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Las Cruces, NM MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

18,562 7,105   105,130 4,315 39,570
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 30 27,167 282.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 17 7,476 77.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 1,254 13.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 9 964 10.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 6 3,539 36.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 1,229 12.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,250 13.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 183 1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 100 1.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 210 2.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 224 2.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 444 4.6
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 217 2.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 204 2.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 131 1.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 1 1,021 10.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 6 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 105 45,872  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 96,340. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (45,872) include 47.6% 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.