Convert Baptisms per Mission in the United States

Converts Baptisms per Mission by State: 2012

Using my data on convert baptisms per state presented in “Convert, Child of Record Baptisms and Deaths for the Unites States in 2012“ and data on missions per state presented in the Mormon Newsroom, I calculated the number of convert baptisms per mission for each state.  The map “Converts Baptisms per Mission per State: 2012” visually presents the data shown in the table that follows the descriptive portion of the post.  The color code configuration rescaled data on estimated convert baptisms from zero to one and assigned colors from yellow to dark red. 

I encountered only one problem in organizing and estimating the data.  Some states did not have any missions and yet they have missionaries assigned from other states.  I used maps states from cumorah.com showing the missions that were active in each state.  My strategy was simple.  If a mission from one state provided missionaries to another, I subtracted out .2 missions (or .1)  from the mission state and added .2 missions (or .1) to the dependent state.

The states that produced the most baptisms per mission were, Wyoming (2,196). Idaho (1,858), Arizona (1,718), Kansas (1,306), Hawaii (1,252) and Texas (1,058).  Baptisms per mission were less plentiful in New Hampshire (132), Michigan (228), Connecticut (240), West Virginia (247), Maine (272), and South Dakota (273).  These states have fewer members and a lower number of members per 1,000 of the population than most other states.  I will test the hypothesis that baptisms per mission are in part a function of the number of members and the number of members per 1,000 in a later post.

This is the part were I beg for help through comments.  If you have served a mission in the United States, are my estimates approximately correct?

Converts Baptisms per Mission by State: 2012

State	Number of Missions	Baptisms per Mission	Rank
Alabama	1.0	626	21
Alaska	1.0	438	36
Arizona	4.00	1,718	3
Arkansas	1.0	597	23
California	16.0	541	30
Colorado	2.8	790	14
Connecticut	.4	240	48
Delaware	.2	460	35
Florida	5.0	745	15
Georgia	2.0	557	27
Hawaii	1.0	1,252	5
Idaho	2.0	1,858	2
Illinois	2.0	363	40
Indiana	1.0	575	26
Iowa	1.0	582	25
Kansas	.60	1,306	4
Kentucky	1.0	904	11
Louisiana	1.0	501	31
Maine	.4	272	46
Maryland	2.0	498	32
Massachusetts	.6	971	7
Michigan	2.0	228	49
Minnesota	1.0	384	39
Mississippi	1.0	300	44
Missouri	1.8	657	20
Montana	.8	952	8
Nebraska	.8	557	28
Nevada	3.0	742	16
New Hampshire	.5	132	50
New Jersey	1.0	553	29
New Mexico	2.0	416	37
New York	3.4	350	41
North Carolina	2.0	682	19
North Dakota	1.0	939	10
Ohio	2.0	481	33
Oklahoma	1.8	602	22
Oregon	2.0	817	13
Pennsylvania	1.8	409	38
Rhode Island	.4	346	42
South Carolina	1.0	950	9
South Dakota	1.0	273	45
Tennessee	2.0	334	43
Texas	8.0	1,058	6
Utah	8.0	709	18
Vermont	.3	582	24
Virginia	2.0	740	17
Washington	5.0	893	12
West Virginia	1.0	247	47
Wisconsin	1.0	466	34
Wyoming	.4	2,196	1
USA	103.0	796	14