New Mexico
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+47 |
+203,155 |
43.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
-26,198 |
-16.5% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+2,832 |
7.2% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,229 |
5.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,182 |
52.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+716 |
74.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,047 |
23.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,659 |
238.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+4,425 |
72.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+990 |
23.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+383 |
29.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+46 |
8.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,528 |
14.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,020 |
-15.4% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+62 |
82.7% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+11 |
11.2% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+342 |
15.4% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1 |
-0.2% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,327 |
166.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-111 |
-4.3% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-25.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+34 |
30.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,023 |
-15.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-795 |
-4.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+5 |
8.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-409 |
-3.6% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
0.4% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,506 |
-10.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+265 |
50.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-436 |
-23.1% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+73 |
34.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-7 |
-0.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-31 |
-5.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+179 |
44.1% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+54 |
13.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-136 |
-70.8% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-13,067 |
-23.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+250 |
30.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-207 |
-44.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+624 |
36.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-237 |
-61.2% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-1,975 |
-38.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-335 |
-94.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-16 |
-10,428 |
-45.2% |
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Totals:
+112
| +165,494 |
+18.8% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (889,298) represent 58.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,057,828) include 58.2% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 44 groups had 881,249 adherents in 1990 and 1,046,743 adherents in 2000, for a change of 18.8%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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