List of states of Mexico

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The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico and are 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 [a] 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)1,465,00011245 February 1857 [8]
Baja California Baja California Coat of arms of Baja California.svg Mexicali Tijuana 71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi)3,822,00062916 January 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)759,0005318 October 1974 [10]
Campeche Campeche Coat of arms of Campeche.svg San Francisco de Campeche 57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi)965,000132529 April 1863 [11]
Chiapas Chiapas Coat of arms of Chiapas.svg Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi)5,602,0001241914 September 1824 [12]
Chihuahua Chihuahua Coat of arms of Chihuahua.svg Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi)3,806,00067186 July 1824 [12]
Coahuila [b] [c] Coahuila de Zaragoza Coat of arms of Coahuila.svg Saltillo 151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi)3,189,00038167 May 1824 [12]
Colima [d] Colima Escudooficialcolima.jpg Colima Manzanillo 5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi)830,000102312 September 1856 [14]
Durango Durango Coat of arms of Durango.svg Victoria de Durango 123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi)1,846,000391722 May 1824 [12]
Guanajuato Guanajuato Coat of arms of Guanajuato.svg Guanajuato León de los Aldama 30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi)6,205,00046220 December 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)3,556,000812127 October 1849 [15]
Hidalgo Hidalgo Coat of arms of Hidalgo.svg Pachuca de Soto 20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi)3,115,000842616 January 1869 [16]
Jalisco Jalisco Coat of arms of Jalisco.svg Guadalajara 78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi)8,400,000125923 December 1823 [12]
México México Coat of arms of Mexico State.svg Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 22,351.8 km2 (8,630.1 sq mi)17,102,000125120 December 1823 [12]
Mexico City [e] 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)		3229 January 2016
Michoacán Michoacán de Ocampo Coat of arms of Michoacan.svg Morelia 58,598.7 km2 (22,625.1 sq mi)4,736,000113522 December 1823 [12]
Morelos Morelos Coat of arms of Morelos.svg Cuernavaca 4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi)2,016,000362717 April 1869 [17]
Nayarit Nayarit Coat of arms of Nayarit.svg Tepic 27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi)1,274,000202826 January 1917 [18]
Nuevo León [c] Nuevo León Coat of arms of Nuevo Leon.svg Monterrey 64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi)5,846,00051157 May 1824 [12]
Oaxaca Oaxaca Coat of arms of Oaxaca.svg Oaxaca de Juárez 93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi)4,096,000570321 December 1823 [12]
Puebla Puebla Coat of arms of Puebla.svg Puebla de Zaragoza 34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi)6,535,000217421 December 1823 [12]
Querétaro Querétaro Coat of arms of Queretaro.svg Santiago de Querétaro 11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi)2,404,000181123 December 1823 [12]
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Coat of arms of Quintana Roo.svg Chetumal Cancún 44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi)1,895,00011308 October 1974 [19]
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)2,815,00058622 December 1823 [12]
Sinaloa Sinaloa Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg Culiacán Rosales 57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi)3,015,000182014 October 1830 [20]
Sonora [f] Sonora Coat of arms of Sonora.svg Hermosillo 179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi)3,006,000721210 January 1824 [12]
Tabasco [g] Tabasco Coat of arms of Tabasco.svg Villahermosa 24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi)2,435,00017137 February 1824 [12]
Tamaulipas [c] Tamaulipas Coat of arms of Tamaulipas.svg Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi)3,506,00043147 February 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)1,405,00060229 December 1856 [21]
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)8,105,000212722 December 1823 [12]
Yucatán [h] Yucatán Coat of arms of Yucatan.svg Mérida 39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi)2,374,000106823 December 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)1,674,000581023 December 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 until 29 January 2016, when this status was abolished.
  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 13 February 1841, rejoining again on 2 December 1842; and the second from 9 November 1846 to 9 December 1846.
  8. ↑ Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán [22] (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 29 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Artículo 43 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (PDF).
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  5. ↑ "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Historical Summary of Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  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 6 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "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 22 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Universidad de Colima". Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "History of the state of Hidalgo" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.
  21. ↑ "History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  22. ↑ "La historia de la República de Yucatán".
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