Abstract:

Document issued to delegates to the annual National Spiritual Assembly elections, April 1979.

Statistical information on the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1979

Category			Number
1. April 15, 1979
In possession of Administrative Rights:			70, 248
Without Administrative Rights:			1,850
Total:			71,899
Gains as of 15 April 1979:
New Enrollments:			5, 417
Transfers-in - Pioneers			118
Transfers-in - Non-Pioneers:			1, 832
Reinstatements from Withdrawals:			37
Administrative Corrections:			29
Total:			7, 433
Losses as of 15 April 1979:
Deaths:			612
Transfers Out - Non-Pioneers:			394
Transfers Out - Pioneers:			153
Withdrawals:			633
Administrative Corrections:			119
Prisoners:			15
Mental Patients/Institutionalized:			10
Total:			1,936
2. Total Bahá'ís as of 15 April 1979:
Total Bahá'í Membership as of 15 April 1979:			77,396
In Possession of Administrative Rights:			75,448
Without Administrative Rights:			1,948
Total Membership:			77,396
The Total membership of Bahá'ís in possession of their administrative rights is categorized as follows:
Category	Adults	Youth	Total
Total Bahá'ís with Known Addresses:	45,389	2,968	48,357
Bahá'ís Categorized as "Address Unknown:"	14,525	241	14,766
Mail Returns and Unidentifiable Other than Address Unknown	11,941	384	12,325
Totals as of 15 April 1979	71,755	3,593	75,448
144 youth reached the age of 21 years during the reporting period of 16 March 1979 to April 1979.

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