List of states of Mexico

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Mexico City

Ags

Baja
California

Baja
California
Sur

Camp

Chiapas

Chihuahua

Coahuila

Col

Durango

Gto

Guerrero

Hgo

Jalisco

Mex

Mich

Mor

Nay

Nuevo
León

Oaxaca

Pue

Qto

Quintana
Roo

SLP

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tab

Tamaulipas

Tlax

Ver

Yucatán

Zacatecas

The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which officially is named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity without being formally a state).^[1][2][3][4]

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

List[edit]

It is noteworthy that 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

State	Official name (except Mexico City): Estado Libre y Soberano de ("Free and Sovereign State of") :	Coat of arms	Capital	Largest city	Area[6]	Population (2020)[7]	Municipalities	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation
Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes		Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	5,615.7 km2 (2,168.2 sq mi)	1,425,607	11	24	1857-02-05[8]
Baja California	Baja California		Mexicali	Tijuana	71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi)	3,769,020	6	29	1952-01-16[9]
Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur		La Paz	La Paz	73,909.4 km2 (28,536.6 sq mi)	798,447	5	31	1974-10-08[10]
Campeche	Campeche		San Francisco de Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi)	928,363	13	25	1863-04-29[11]
Chiapas	Chiapas		Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi)	5,543,828	124	19	1824-09-14[12]
Chihuahua	Chihuahua		Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi)	3,741,869	67	18	1824-07-06[12]
Coahuila[a][b]	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Saltillo	Saltillo	151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi)	3,146,771	38	16	1824-05-07[12]
Colima[c]	Colima		Colima	Manzanillo	5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi)	731,391	10	23	1856-09-12[14]
Durango	Durango		Victoria de Durango	Victoria de Durango	123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi)	1,832,650	39	17	1824-05-22[12]
Guanajuato	Guanajuato		Guanajuato	León	30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi)	6,166,934	46	2	1823-12-20[12]
Guerrero	Guerrero		Chilpancingo	Acapulco	63,595.9 km2 (24,554.5 sq mi)	3,540,685	81	21	1849-10-27[15]
Hidalgo	Hidalgo		Pachuca	Pachuca	20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi)	3,082,841	84	26	1869-01-16[16]
Jalisco	Jalisco		Guadalajara	Guadalajara	78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi)	8,348,151	125	9	1823-12-23[12]
México	México		Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	22,351.8 km2 (8,630.1 sq mi)	16,992,418	125	1	1823-12-20[12]
Mexico City[d]	Ciudad de México		Mexico City	Mexico City	1,494.3 km2 (577.0 sq mi)	9,209,944	16 (boroughs)	32	2016-01-29
Michoacán	Michoacán de Ocampo		Morelia	Morelia	58,598.7 km2 (22,625.1 sq mi)	4,748,846	113	5	1823-12-22[12]
Morelos	Morelos		Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca	4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi)	1,971,520	36	27	1869-04-17[17]
Nayarit	Nayarit		Tepic	Tepic	27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi)	1,235,456	20	28	1917-01-26[18]
Nuevo León[b]	Nuevo León		Monterrey	Monterrey	64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi)	5,784,442	51	15	1824-05-07[12]
Oaxaca	Oaxaca		Oaxaca	Oaxaca	93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi)	4,132,148	570	3	1823-12-21[12]
Puebla	Puebla		Puebla	Puebla	34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi)	6,583,278	217	4	1823-12-21[12]
Querétaro	Querétaro de Arteaga		Querétaro	Querétaro	11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi)	2,368,467	18	11	1823-12-23[12]
Quintana Roo	Quintana Roo		Chetumal	Cancún	44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi)	1,857,985	11	30	1974-10-08[19]
San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí		San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	61,138.0 km2 (23,605.5 sq mi)	2,822,255	58	6	1823-12-22[12]
Sinaloa	Sinaloa		Culiacán	Culiacán	57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi)	3,026,943	18	20	1830-10-14[20]
Sonora[e]	Sonora		Hermosillo	Hermosillo	179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi)	2,944,840	72	12	1824-01-10[12]
Tabasco[f]	Tabasco		Villahermosa	Villahermosa	24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi)	2,402,598	17	13	1824-02-07[12]
Tamaulipas[b]	Tamaulipas		Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi)	3,527,735	43	14	1824-02-07[12]
Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala		Tlaxcala	San Pablo del Monte	3,996.6 km2 (1,543.1 sq mi)	1,342,977	60	22	1856-12-09[21]
Veracruz	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Xalapa	Veracruz	71,823.5 km2 (27,731.2 sq mi)	8,062,579	212	7	1823-12-22[12]
Yucatán[g]	Yucatán		Mérida	Mérida	39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi)	2,320,898	106	8	1823-12-23[12]
Zacatecas	Zacatecas		Zacatecas	Guadalupe	75,275.3 km2 (29,064.0 sq mi)	1,622,138	58	10	1823-12-23[12]

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