Mormons are still younger and more conservative than other believers, but they're having fewer kids

Mormons remain among the youngest, most fertile and politically conservative of U.S. religious adherents. And, while other faith groups have suffered sharp declines in membership, the LDS percentage of the nation’s population seems to be holding steady.

Those are among the conclusions noted in a massive study, “America’s Changing Religious Identity,” released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute.

The survey polled more than 100,000 Americans from all 50 states, including 1,740 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It found that 1.9 percent of Americans identify as Mormon, identical to findings from a 2011 study of Latter-day Saints. Fewer than half of Mormons (41 percent) are 50 or older, and nearly a quarter (23 percent) are under age 30, making them the youngest Christian faith group. Muslims top the overall list, with 42 percent under age 30.

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