This is a list of Mexican states by population density, based on data from the 2020 National Census. [1] [2] Population density is calculated as the ratio of resident population divided by total land area.
Rank | State | Population (2020) | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Density |
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1 | Ciudad de México | 9,209,944 | 1,494.3 | 577.0 | 6,163.4/km2 (15,963.1/sq mi) |
2 | México | 16,992,418 | 22,351.8 | 8,630.1 | 760.2/km2 (1,969.0/sq mi) |
3 | Morelos | 1,971,520 | 4,878.9 | 1,883.8 | 404.1/km2 (1,046.6/sq mi) |
4 | Tlaxcala | 1,342,977 | 3,996.6 | 1,543.1 | 336.0/km2 (870.3/sq mi) |
5 | Aguascalientes | 1,425,607 | 5,615.7 | 2,168.2 | 253.9/km2 (657.5/sq mi) |
6 | Querétaro | 2,368,467 | 11,690.6 | 4,513.8 | 202.6/km2 (524.7/sq mi) |
7 | Guanajuato | 6,166,934 | 30,606.7 | 11,817.3 | 201.5/km2 (521.9/sq mi) |
8 | Puebla | 6,583,278 | 34,309.6 | 13,247.0 | 191.9/km2 (497.0/sq mi) |
9 | Hidalgo | 3,082,841 | 20,821.4 | 8,039.2 | 148.1/km2 (383.5/sq mi) |
10 | Colima | 731,391 | 5,626.9 | 2,172.6 | 130.0/km2 (336.6/sq mi) |
11 | Veracruz | 8,062,579 | 71,823.5 | 27,731.2 | 112.3/km2 (290.7/sq mi) |
12 | Jalisco | 8,348,151 | 78,595.9 | 30,346.0 | 106.2/km2 (275.1/sq mi) |
13 | Tabasco | 2,402,598 | 24,730.9 | 9,548.7 | 97.1/km2 (251.6/sq mi) |
14 | Nuevo León | 5,784,442 | 64,156.2 | 24,770.8 | 90.2/km2 (233.5/sq mi) |
15 | Michoacán | 4,748,846 | 58,598.7 | 22,625.1 | 81.0/km2 (209.9/sq mi) |
16 | Chiapas | 5,543,828 | 73,311.0 | 28,305.5 | 75.6/km2 (195.9/sq mi) |
17 | Yucatán | 2,320,898 | 39,524.4 | 15,260.5 | 58.7/km2 (152.1/sq mi) |
18 | Guerrero | 3,540,685 | 63,595.9 | 24,554.5 | 55.7/km2 (144.2/sq mi) |
19 | Sinaloa | 3,026,943 | 57,365.4 | 22,148.9 | 52.8/km2 (136.7/sq mi) |
20 | Baja California | 3,769,020 | 71,450.0 | 27,587.0 | 52.8/km2 (136.6/sq mi) |
21 | San Luis Potosí | 2,822,255 | 61,138.0 | 23,605.5 | 46.2/km2 (119.6/sq mi) |
22 | Nayarit | 1,235,456 | 27,856.5 | 10,755.5 | 44.4/km2 (114.9/sq mi) |
23 | Oaxaca | 4,132,148 | 93,757.6 | 36,200.0 | 44.1/km2 (114.1/sq mi) |
24 | Tamaulipas | 3,527,735 | 80,249.3 | 30,984.4 | 44.0/km2 (113.9/sq mi) |
25 | Quintana Roo | 1,857,985 | 44,705.2 | 17,260.8 | 41.6/km2 (107.6/sq mi) |
26 | Zacatecas | 1,622,138 | 75,275.3 | 29,064.0 | 21.5/km2 (55.8/sq mi) |
27 | Coahuila | 3,146,771 | 151,594.8 | 58,531.1 | 20.8/km2 (53.8/sq mi) |
28 | Sonora | 2,944,840 | 179,354.7 | 69,249.2 | 16.4/km2 (42.5/sq mi) |
29 | Campeche | 928,363 | 57,484.9 | 22,195.0 | 16.1/km2 (41.8/sq mi) |
30 | Chihuahua | 3,741,869 | 247,412.6 | 95,526.5 | 15.1/km2 (39.2/sq mi) |
31 | Durango | 1,832,650 | 123,364.0 | 47,631.1 | 14.9/km2 (38.5/sq mi) |
32 | Baja California Sur | 798,447 | 73,909.4 | 28,536.6 | 10.8/km2 (28.0/sq mi) |
Total | 126,014,024 | 1,960,646.7 | 757,009.9 | 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) |
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