New Mexico

Denominational Groups, 2000

237,767	88,623	1,213	670,511	59,714	761,218
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	450	670,511	368.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	301	132,675	72.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	120	42,261	23.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	120	41,597	22.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	164	22,070	12.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	169	18,985	10.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	67	13,224	7.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	12,650	7.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	49	12,219	6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	22	10,969	6.0
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	10	10,500	5.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	33	6,565	3.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	34	5,584	3.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	54	5,570	3.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	48	5,548	3.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	19	5,214	2.9
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,773	2.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	47	3,422	1.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	3,100	1.7
Bahá'í	Other Theology	20	2,665	1.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	7	2,604	1.4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	2,566	1.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	10	2,445	1.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,314	1.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	2,123	1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	9	1,684	0.9
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	24	1,676	0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	3	1,449	0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,080	0.6
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	5	792	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	807	0.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	717	0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	5	670	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	656	0.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	3	574	0.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	13	585	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	8	587	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	7	505	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	12	450	0.3
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	2	450	0.3
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	411	0.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	397	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	342	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	307	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	288	0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	5	263	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	237	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	175	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	182	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	158	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	156	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	150	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	140	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	145	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	137	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	139	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	109	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	92	0.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	62	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	4	56	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	20	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	17	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	9	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	15	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	25	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	8	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	2,026	1,057,828
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,196,238

The population of these 33 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,515,069; in 2000 it was 1,819,046. The total population changed 20.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,057,828) include 58.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,196,238) include 65.8% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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