List of cities in Mexico

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Cities in Mexico

This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1]

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According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". [2] Urban localities are those with more than 2,500 residents, which can be designated as cities, villages or towns according to the laws of each state. The National Urban System, compiled by the National Population Council (CONAPO) in 2018, identifies 401 urban localities in Mexico with more than 15,000 residents as "cities". [3] Mexican localities are contained within the higher-level administrative division of municipalities.

This list does not consider the entire population of metropolitan areas and is limited by political boundaries within each municipality or state. Popular notions of city population are not based on official city boundaries, but on metropolitan areas. For population data reflecting common usage, see Metropolitan areas of Mexico.

Top 100 cities by population

Only one state (Tlaxcala) has no cities in the Top 500. Mexico City contains all of the federal entity's area, including rural areas with relatively small populations. All of the map links are of the same scale.

State capital
State largest city
State capital and largest city
Federal capital
RankCityMunicipality State Geo. coordinates2020 Census2010 CensusChange
1 Mexico City 16 boroughs‡ Mexico City 19°25′57″N99°07′52″W / 19.43250°N 99.13111°W / 19.43250; -99.13111 9,209,9448,851,080+4.05%
2 Tijuana Tijuana Baja California 32°32′05″N117°02′37″W / 32.53472°N 117.04361°W / 32.53472; -117.04361 1,810,6451,512,512+19.71%
3 Ecatepec Ecatepec State of Mexico 19°36′35″N99°03′36″W / 19.60972°N 99.06000°W / 19.60972; -99.06000 1,643,6231,655,015−0.69%
4 León León Guanajuato 21°07′11″N101°40′50″W / 21.11972°N 101.68056°W / 21.11972; -101.68056 1,579,8031,319,361+19.74%
5 Puebla Puebla Puebla 19°02′43″N98°11′51″W / 19.04528°N 98.19750°W / 19.04528; -98.19750 1,542,2321,434,062+7.54%
6 Ciudad Juárez Juárez Chihuahua 31°44′22″N106°29′13″W / 31.73944°N 106.48694°W / 31.73944; -106.48694 1,501,5511,321,015+13.67%
7 Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco 20°40′35″N103°20′32″W / 20.67639°N 103.34222°W / 20.67639; -103.34222 1,385,6291,495,182−7.33%
8 Monterrey Monterrey Nuevo León 25°40′17″N100°18′31″W / 25.67139°N 100.30861°W / 25.67139; -100.30861 1,142,9521,135,512+0.66%
9 Nezahualcóyotl Nezahualcóyotl State of Mexico 19°23′59″N98°59′22″W / 19.39972°N 98.98944°W / 19.39972; -98.98944 1,072,6761,104,603−2.89%
10 Zapopan Zapopan Jalisco 20°43′14″N103°23′18″W / 20.72056°N 103.38833°W / 20.72056; -103.38833 1,026,4921,143,168−10.21%
11 Chihuahua Chihuahua Chihuahua 28°38′07″N106°05′20″W / 28.63528°N 106.08889°W / 28.63528; -106.08889 925,762809,685+14.34%
12 Mérida Mérida Yucatán 20°58′04″N89°37′18″W / 20.96778°N 89.62167°W / 20.96778; -89.62167 921,771780,423+18.11%
13 Naucalpan Naucalpan, Huixquilucan‡ State of Mexico 19°28′31″N99°14′16″W / 19.47528°N 99.23778°W / 19.47528; -99.23778 911,168913,681−0.28%
14 Cancún Benito Juárez Quintana Roo 21°09′38″N86°50′51″W / 21.16056°N 86.84750°W / 21.16056; -86.84750 888,797628,306+41.46%
15 Saltillo Saltillo Coahuila 25°26′00″N101°00′00″W / 25.43333°N 101.00000°W / 25.43333; -101.00000 864,431709,674+21.81%
16 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 21°52′51″N102°17′46″W / 21.88083°N 102.29611°W / 21.88083; -102.29611 863,893729,380+18.44%
17 Hermosillo Hermosillo Sonora 29°05′56″N110°57′15″W / 29.09889°N 110.95417°W / 29.09889; -110.95417 855,563715,229+19.62%
18 Mexicali Mexicali Baja California 32°39′48″N115°28′04″W / 32.66333°N 115.46778°W / 32.66333; -115.46778 854,186689,775+23.84%
19 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 22°08′59″N100°58′30″W / 22.14972°N 100.97500°W / 22.14972; -100.97500 845,941724,252+16.80%
20 Culiacán Culiacán Sinaloa 24°47′31″N107°23′53″W / 24.79194°N 107.39806°W / 24.79194; -107.39806 808,416675,841+19.62%
21 Querétaro Querétaro Querétaro 20°35′17″N100°23′17″W / 20.58806°N 100.38806°W / 20.58806; -100.38806 794,789646,720+22.90%
22 Morelia Morelia Michoacán 19°42′08″N101°11′08″W / 19.70222°N 101.18556°W / 19.70222; -101.18556 743,275645,251+15.19%
23 Chimalhuacán Chimalhuacán State of Mexico 19°26′15″N98°57′15″W / 19.43750°N 98.95417°W / 19.43750; -98.95417 703,215612,383+14.83%
24 Reynosa Reynosa Tamaulipas 26°05′32″N98°16′40″W / 26.09222°N 98.27778°W / 26.09222; -98.27778 691,557592,532+16.71%
25 Torreón Torreón Coahuila 25°32′40″N103°26′30″W / 25.54444°N 103.44167°W / 25.54444; -103.44167 690,193611,447+12.88%
26 Tlalnepantla Tlalnepantla State of Mexico 19°32′12″N99°11′41″W / 19.53667°N 99.19472°W / 19.53667; -99.19472 658,907653,410+0.84%
27 Acapulco Acapulco Guerrero 16°51′42″N99°53′11″W / 16.86167°N 99.88639°W / 16.86167; -99.88639 658,609674,764−2.39%
28 Tlaquepaque Tlaquepaque Jalisco 20°38′19″N103°18′26″W / 20.63861°N 103.30722°W / 20.63861; -103.30722 650,123577,911+12.50%
29 Guadalupe Guadalupe Nuevo León 25°40′45″N100°14′06″W / 25.67917°N 100.23500°W / 25.67917; -100.23500 635,862673,626−5.61%
30 Durango Durango Durango 24°01′22″N104°39′16″W / 24.02278°N 104.65444°W / 24.02278; -104.65444 616,068520,351+18.39%
31 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas 16°45′11″N93°06′56″W / 16.75306°N 93.11556°W / 16.75306; -93.11556 578,830537,112+7.77%
32 Cuautitlán Izcalli Cuautitlán Izcalli State of Mexico 19°38′46″N99°12′41″W / 19.64611°N 99.21139°W / 19.64611; -99.21139 515,353484,573+6.35%
33 Veracruz Veracruz, Boca del Río‡ Veracruz 19°11′25″N96°09′12″W / 19.19028°N 96.15333°W / 19.19028; -96.15333 537,963562,984−4.44%
34 Ciudad Apodaca Apodaca Nuevo León 25°46′54″N100°11′20″W / 25.78167°N 100.18889°W / 25.78167; -100.18889 536,436467,185+14.82%
35 Ciudad López Mateos Atizapán de Zaragoza State of Mexico 19°33′40″N99°14′49″W / 19.56111°N 99.24694°W / 19.56111; -99.24694 523,065489,160+6.93%
36 Matamoros Matamoros Tamaulipas 25°52′47″N97°30′15″W / 25.87972°N 97.50417°W / 25.87972; -97.50417 510,739449,817+13.54%
37 General Escobedo General Escobedo Nuevo León 25°48′31″N100°19′37″W / 25.80861°N 100.32694°W / 25.80861; -100.32694 454,967352,475+29.08%
38 Irapuato Irapuato Guanajuato 20°40′27″N101°20′51″W / 20.67417°N 101.34750°W / 20.67417; -101.34750 452,090405,456+11.50%
39 Xalapa Xalapa Veracruz 19°32′17″N96°54′33″W / 19.53806°N 96.90917°W / 19.53806; -96.90917 443,063424,766+4.31%
40 Tonalá Tonalá Jalisco 20°37′24″N103°14′44″W / 20.62333°N 103.24556°W / 20.62333; -103.24556 442,440408,951+8.19%
41 Mazatlán Mazatlán Sinaloa 23°14′29″N106°24′35″W / 23.24139°N 106.40972°W / 23.24139; -106.40972 441,975381,587+15.83%
42 Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas 27°29′11″N99°30′29″W / 27.48639°N 99.50806°W / 27.48639; -99.50806 416,055375,439+10.82%
43 San Nicolás San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León 25°44′30″N100°18′08″W / 25.74167°N 100.30222°W / 25.74167; -100.30222 412,199443,273−7.01%
44 Ojo de Agua Tecámac State of Mexico 19°40′49″N99°00′36″W / 19.68028°N 99.01000°W / 19.68028; -99.01000 386,290242,518+59.28%
45 Xico Valle de Chalco State of Mexico 19°17′30″N98°56′20″W / 19.29167°N 98.93889°W / 19.29167; -98.93889 384,327356,352+7.85%
46 Celaya Celaya Guanajuato 20°31′44″N100°48′54″W / 20.52889°N 100.81500°W / 20.52889; -100.81500 378,143344,757+9.68%
47 Tepic Tepic Nayarit 21°30′59″N104°53′39″W / 21.51639°N 104.89417°W / 21.51639; -104.89417 371,387332,863+11.57%
48 Ixtapaluca Ixtapaluca State of Mexico 19°19′07″N98°52′56″W / 19.31861°N 98.88222°W / 19.31861; -98.88222 368,585322,271+14.37%
49 Cuernavaca Cuernavaca Morelos 18°55′07″N99°14′03″W / 18.91861°N 99.23417°W / 18.91861; -99.23417 341,029338,650+0.70%
50 Villahermosa Centro Tabasco 17°59′21″N92°55′41″W / 17.98917°N 92.92806°W / 17.98917; -92.92806 340,060353,577−3.82%
51 Ciudad Victoria Victoria Tamaulipas 23°44′10″N99°08′46″W / 23.73611°N 99.14611°W / 23.73611; -99.14611 332,100305,234+8.80%
52 Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 31°51′28″N116°36′21″W / 31.85778°N 116.60583°W / 31.85778; -116.60583 330,652286,518+15.40%
53 Ciudad Obregón Cajeme Sonora 27°29′21″N109°56′06″W / 27.48917°N 109.93500°W / 27.48917; -109.93500 329,404298,698+10.28%
54 Ciudad Nicolás Romero Nicolás Romero State of Mexico 19°37′30″N99°18′51″W / 19.62500°N 99.31417°W / 19.62500; -99.31417 323,545281,799+14.81%
55 Soledad Soledad San Luis Potosí 22°10′59″N100°56′27″W / 22.18306°N 100.94083°W / 22.18306; -100.94083 310,192255,045+21.62%
56 Ciudad Benito Juárez Juárez Nuevo León 25°38′51″N100°05′41″W / 25.64750°N 100.09472°W / 25.64750; -100.09472 308,285151,958+102.88%
57 Playa del Carmen Solidaridad Quintana Roo 20°37′39″N87°04′52″W / 20.62750°N 87.08111°W / 20.62750; -87.08111 304,942149,926+103.40%
58 Santa Catarina Santa Catarina Nuevo León 25°40′32″N100°27′44″W / 25.67556°N 100.46222°W / 25.67556; -100.46222 304,052268,347+13.31%
59 Gómez Palacio Gómez Palacio Durango 25°33′40″N103°29′54″W / 25.56111°N 103.49833°W / 25.56111; -103.49833 301,742258,882+16.56%
60 Uruapan Uruapan Michoacán 19°25′10″N102°03′30″W / 19.41944°N 102.05833°W / 19.41944; -102.05833 299,523264,481+13.25%
61 Los Mochis Ahome Sinaloa 25°47′37″N108°59′49″W / 25.79361°N 108.99694°W / 25.79361; -108.99694 298,009256,747+16.07%
62 Pachuca Pachuca Hidalgo 20°07′18″N98°44′09″W / 20.12167°N 98.73583°W / 20.12167; -98.73583 297,848256,750+16.01%
63 Tampico Tampico Tamaulipas 22°15′19″N97°52′07″W / 22.25528°N 97.86861°W / 22.25528; -97.86861 297,373297,284+0.03%
64 Tehuacán Tehuacán Puebla 18°27′50″N97°23′35″W / 18.46389°N 97.39306°W / 18.46389; -97.39306 293,825249,735+17.65%
65 San Francisco Coacalco Coacalco State of Mexico 19°38′00″N99°05′35″W / 19.63333°N 99.09306°W / 19.63333; -99.09306 293,245277,959+5.50%
66 Nogales Nogales Sonora 31°19′07″N110°56′45″W / 31.31861°N 110.94583°W / 31.31861; -110.94583 261,137215,551+21.15%
67 Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca 17°04′04″N96°43′12″W / 17.06778°N 96.72000°W / 17.06778; -96.72000 258,913255,532+1.32%
68 La Paz La Paz Baja California Sur 24°08′32″N110°18′39″W / 24.14222°N 110.31083°W / 24.14222; -110.31083 250,141217,534+14.99%
69 Campeche Campeche Campeche 19°50′45″N90°32′12″W / 19.84583°N 90.53667°W / 19.84583; -90.53667 249,623220,490+13.21%
70 Monclova Monclova Coahuila 26°54′03″N101°25′00″W / 26.90083°N 101.41667°W / 26.90083; -101.41667 237,169215,475+10.07%
71 García García Nuevo León 25°49′00″N100°35′00″W / 25.81667°N 100.58333°W / 25.81667; -100.58333 234,69893,656+150.60%
72 Chilpancingo Chilpancingo Guerrero 17°33′00″N99°30′04″W / 17.55000°N 99.50111°W / 17.55000; -99.50111 225,728187,619+20.31%
73 Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta Jalisco 20°36′49″N105°13′38″W / 20.61361°N 105.22722°W / 20.61361; -105.22722 224,166203,368+10.23%
74 Toluca Toluca State of Mexico 19°17′32″N99°39′14″W / 19.29222°N 99.65389°W / 19.29222; -99.65389 223,876489,333−54.25%
75 Tapachula Tapachula Chiapas 14°54′29″N92°15′38″W / 14.90806°N 92.26056°W / 14.90806; -92.26056 217,550202,759+7.29%
76 Buenavista Tultitlán State of Mexico 19°36′30″N99°10′10″W / 19.60833°N 99.16944°W / 19.60833; -99.16944 216,776206,081+5.19%
77 Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Veracruz 18°08′09″N94°27′48″W / 18.13583°N 94.46333°W / 18.13583; -94.46333 212,540235,983−9.93%
78 Ciudad Madero Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas 22°16′35″N97°49′53″W / 22.27639°N 97.83139°W / 22.27639; -97.83139 205,933197,216+4.42%
79 Cabo San Lucas Los Cabos Baja California Sur 22°53′23″N109°54′56″W / 22.88972°N 109.91556°W / 22.88972; -109.91556 202,694131,770+53.82%
80 Chicoloapan Chicoloapan State of Mexico 19°24′55″N98°54′04″W / 19.41528°N 98.90111°W / 19.41528; -98.90111 193,532172,919+11.92%
81 Ciudad del Carmen Carmen Campeche 18°38′18″N91°50′07″W / 18.63833°N 91.83528°W / 18.63833; -91.83528 191,238169,577+12.77%
82 San Cristóbal San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas 16°44′12″N92°38′18″W / 16.73667°N 92.63833°W / 16.73667; -92.63833 183,509158,027+16.13%
83 Poza Rica Poza Rica Veracruz 20°32′03″N97°26′37″W / 20.53417°N 97.44361°W / 20.53417; -97.44361 180,057187,601−4.02%
84 San Juan del Río San Juan del Río Querétaro 20°23′20″N99°59′47″W / 20.38889°N 99.99639°W / 20.38889; -99.99639 177,719144,538+22.96%
85 San Luis Río Colorado San Luis Río Colorado Sonora 32°28′36″N114°45′45″W / 32.47667°N 114.76250°W / 32.47667; -114.76250 176,685158,089+11.76%
86 Chalco Chalco State of Mexico 19°15′53″N98°53′51″W / 19.26472°N 98.89750°W / 19.26472; -98.89750 174,704168,720+3.55%
87 Jiutepec Jiutepec Morelos 18°52′53″N99°10′40″W / 18.88139°N 99.17778°W / 18.88139; -99.17778 174,629162,427+7.51%
88 Piedras Negras Piedras Negras Coahuila 28°42′00″N100°31′23″W / 28.70000°N 100.52306°W / 28.70000; -100.52306 173,959150,966+15.23%
89 Guadalupe Guadalupe Zacatecas 22°45′10″N102°30′28″W / 22.75278°N 102.50778°W / 22.75278; -102.50778 170,029125,320+35.68%
90 Chetumal Othón P. Blanco Quintana Roo 18°30′13″N88°18′19″W / 18.50361°N 88.30528°W / 18.50361; -88.30528 169,028151,277+11.73%
91 Miramar Altamira Tamaulipas 22°19′59″N97°51′59″W / 22.33306°N 97.86639°W / 22.33306; -97.86639 161,820119,375+35.56%
92 Salamanca Salamanca Guanajuato 20°34′13″N101°11′50″W / 20.57028°N 101.19722°W / 20.57028; -101.19722 160,682160,169+0.32%
93 Ciudad Acuña Acuña Coahuila 29°19′27″N100°55′54″W / 29.32417°N 100.93167°W / 29.32417; -100.93167 160,225134,286+19.32%
94 Manzanillo Manzanillo Colima 19°03′08″N104°18′57″W / 19.05222°N 104.31583°W / 19.05222; -104.31583 159,853130,086+22.88%
95 San Pablo de las Salinas Tultitlán State of Mexico 19°39′56″N99°05′30″W / 19.66556°N 99.09167°W / 19.66556; -99.09167 157,998189,453−16.60%
96 Cuautla Cuautla Morelos 18°48′44″N98°57′21″W / 18.81222°N 98.95583°W / 18.81222; -98.95583 157,336154,358+1.93%
97 Zamora Zamora Michoacán 19°59′08″N102°16′59″W / 19.98556°N 102.28306°W / 19.98556; -102.28306 154,546141,957+8.87%
98 Minatitlán Minatitlán, Cosoleacaque‡ Veracruz 17°59′00″N94°33′00″W / 17.98333°N 94.55000°W / 17.98333; -94.55000 149,162159,557−6.51%
99 Villa de Álvarez Villa de Álvarez Colima 19°15′50″N103°44′13″W / 19.26389°N 103.73694°W / 19.26389; -103.73694 147,496117,607+25.41%
100 Colima Colima Colima 19°14′30″N103°43′41″W / 19.24167°N 103.72806°W / 19.24167; -103.72806 146,965137,502+6.88%

‡ These cities extend beyond the borders of a single municipality.

Distribution

For the Top 100 cities, the following distributions hold as of the 2020 Census.

The total population is 57,930,969, 45.97% of Mexico's total.

The mean city population is 579,310. The median city in population is Villahermosa.

The mean city growth from 2010 to 2020 is 20.77%, compared to a national growth of 12.17%. [1] The median city in population growth is Ixtapaluca.

PopulationNumber of cities
1,000,000+10
500,000–999,99926
250,000–499,99932
100,000–249,99932
Total100
StateNumber of listed cities
State of Mexico 17
Nuevo León 8
Tamaulipas 7
Coahuila, Jalisco, Veracruz 5
Guanajuato, Sonora 4
Baja California, Chiapas, Colima, Michoacán,
Morelos, Quintana Roo. Sinaloa 		3
Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango,
Guerrero, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí 		2
Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Nayarit,
Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatán, Zacatecas 		1
Tlaxcala 0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "INEGI - Glossary:Locality" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Sistema Urbano Nacional 2018 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: CONAPO. 2018. ISBN   978-607-427-315-1.
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