According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of Louisianans self-identify themselves most closely with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[4] On January 4, 1841, Joseph Smith received a letter from Elam Ludington and Eli G. Terrill of New Orleans, who requested an elder to assist the members of the church who were living there.

"Send us Peter, or an Apostle to preach unto Jesus," they wrote, and enclosed $10 to help defray expenses.

In October 1899, a mob threatened a missionary under the medical care of Jane Holt Clark, a midwife.

A wagon train of members from Pride traveled to and settled at Corleyville in Sabine Parish.

[7] Due to the influx of Latter-day Saint servicemen who came during World War II, the branch had grown to 300 members by 1948.

The New Orleans Stake, Louisiana's first, was organized on June 19, 1955, by Harold B. Lee and Mark E. Petersen of the Quorum of the Twelve.

On May 15, 1977, church president Spencer W. Kimball visited Baton Rouge and spoke to a congregation of 12,000.