Mexico: Metropolitan Areas

Contents: Metropolitan Areas

The population of the metropolitan areas of Mexico according to census results.

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Name	Status	State(s)	Population Census 1990-03-12	Population Census 2000-02-14	Population Census 2005-10-17	Population Census 2010-05-31	Population Estimate 2015-03-15	Population Census 2020-03-15
Acapulco	Metropolitan Area	Guerrero	653,973	791,558	786,830	863,431	886,975	852,622	→
Acayucan	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	91,323	102,992	105,552	112,996	120,340	114,416	→
Aguascalientes	Metropolitan Area	Aguascalientes	547,366	727,582	834,498	932,369	1,044,049	1,140,916	→
Campeche	Metropolitan Area	Campeche	173,645	216,897	238,850	259,005	283,025	294,077	→
Cancún	Metropolitan Area	Quintana Roo	187,431	431,128	586,288	677,379	763,121	934,189	→
Celaya	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato	480,224	577,900	618,886	690,442	731,667	767,104	→
Chetumal	Metropolitan Area	Quintana Roo	140,275	175,980	...	207,810	224,080	233,648	→
Chihuahua	Metropolitan Area	Chihuahua	551,868	696,495	784,882	852,533	918,339	988,065	→
Chilpancingo	Metropolitan Area	Guerrero	169,161	233,011	254,547	287,875	324,422	336,480	→
Ciudad Victoria	Metropolitan Area	Tamaulipas	207,903	263,063	293,044	321,953	346,029	349,688	→
Coatzacoalcos	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	271,825	307,724	321,182	347,257	365,026	355,738	→
Colima - Villa de Álvarez	Metropolitan Area	Colima	211,733	275,677	294,828	334,240	359,392	380,575	→
Córdoba	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	237,706	276,553	293,768	316,032	347,647	335,950	→
Cuautla	Metropolitan Area	Morelos	279,697	372,256	383,010	434,147	475,441	483,455	→
Cuernavaca	Metropolitan Area	Morelos	587,495	798,782	847,144	924,964	983,365	1,028,589	→
Culiacán	Metropolitan Area	Sinaloa	601,123	745,537	793,730	858,638	905,265	1,003,530	→
Delicias	Metropolitan Area	Chihuahua	139,009	156,444	168,600	181,768	192,797	195,359	→
Durango	Metropolitan Area	Durango	413,835	491,436	526,659	582,267	654,876	688,697	→
Ensenada	Metropolitan Area	Baja California	259,979	370,730	413,481	466,814	486,639	561,375	→
Guadalajara	Metropolitan Area	Jalisco	3,058,220	3,772,833	4,174,220	4,521,755	4,887,383	5,268,642	→
Guanajuato	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato	119,170	141,196	153,364	171,709	184,239	194,500	→
Guaymas	Metropolitan Area	Sonora	175,109	180,316	184,816	203,430	214,223	208,294	→
Hermosillo	Metropolitan Area	Sonora	448,966	609,829	701,838	784,342	884,273	936,263	→
Hidalgo del Parral	Metropolitan Area	Chihuahua	100,133	106,875	108,357	111,814	114,596	121,666	→
Juárez	Metropolitan Area	Chihuahua	798,499	1,218,817	1,313,338	1,332,131	1,391,180	1,512,450	→
La Laguna (Comarca Lagunera, Torreón - Gómez Palacio)	Metropolitan Area	Coahuila de Zaragoza / Durango	929,270	1,053,743	1,162,418	1,271,493	1,342,195	1,434,283	→
La Paz	Metropolitan Area	Baja California Sur	160,970	196,907	219,596	251,871	272,711	292,241	→
La Piedad - Pénjamo	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato / Michoacán de Ocampo	219,004	229,372	229,289	249,512	254,272	261,450	→
León	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato	983,050	1,269,179	1,425,210	1,609,504	1,768,193	1,924,771	→
Matamoros	Metropolitan Area	Tamaulipas	303,293	418,141	462,157	489,193	520,367	541,979	→
Mazatlán	Metropolitan Area	Sinaloa	314,345	380,509	403,888	438,434	502,547	501,441	→
Mérida	Metropolitan Area	Yucatán	688,995	873,423	972,419	1,053,519	1,143,041	1,316,088	→
Mexicali	Metropolitan Area	Baja California	601,938	764,602	855,962	936,826	988,417	1,049,792	→
Minatitlán	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	311,407	323,389	330,781	356,137	372,381	359,228	→
Monclova - Frontera	Metropolitan Area	Coahuila de Zaragoza	261,412	302,899	313,811	339,462	363,753	374,247	→
Monterrey	Metropolitan Area	Nuevo León	2,704,299	3,426,352	3,796,810	4,226,031	4,689,601	5,341,177	→
Morelia	Metropolitan Area	Michoacán de Ocampo	542,985	679,109	755,041	829,625	911,960	988,704	→
Moroleón - Uriangato	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato	94,901	100,063	99,828	108,669	113,138	108,755	→
Nogales	Metropolitan Area	Sonora	107,936	159,787	193,517	220,292	233,952	264,782	→
Nuevo Laredo	Metropolitan Area	Tamaulipas	219,468	310,915	355,827	384,033	399,431	425,058	→
Oaxaca	Metropolitan Area	Oaxaca	366,327	508,593	565,413	619,367	671,447	713,925	→
Ocotlán	Metropolitan Area	Jalisco	121,050	146,184	154,380	164,256	176,158	184,603	→
Orizaba	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	330,649	383,944	398,387	430,121	457,159	465,175	→
Pachuca	Metropolitan Area	Hidalgo	276,512	375,022	438,692	512,196	557,093	665,929	→
Piedras Negras	Metropolitan Area	Coahuila de Zaragoza	115,100	151,149	169,771	180,734	194,293	209,456	→
Poza Rica	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	445,934	467,258	481,389	513,518	538,206	521,530	→
Puebla - Tlaxcala	Metropolitan Area	Puebla / Tlaxcala	1,776,884	2,269,995	2,523,321	2,728,790	2,941,988	3,199,530	→
Puerto Vallarta	Metropolitan Area	Jalisco / Nayarit	151,288	244,536	304,107	379,886	425,890	479,471	→
Querétaro	Metropolitan Area	Querétaro / Guanajuato	628,052	873,298	1,008,770	1,161,458	1,323,640	1,594,212	→
Reynosa	Metropolitan Area	Tamaulipas	376,676	524,692	633,730	727,150	773,089	837,251	→
Ríoverde	Metropolitan Area	San Luis Potosí	121,212	128,935	126,997	135,452	139,576	146,049	→
Saltillo	Metropolitan Area	Coahuila de Zaragoza	486,580	637,273	725,259	823,128	923,636	1,031,779	→
San Francisco del Rincón	Metropolitan Area	Guanajuato	114,034	145,017	159,127	182,365	199,308	214,713	→
San Luis Potosí	Metropolitan Area	San Luis Potosí	677,855	872,790	980,178	1,065,039	1,159,807	1,271,366	→
Tampico	Metropolitan Area	Tamaulipas / Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	648,598	746,417	803,196	859,419	916,854	927,379	→
Tapachula	Metropolitan Area	Chiapas	222,405	271,674	282,420	320,451	348,156	353,706	→
Tecomán	Metropolitan Area	Colima	110,481	127,863	123,089	141,421	152,790	143,931	→
Tehuacán	Metropolitan Area	Puebla	164,636	240,507	279,409	296,899	344,603	357,621	→
Tehuantepec (- Salina Cruz)	Metropolitan Area	Oaxaca	129,654	152,196	157,191	168,618	179,957	179,870	→
Tepic	Metropolitan Area	Nayarit	268,185	342,840	379,296	429,351	471,026	491,153	→
Teziutlán	Metropolitan Area	Puebla	76,282	102,727	115,057	122,500	131,786	138,806	→
Tianguistenco	Metropolitan Area	México	92,830	127,413	137,567	157,944	170,461	183,281	→
Tijuana	Metropolitan Area	Baja California	798,938	1,352,035	1,575,026	1,751,430	1,840,710	2,157,853	→
Tlaxcala - Apizaco	Metropolitan Area	Tlaxcala	303,779	408,401	457,655	499,567	540,273	570,308	→
Toluca	Metropolitan Area	México	1,156,444	1,605,571	1,779,435	2,014,091	2,202,886	2,353,924	→
Tula	Metropolitan Area	Hidalgo	140,438	169,901	184,691	205,812	225,219	256,795	→
Tulancingo	Metropolitan Area	Hidalgo	147,137	193,638	204,708	239,579	256,662	268,351	→
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Metropolitan Area	Chiapas	397,602	565,808	658,663	738,261	814,436	848,274	→
Valle de México [Greater Mexico City]	Metropolitan Area	Ciudad de México / Hidalgo / México	15,563,795	18,396,677	19,239,910	20,116,842	20,892,724	21,804,515	→
Veracruz	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	580,016	708,400	771,380	834,256	915,213	939,046	→
Villahermosa	Metropolitan Area	Tabasco	437,567	600,580	644,629	755,425	823,213	833,907	→
Xalapa	Metropolitan Area	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	461,108	591,053	635,537	711,139	768,271	789,157	→
Zacatecas - Guadalupe	Metropolitan Area	Zacatecas	206,028	263,028	295,685	335,947	375,628	405,285	→
Zamora	Metropolitan Area	Michoacán de Ocampo	185,445	216,048	230,777	250,113	265,952	273,641	→

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, Mexico (web), Consejo Nacional de Población, México.

Explanation: Metropolitan areas according to the definition of 2015 (published in 2018). The 2015 population figures are result of an intercensal survey.