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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
1979-04
| Category
| Number
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| 1. April 15, 1979
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| In possession of Administrative Rights:
| 70, 248
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| Without Administrative Rights:
| 1,850
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| Total:
| 71,899
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| Gains as of 15 April 1979:
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| New Enrollments:
| 5, 417
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| Transfers-in - Pioneers
| 118
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| Transfers-in - Non-Pioneers:
| 1, 832
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| Reinstatements from Withdrawals:
| 37
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| Administrative Corrections:
| 29
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| Total:
| 7, 433
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| Losses as of 15 April 1979:
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| Deaths:
| 612
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| Transfers Out - Non-Pioneers:
| 394
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| Transfers Out - Pioneers:
| 153
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| Withdrawals:
| 633
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| Administrative Corrections:
| 119
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| Prisoners:
| 15
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| Mental Patients/Institutionalized:
| 10
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| Total:
| 1,936
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| 2. Total Bahá'ís as of 15 April 1979:
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| Total Bahá'í Membership as of 15 April 1979:
| 77,396
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| In Possession of Administrative Rights:
| 75,448
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| Without Administrative Rights:
| 1,948
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| Total Membership:
| 77,396
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| The Total membership of Bahá'ís in possession of their administrative
rights is categorized as follows:
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| Category
| Adults
| Youth
| Total
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| Total Bahá'ís with Known Addresses:
| 45,389
| 2,968
| 48,357
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| Bahá'ís Categorized as "Address Unknown:"
| 14,525
| 241
| 14,766
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| Mail Returns and Unidentifiable Other than Address Unknown
| 11,941
| 384
| 12,325
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| Totals as of 15 April 1979
| 71,755
| 3,593
| 75,448
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| 144 youth reached the age of 21 years during the reporting period
of 16 March 1979 to April 1979.
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