List of states of Mexico

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The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico, which is officially named the United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state). [1] [2] [3] [4]

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States are further divided into municipalities. Mexico City is divided into boroughs, officially designated as demarcaciones territoriales or alcaldías, similar to other states' municipalities but with different administrative powers. [5]

List

Mexico's post agency, Correos de México, does not offer an official list of state name abbreviations, and as such, they are not included below. A list of Mexican states and several versions of their abbreviations can be found here.

Federal Entities
StateOfficial name [lower-alpha 1] Coat of armsCapitalLargest cityArea (1,972,550 km2 total) [6] Population (February 2023; 127,104,000 total) [7] MunicipalitiesOrder of Admission
to Federation		Date of Admission
to Federation
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Coat of arms of Aguascalientes.svg Aguascalientes 5,615.7 km2 (2,168.2 sq mi)1,465,0001124February 5, 1857 [8]
Baja California Baja California Coat of arms of Baja California.svg Mexicali Tijuana 71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi)3,822,000629January 16, 1952 [9]
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur Coat of arms of Baja California Sur.svg La Paz 73,909.4 km2 (28,536.6 sq mi)759,000531October 8, 1974 [10]
Campeche Campeche Coat of arms of Campeche.svg San Francisco de Campeche 57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi)965,0001325April 29, 1863 [11]
Chiapas Chiapas Coat of arms of Chiapas.svg Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi)5,602,00012419September 14, 1824 [12]
Chihuahua Chihuahua Coat of arms of Chihuahua.svg Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi)3,806,0006718July 6, 1824 [12]
Coahuila [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] Coahuila de Zaragoza Coat of arms of Coahuila.svg Saltillo 151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi)3,189,0003816May 7, 1824 [12]
Colima [lower-alpha 4] Colima Escudooficialcolima.jpg Colima Manzanillo 5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi)830,0001023September 12, 1856 [14]
Durango Durango Coat of arms of Durango.svg Victoria de Durango 123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi)1,846,0003917May 22, 1824 [12]
Guanajuato Guanajuato Coat of arms of Guanajuato.svg Guanajuato León de los Aldama 30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi)6,205,000462December 20, 1823 [12]
Guerrero Guerrero Coat of arms of Guerrero.svg Chilpancingo de los Bravo Acapulco de Juárez 63,595.9 km2 (24,554.5 sq mi)3,556,0008121October 27, 1849 [15]
Hidalgo Hidalgo Coat of arms of Hidalgo.svg Pachuca de Soto 20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi)3,115,0008426January 16, 1869 [16]
Jalisco Jalisco Coat of arms of Jalisco.svg Guadalajara 78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi)8,400,0001259June 16, 1823 [17]
México México Coat of arms of Mexico State.svg Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 22,351.8 km2 (8,630.1 sq mi)17,102,0001251December 20, 1823 [12]
Mexico City [lower-alpha 5] Ciudad de México Coat of arms of Mexico City, Mexico.svg Mexico City 1,494.3 km2 (577.0 sq mi)9,305,00016
(boroughs)		32January 29, 2016
Michoacán Michoacán de Ocampo Coat of arms of Michoacan.svg Morelia 58,598.7 km2 (22,625.1 sq mi)4,736,0001135December 22, 1823 [12]
Morelos Morelos Coat of arms of Morelos.svg Cuernavaca 4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi)2,016,0003627April 17, 1869 [18]
Nayarit Nayarit Coat of arms of Nayarit.svg Tepic 27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi)1,274,0002028January 26, 1917 [19]
Nuevo León [lower-alpha 3] Nuevo León Coat of arms of Nuevo Leon.svg Monterrey 64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi)5,846,0005115May 7, 1824 [12]
Oaxaca Oaxaca Coat of arms of Oaxaca.svg Oaxaca de Juárez 93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi)4,096,0005703December 21, 1823 [12]
Puebla Puebla Coat of arms of Puebla.svg Puebla de Zaragoza 34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi)6,535,0002174December 21, 1823 [12]
Querétaro Querétaro Coat of arms of Queretaro.svg Santiago de Querétaro 11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi)2,404,0001811December 23, 1823 [12]
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Coat of arms of Quintana Roo.svg Chetumal Cancún 44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi)1,895,0001130October 8, 1974 [20]
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí Coat of arms of San Luis Potosi.svg San Luis Potosí 61,138.0 km2 (23,605.5 sq mi)2,815,000586December 22, 1823 [12]
Sinaloa Sinaloa Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg Culiacán Rosales 57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi)3,015,0001820October 14, 1830 [21]
Sonora [lower-alpha 6] Sonora Coat of arms of Sonora.svg Hermosillo 179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi)3,006,0007212January 10, 1824 [12]
Tabasco [lower-alpha 7] Tabasco Coat of arms of Tabasco.svg Villahermosa 24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi)2,435,0001713February 7, 1824 [12]
Tamaulipas [lower-alpha 3] Tamaulipas Coat of arms of Tamaulipas.svg Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi)3,506,0004314February 7, 1824 [12]
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Coat of arms of Tlaxcala.svg Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl San Pablo del Monte 3,996.6 km2 (1,543.1 sq mi)1,405,0006022December 9, 1856 [22]
Veracruz Veracruz de
Ignacio de la Llave		 Coat of arms of Veracruz.svg Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 71,823.5 km2 (27,731.2 sq mi)8,105,0002127December 22, 1823 [12]
Yucatán [lower-alpha 8] Yucatán Coat of arms of Yucatan.svg Mérida 39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi)2,374,0001068December 23, 1823 [12]
Zacatecas Zacatecas Escudo de armas de la Ciudad y Estado de Zacatecas.svg Zacatecas 75,275.3 km2 (29,064.0 sq mi)1,674,0005810December 23, 1823 [12]

Notes:

  1. ↑ (except Mexico City):
    Estado Libre y Soberano de ("Free and Sovereign State of")
  2. ↑ Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Tejas.
  3. 1 2 3 The states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila became independent de facto in 1840 to form the República del Río Grande (English: Republic of the Rio Grande); never consolidated its independence because independent forces were defeated by the centralist forces. [13]
  4. ↑ Includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands, which are federally administered.
  5. ↑ Mexico City was a Federal District. On 29 January 2016, its status as the Federal District ceased.
  6. ↑ Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente, also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
  7. ↑ The State of Tabasco seceded from Mexico on two occasions: first on February 13, 1841, rejoining again on December 2, 1842; and the second from November 9, 1846 to December 9, 1846.
  8. ↑ Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán [23] (English: Federated Republic of Yucatán) formed by the current states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Became independent in 1841 constituting the second Republic of Yucatán and definitively rejoined in 1848.

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  2. ↑ El Diario de México. "La Ciudad de México no será estado, sino entidad federal autónoma" (in Spanish). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Artículo 43 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "DF no es el estado 32, aclaran legisladores". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. ↑ "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. ↑ "Historical Summary of Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  9. ↑ "Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29" (in Spanish). Gobierno de Baja California.
  10. ↑ "44 Years Ago, Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo became States" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  11. ↑ "156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.
  13. ↑ "República de Río Grande, el País que no pudo ser" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  14. ↑ "Universidad de Colima". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  15. ↑ "Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  16. ↑ "History of the state of Hidalgo" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  17. ↑ "Jalisco | Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco".
  18. ↑ "History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  19. ↑ "Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  20. ↑ "Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  21. ↑ "500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.
  22. ↑ "History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  23. ↑ "La historia de la República de Yucatán".
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