Cocopah of Mexico (PGID: PG048663)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cocopah of Mexico

The Cocopah of Mexico, numbering approximately 325 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Patayan-descended people of the lower Colorado River delta known to themselves as Kwii Capay, or Cloud People, whose territory was split between Mexico and the United States by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase border. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Cocopa

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 325
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG048663
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

76%

Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1569 Sagradas Escrituras			✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua			✓
Biblia de América	✓	✓	✓
Dios Habla Hoy		✓
La Biblia			✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos		✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®	✓
Lenguaje Actual		✓
Reina Valera 1995		✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea	✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)			✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center		✓	✓
The Word of God for All 2014		✓	✓

13 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cocopah are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Cocopah:

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting

Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Cocopah of Mexico

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
Psalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
John 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Cocopah Across Countries (ROP3 - 102250) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▼	Religion
	PG048663	Cocopah	Mexico	325	No Longer Unreached	Spanish	Folk Catholicism
	PG043205	Cocopah	United States	800	No Longer Unreached	Cocopa	Protestantism

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