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El Paso, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

51,161 17,296 1,016 349,866 11,776 248,507
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Catholic Church Catholic 64 131,742 274.5
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 37 30,006 62.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 21 15,002 31.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 13 2,062 4.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 13 4,606 9.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 12 2,189 4.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 11 3,647 7.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 8 1,244 2.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 7 4,462 9.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 2,236 4.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 1,546 3.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,346 2.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 356 0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 793 1.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 3 149 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 100 0.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 267 0.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 52 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 217 0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 285 0.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,501 3.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 442 0.9
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 105 0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 47 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 80 0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 180 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 128 0.3
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 30 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 233 204,900  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 479,899. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (204,900) include 42.7% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.