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]

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
State Official name[a] Coat of arms Capital Largest city Area (1,972,550 km2 total)[6] Population (February 2023; 127,104,000 total)[7] Municipalities Order of Admission
to Federation 		Date of Admission
to Federation
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 5,615.7 km2 (2,168.2 sq mi) 1,465,000 11 24 February 5, 1857[8]
Baja California Baja California Mexicali Tijuana 71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi) 3,822,000 6 29 January 16, 1952[9]
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur La Paz 73,909.4 km2 (28,536.6 sq mi) 759,000 5 31 October 8, 1974[10]
Campeche Campeche San Francisco de Campeche 57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi) 965,000 13 25 April 29, 1863[11]
Chiapas Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi) 5,602,000 124 19 September 14, 1824[12]
Chihuahua Chihuahua Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi) 3,806,000 67 18 July 6, 1824[12]
Coahuila[b][c] Coahuila de Zaragoza Saltillo 151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi) 3,189,000 38 16 May 7, 1824[12]
Colima[d] Colima Colima Manzanillo 5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi) 830,000 10 23 September 12, 1856[14]
Durango Durango Victoria de Durango 123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi) 1,846,000 39 17 May 22, 1824[12]
Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato León de los Aldama 30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi) 6,205,000 46 2 December 20, 1823[12]
Guerrero Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravo Acapulco de Juárez 63,595.9 km2 (24,554.5 sq mi) 3,556,000 81 21 October 27, 1849[15]
Hidalgo Hidalgo Pachuca de Soto 20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi) 3,115,000 84 26 January 16, 1869[16]
Jalisco Jalisco Guadalajara 78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi) 8,400,000 125 9 December 23, 1823[12]
México México Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 22,351.8 km2 (8,630.1 sq mi) 17,102,000 125 1 December 20, 1823[12]
Mexico City[e] Ciudad de México Mexico City 1,494.3 km2 (577.0 sq mi) 9,305,000 16
(boroughs) 		32 January 29, 2016
Michoacán Michoacán de Ocampo Morelia 58,598.7 km2 (22,625.1 sq mi) 4,736,000 113 5 December 22, 1823[12]
Morelos Morelos Cuernavaca 4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi) 2,016,000 36 27 April 17, 1869[17]
Nayarit Nayarit Tepic 27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi) 1,274,000 20 28 January 26, 1917[18]
Nuevo León[c] Nuevo León Monterrey 64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi) 5,846,000 51 15 May 7, 1824[12]
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez 93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi) 4,096,000 570 3 December 21, 1823[12]
Puebla Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza 34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi) 6,535,000 217 4 December 21, 1823[12]
Querétaro Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi) 2,404,000 18 11 December 23, 1823[12]
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Chetumal Cancún 44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi) 1,895,000 11 30 October 8, 1974[19]
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 61,138.0 km2 (23,605.5 sq mi) 2,815,000 58 6 December 22, 1823[12]
Sinaloa Sinaloa Culiacán Rosales 57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi) 3,015,000 18 20 October 14, 1830[20]
Sonora[f] Sonora Hermosillo 179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi) 3,006,000 72 12 January 10, 1824[12]
Tabasco[g] Tabasco Villahermosa 24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi) 2,435,000 17 13 February 7, 1824[12]
Tamaulipas[c] Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi) 3,506,000 43 14 February 7, 1824[12]
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl San Pablo del Monte 3,996.6 km2 (1,543.1 sq mi) 1,405,000 60 22 December 9, 1856[21]
Veracruz Veracruz de
Ignacio de la Llave 		Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 71,823.5 km2 (27,731.2 sq mi) 8,105,000 212 7 December 22, 1823[12]
Yucatán[h] Yucatán Mérida 39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi) 2,374,000 106 8 December 23, 1823[12]
Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas 75,275.3 km2 (29,064.0 sq mi) 1,674,000 58 10 December 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. ^ a b c 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[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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Agren, David (29 January 2015). "Mexico City officially changes its name to – Mexico City". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "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. ^ "History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  18. ^ "Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  19. ^ "Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  20. ^ "500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.
  21. ^ "History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  22. ^ "La historia de la República de Yucatán".
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