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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

by Bahá'í World Centre

1979-04
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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