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^†
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	197	67,353	32.7
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	56	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	59	8,696	4.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	808	0.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	754	0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	16	3,129	1.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	33	4,696	2.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	148	15,928	7.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	135	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	23	0.0
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	492	0.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	7	793	0.4
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	294	0.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	10	0.0
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	337	113,452	55.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	443	584,941	284.1
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	9	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	112	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	24	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,595	0.8
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	159	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	30	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	15	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	47	10,646	5.2
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	104	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	124	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	102	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	12	346	0.2
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	169	0.1
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	32	0.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	599	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	790	0.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	45	8,245	4.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	1,264	0.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	128	0.1
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	675	0.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	300	0.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,257	1.6
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	135	67,637	32.8
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	8	555	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	9	2,007	1.0
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	22	5,991	2.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	36	4,762	2.3
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	2,700	1.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	747	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	724	0.4
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	7	0.0
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	756	0.4
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	21	0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	980	0.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	109	36,424	17.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	18	2,884	1.4
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	24	3,880	1.9
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	3,029	1.5
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	18	1,271	0.6
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	250	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	14	750	0.4
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	77	0.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	800	0.4
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	2	218	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	10	4,116	2.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	9	0.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	149	30,432	14.8
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	23	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	56	3,523	1.7
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	11	1,262	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	463	0.2
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	1,513	0.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	770	0.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	2,393	1.2
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	35	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	661	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	2,237	1.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	0	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	2,573	1.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	84	0.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	65	10,663	5.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	802	0.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	448	0.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	2,499	1.2
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
		Totals:	2,447	1,031,198

The population of New Mexico was 2,059,179 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,819,046. The total population changed 13.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,031,198) included 50.1% of the total population in 2010.

^* 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.