[3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of North Dakotans self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church.
[6] During the North Dakota oil boom, the LDS Church in North Dakota saw significant growth in multiple communities in the western part of the state.
[8][9] The growth was largely driven by the influx of out-of-state oil field workers and their families from other nearby western states with high Latter-day Saint populations.
[10] The number of missionaries from the church sent to the Dakotas doubled during the pandemic, as many sent to other countries returned to the US.
[11] The Bismarck North Dakota Temple was dedicated on September 19, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.