List of Mexican states by area
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The following table presents a listing of Mexico
's 31 federal states
(and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their surface area.
Population figures per 2010 Census (INEGI (Censo 2010))
Area figures per INEGI (INEGI (Informacion por Entidad))
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
's 31 federal states
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
(and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their surface area.
| Rank | State | land (km²) | land (mi²) | % of total | population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chihuahua | 247455 | 95,542.9096545158 | 12.6% | 3,406,465 |
| 2 | Sonora Sonora Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo.... |
179503 | 69,306.4957738358 | 9.2% | 2,662,480 |
| 3 | Coahuila Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico... |
151563 | 58,518.8014627604 | 7.7% | 2,748,391 |
| 4 | Durango Durango Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja... |
123451 | 47,664.697580407 | 6.3% | 1,632,934 |
| 5 | Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions... |
93793 | 36,213.6797608696 | 4.8% | 3,801,962 |
| 6 | Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the... |
80175 | 30,955.7405651565 | 4.1% | 2,753,222 |
| 7 | Jalisco Jalisco Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states... |
78599 | 30,347.2435632147 | 4.0% | 7,350,682 |
| 8 | Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas.... |
75539 | 29,165.7709579215 | 3.8% | 1,490,668 |
| 9 | Baja California Sur Baja California Sur Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises... |
73922 | 28,541.4437674774 | 3.8% | 637,026 |
| 10 | Chiapas Chiapas Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las... |
73289 | 28,297.0411010883 | 3.8% | 3,920,892 |
| 11 | Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is... |
71820 | 27,729.8570301159 | 3.7% | 7,643,194 |
| 12 | Baja California Baja California Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North... |
71446 | 27,585.4548228023 | 3.7% | 3,155,070 |
| 13 | Nuevo León Nuevo León Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S... |
64220 | 24,795.4806248126 | 3.3% | 4,653,458 |
| 14 | Guerrero Guerrero Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo.... |
63621 | 24,564.2054318157 | 3.3% | 3,388,768 |
| 15 | San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí.... |
60983 | 23,545.6679374486 | 3.1% | 2,585,518 |
| 16 | Michoacán Michoacán Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia... |
58643 | 22,642.188886342 | 3.0% | 4,351,037 |
| 17 | Campeche Campeche Campeche is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in Southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west... |
57924 | 22,364.581434314 | 2.9% | 822,441 |
| 18 | Sinaloa Sinaloa Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.... |
57377 | 22,153.3835535639 | 2.9% | 2,767,761 |
| 19 | Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Quintana Roo officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 10 municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal.... |
42361 | 16,355.6735401384 | 2.2% | 1,325,578 |
| 20 | Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... |
39612 | 15,294.2787061675 | 2.0% | 1,955,577 |
| 21 | Puebla Puebla Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.... |
34290 | 13,239.443018138 | 1.7% | 5,779,829 |
| 22 | Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato.... |
30608 | 11,817.8148702003 | 1.6% | 5,486,372 |
| 23 | Nayarit Nayarit Nayarit officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.It is located in Western Mexico... |
27815 | 10,739.4315412514 | 1.4% | 1,084,979 |
| 24 | Tabasco Tabasco Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.... |
24738 | 9,551.39519926213 | 1.3% | 2,238,603 |
| 25 | México | 22357 | 8,632.08595965331 | 1.1% | 15,175,862 |
| 26 | Hidalgo | 20846 | 8,048.68559801999 | 1.1% | 2,665,018 |
| 27 | Querétaro Querétaro Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro.... |
11684 | 4,511.21762099518 | 0.6% | 1,827,937 |
| 28 | Colima Colima Colima is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima.... |
5625 | 2,171.82464208301 | 0.3% | 650,555 |
| 29 | Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes.... |
5618 | 2,169.12192697286 | 0.3% | 1,184,996 |
| 30 | Morelos Morelos Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca.... |
4893 | 1,889.19786199327 | 0.2% | 1,777,227 |
| 31 | Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Tlaxcala officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala is one of the 31 states which along with the Federal District comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and its capital city is Tlaxcala.... |
3991 | 1,540.93371494281 | 0.2% | 1,169,936 |
| — | Mexico City (Federal District) |
1485 | 573.361705509914 | 0.1% | 8,851,080 |
Population figures per 2010 Census (INEGI (Censo 2010))
Area figures per INEGI (INEGI (Informacion por Entidad))
See also
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- States of MexicoStates of MexicoThe United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
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- List of Mexican states by population
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