List of Mexican states by population

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 (Mexico City)	8,720,916/19,231,829 in metropopulation	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	617,800	5,191
32	Baja California Sur	512,170	424,041	73,475

[edit] See also

v • d • e Lists of Mexican states

Geography	Area · Population · Population density

Economy	GDP · GDP per capita · GDP participation

Social indicators	Literacy rate · Infant mortality · HDI · Life expectancy