List of states of Mexico

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A state (Spanish: estado), officially a Free and Sovereign State (Spanish: estado libre y soberano), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, and state congress. In the hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions, states are further divided into municipalities. Currently there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico.

CategoryFederated state
LocationUnited Mexican States
Created
  • 4 October 1824
Number32 federal entities
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States of Mexico
Estados de México (Spanish)

The 31 states of Mexico, and Mexico City
CategoryFederated state
LocationUnited Mexican States
Created
  • 4 October 1824
Number32 federal entities
Populations
Areas
  • Mexico City – smallest (1,494.3 km2 (577.0 sq mi))
  • Chihuahua – largest (247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi))
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Although not formally a state, political reforms have enabled Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México), the capital city of the United Mexican States to have a federative entity status equivalent to that of the states since January 29, 2016.

Current Mexican governmental publications usually lists 32 federative entities (31 states and Mexico City), and 2,478 municipalities (including the 16 boroughs of Mexico City). Third or lower level divisions are sometimes listed by some governmental publications.

List of federative entities

Mexico City, though not formally a state, is included for comparison.

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Federative entities of the United Mexican States
Coat of arms and nameCities Area[1] Population[2][3] Munici-
palities		Admission to Federation
CapitalLargestkm2sq mi2024 Q42020 census
AguascalientesAguascalientes 5,615.72,168.21,493,4591,425,60711 24th5 Feb 1857[4]
Baja CaliforniaMexicaliTijuana 71,450.027,587.03,779,0503,769,0207 29th16 Jan 1952[5]
Baja California SurLa Paz 73,909.428,536.6872,439798,4475 31st8 Oct 1974[6]
CampecheSan Francisco de Campeche 57,484.922,195.0949,481928,36313 25th29 Apr 1863[7]
ChiapasTuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.028,305.55,914,8795,543,828124 19th14 Sep 1824[8]
ChihuahuaChihuahuaCiudad Juárez 247,412.695,526.53,900,6293,741,86967 18th6 Jul 1824[8]
Coahuila de Zaragoza[a][b] Saltillo 151,594.858,531.13,457,5163,146,77138 16th7 May 1824[8]
Colima[c] ColimaManzanillo 5,626.92,172.6719,445731,39110 22nd12 Sep 1856[10]
DurangoVictoria de Durango 123,364.047,631.11,890,5631,832,65039 17th22 May 1824[8]
GuanajuatoGuanajuatoLeón de los Aldama 30,606.711,817.36,313,5046,166,93446 2nd20 Dec 1823[8]
GuerreroChilpancingo de los BravoAcapulco de Juárez 63,595.924,554.53,603,1883,540,68585 21st27 Oct 1849[11]
HidalgoPachuca de Soto 20,821.48,039.23,222,9943,082,84184 26th16 Jan 1869[12]
JaliscoGuadalajara 78,595.930,346.08,732,4958,348,151125 9th23 Dec 1823[8]
MéxicoToluca de LerdoEcatepec de Morelos 22,351.88,630.117,728,21616,992,418125 1st20 Dec 1823[8]
Mexico City (Ciudad de México)[d]n/aIztapalapa 1,494.3577.09,352,5179,209,94416 32nd29 Jan 2016
Michoacán de OcampoMorelia 58,598.722,625.14,943,6024,748,846113 5th22 Dec 1823[8]
MorelosCuernavaca 4,878.91,883.81,964,1641,971,52036 27th17 Apr 1869 [13]
NayaritTepic 27,856.510,755.51,237,2931,235,45620 28th26 Jan 1917[14]
Nuevo León[b]Monterrey 64,156.224,770.86,130,6415,784,44251 15th7 May 1824[8]
OaxacaOaxaca de Juárez 93,757.636,200.04,242,7914,132,148570 3rd21 Dec 1823[8]
PueblaPuebla de Zaragoza 34,309.613,247.06,586,8056,583,278217 4th21 Dec 1823[8]
QuerétaroSantiago de Querétaro 11,690.64,513.82,530,6552,368,46718 11th23 Dec 1823[8]
Quintana RooChetumalCancún 44,705.217,260.81,917,2521,857,98511 30th8 Oct 1974[15]
San Luis PotosíSan Luis Potosí 61,138.023,605.52,874,0102,822,25559 6th22 Dec 1823[8]
SinaloaCuliacán Rosales 57,365.422,148.93,169,7603,026,94320 20th14 Oct 1830[16]
Sonora[e] Hermosillo 179,354.769,249.23,039,9672,944,84072 12th10 Jan 1824[8]
Tabasco[f] Villahermosa 24,730.99,548.72,537,9612,402,59817 13th7 Feb 1824[8]
Tamaulipas[b]Ciudad VictoriaReynosa 80,249.330,984.43,575,7563,527,73543 14th7 Feb 1824[8]
TlaxcalaTlaxcala de XicohténcatlSan Pablo del Monte 3,996.61,543.11,469,9001,342,97760 23rd9 Dec 1856[17]
Veracruz de Ignacio de la LlaveXalapa-EnríquezVeracruz 71,823.527,731.28,093,5178,062,579212 7th22 Dec 1823[8]
Yucatán[g] Mérida 39,524.415,260.52,375,4032,320,898106 8th23 Dec 1823[8]
ZacatecasZacatecas Guadalupe 75,275.329,064.01,674,2271,622,13858 10th23 Dec 1823[8]
Mexico totalMexico City 1,972,550.0761,605.8130,294,079126,014,0242,478 —
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Notes:

  1. [a]
    Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Tejas.
  2. [b]
    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.[9]
  3. [c]
    Includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands, which are federally administered.
  4. [d]
    Mexico City was a Federal District until 29 January 2016, when this status was abolished.
  5. [e]
    Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente, also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
  6. [f]
    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.
  7. [g]
    Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán[18] (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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