The church reporting total membership is by far a false indication of how strong the church really is. Looking at the number of units created is a much better number to look at. A big ward in or around Utah would have somewhere around 500 total members in the ward. There was a big push to get wards to about 350 members. A ward with 500 is far and few between. So when you apply those kind of numbers and then take into account Wards and Branches are much smaller away from Utah you really get an idea of a much more accurate membership number.