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During the time that the church practiced polygamy there were more men than women living in Utah.
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- During the time that the church practiced polygamy there were more men than women living in Utah.
- A1) Population statistics for Utah from 1850 to 1950 show that there were always more men than women (Caucasian only):
- A2) Apostle John A. Widtsoe has said there have always been more males than females in the Church.
- Issues these Facts Raise
- Questions these Facts Raise
A1) Population statistics for Utah from 1850 to 1950 show that there were always more men than women (Caucasian only):
| Year | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 6,020 | 5,310 |
| 1860 | 20,178 | 19,947 |
| 1870 | 43,451 | 42,503 |
| 1880 | 73,477 | 68,946 |
| 1890 | 108,943 | 96,982 |
| 1900 | 138,923 | 133,542 |
| 1910 | 192,118 | 174,465 |
| 1920 | 227,232 | 214,669 |
| 1930 | 255,284 | 244,683 |
| 1940 | 274,587 | 268,333 |
| 1950 | 341,007 | 335,902 |
Supporting Sources and Quotes
Statistical Abstract of Utah 1973, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah. Source cited: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1850-1970, Utah: General Population Characteristics (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office).Found here: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6891n7g/211609
A2) Apostle John A. Widtsoe has said there have always been more males than females in the Church.
Supporting Sources and Quotes
“The implied assumption in this theory, that there have been more female than male members in the Church, is not supported by existing evidence. On the contrary, there seems always to have been more males than females in the Church.”
- Apostle John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations
“The United States census records from 1850 to 1940, and all available Church records, uniformly show a preponderance of males in Utah, and in the Church. Indeed, the excess in Utah has usually been larger than for the whole United State... there was no surplus of women.”
- Apostle John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, pp. 390-392
Issues these Facts Raise
Why was polygamy issued? Not because of male vs. Female population.
Questions these Facts Raise
What is it about a man’s gender that predisposes so many less of them to be saved? Not the case? Then why is there such a lopsided number of women to men ratio under polygamy reaching heaven?
