Claim: The Baháʼí Faith, a new religion that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people, was estimated to have 4,800 members in 1944 and it was reported that every state in the United States had at least one Local Spiritual Assembly.
Evidence: The religion is estimated to have over five million adherents, known as Bahá'ís, spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories. 
The World Christian Encyclopedia estimated 7.1 million Bahá'ís in the world in 2000, representing 218 countries, and 7.3 million in 2010 with the same source.