall Islands	4,725	5.6%
71	Hungary	4,594	2.7%
72	Finland	4,578	0.7%
73	Congo, Republic of	4,462	6.4%
74	Denmark	4,387	0.6%
75	Norway	4,206	1.0%
76	Austria	4,203	-0.3%
77	Vanuatu	4,006	5.9%
78	Micronesia	3,989	3.9%
79	Belize	3,609	5.2%
80	Singapore	2,938	1.7%
81	Armenia	2,833	3.1%
82	Romania	2,800	2.3%
83	Ireland	2,799	1.0%
84	Trinidad & Tobago	2,695	8.3%
85	Zambia	2,395	7.1%
86	Czech Republic	2,198	5.0%
87	Bulgaria	2,151	1.3%
88	Guam	1,971	5.2%
89	Albania	1,925	4.7%
90	New Caledonia	1,890	0.4%
91	Cook Islands	1,847	0.7%
92	Poland	1,602	3.2%
93	Sri Lanka	1,307	2.3%
94	Macau (China)	1,269	0.7%
95	Swaziland	1,187	4.9%
96	Suriname	1,162	9.9%
97	Latvia	1,073	4.7%
98	Togo	1,034	30.4%
99	Estonia	1,010	4.2%
100	Botswana	1,003	-2.7%

Rank	Country:	% LDS	Region
1	Tonga	45.2%	So. Pacific
2	Samoa (Western)	31.0%	So. Pacific
3	Amer. Samoa	22.5%	So. Pacific
4	Kiribati	11.9%	So. Pacific
5	French Polynesia	7.1%	So. Pacific
6	Marshall Islands	7.1%	So. Pacific
7	Cook Islands	6.7%	So. Pacific
8	Micronesia	3.5%	So. Pacific
9	Chile	3.3%	So. Amer.
10	Uruguay	2.6%	So. Amer.
11	New Zealand	2.4%	So. Pacific
12	Untied States	2.0%	US
13	Vanuatu	1.7%	So. Pacific
14	Honduras	1.7%	Cent. Amer.
15	Bolivia	1.7%	So. Amer.
16	Guatemala	1.6%	Cent. Amer.
17	Fiji	1.6%	So. Pacific
18	Cape Verde	1.6%	Africa
19	Peru	1.6%	So. Amer.
20	El Salvador	1.4%	Cent. Amer.

Just for fun to compare

Rank	State	2009   % LDS
1	Utah	70.0%
2	Idaho	27.1%
3	Wyoming	11.5%
4	Nevada	6.8%
5	Arizona	5.9%
6	Hawaii	5.3%
7	Montana	4.7%
8	Alaska	4.4%
9	Washington	3.9%
10	Oregon	3.9%
11	New Mexico	3.3%
12	Colorado	2.8%
13	California	2.2%
14	Nebraska	1.3%
15	South Dakota	1.2%
16	Kansas	1.2%
17	Texas	1.1%
18	Virginia	1.1%
19	Oklahoma	1.1%
20	Missouri	1.1%
21	North Dakota	1.0%