New Mexico

Religious Traditions, 2010

277,326	4,321	71,118	1,995	584,941	91,497	1,027,981
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	450	670,511	368.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	301	132,675	72.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	120	42,261	23.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	120	41,597	22.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	164	22,070	12.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	169	18,985	10.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	67	13,224	7.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	3	12,650	7.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	49	12,219	6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	22	10,969	6.0
Jewish	Other	Judaism	10	10,500	5.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	33	6,565	3.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	34	5,584	3.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	54	5,570	3.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	48	5,548	3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	19	5,214	2.9
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	3,773	2.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	47	3,422	1.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	3,100	1.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	20	2,665	1.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	2,604	1.4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	2,566	1.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	2,445	1.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	2,314	1.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	2,123	1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	9	1,684	0.9
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	24	1,676	0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	1,449	0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	1,080	0.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	807	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	792	0.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	717	0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	670	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	656	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	587	0.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	585	0.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	574	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	505	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	12	450	0.2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	450	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	8	411	0.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	397	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	342	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	307	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	288	0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	263	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	237	0.1
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	182	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	2	175	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	158	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	156	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	150	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	145	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	140	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	139	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	137	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	109	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	92	0.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	62	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	56	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	20	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	17	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	9	0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	25	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	4	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	2,026	1,057,828

The population of New Mexico was 1,819,046 in 2000; in 1990 it was 1,515,069. The total population changed 20.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,057,828) included 58.2% of the total population in 2000.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.