List of Mexican states by population
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The following table is a list of the 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the 2000 and 2005 census from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing.[1]
| Rank | State | Population (2005) | Population (2000) | km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | México | 14,007,495 | 13,096,686 | 21,355 |
| 2 | Federal District | 8,720,916 | 8,605,239 | 1,479 |
| 3 | Veracruz | 7,110,214 | 6,908,975 | 71,699 |
| 4 | Jalisco | 6,752,113 | 6,322,002 | 80,386 |
| 5 | Puebla | 5,383,133 | 5,076,686 | 33,902 |
| 6 | Guanajuato | 4,893,812 | 4,663,032 | 30,491 |
| 7 | Chiapas | 4,293,459 | 3,920,892 | 74,211 |
| 8 | Nuevo León | 4,199,292 | 3,834,141 | 64,924 |
| 9 | Michoacán | 3,966,073 | 3,985,667 | 59,928 |
| 10 | Oaxaca | 3,506,821 | 3,438,765 | 93,952 |
| 11 | Chihuahua | 3,241,444 | 3,052,907 | 244,938 |
| 12 | Guerrero | 3,115,202 | 3,079,649 | 64,281 |
| 13 | Tamaulipas | 3,024,238 | 2,753,222 | 79,384 |
| 14 | Baja California | 2,844,469 | 2,487,367 | 69,921 |
| 15 | Sinaloa | 2,608,442 | 2,536,844 | 58,328 |
| 16 | Coahuila | 2,495,200 | 2,298,070 | 149,982 |
| 17 | San Luis Potosí | 2,410,414 | 2,299,360 | 63,068 |
| 18 | Sonora | 2,394,861 | 2,216,969 | 182,052 |
| 19 | Hidalgo | 2,345,514 | 2,235,591 | 20,813 |
| 20 | Tabasco | 1,989,969 | 1,891,829 | 25,267 |
| 21 | Yucatán | 1,818,948 | 1,658,210 | 38,402 |
| 22 | Morelos | 1,612,899 | 1,555,296 | 4,950 |
| 23 | Querétaro | 1,598,139 | 1,404,306 | 11,449 |
| 24 | Durango | 1,509,117 | 1,448,661 | 123,181 |
| 25 | Zacatecas | 1,367,692 | 1,353,610 | 73,252 |
| 26 | Quintana Roo | 1,135,309 | 874,963 | 50,212 |
| 27 | Tlaxcala | 1,068,207 | 962,646 | 4,016 |
| 28 | Aguascalientes | 1,065,416 | 944,285 | 5,471 |
| 29 | Nayarit | 949,684 | 920,185 | 26,979 |
| 30 | Campeche | 754,730 | 690,689 | 50,812 |
| 31 | Colima | 567,996 | 542,627 | 5,191 |
| 32 | Baja California Sur | 512,170 | 424,041 | 73,475 |
[edit] See also
- Mexico
- States of Mexico
- Geography of Mexico
- List of Mexican states by area
- Ranked list of Mexican states
- List of Mexican states by HDI
