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List of states of Mexico

Constituent federative entities of Mexico

Summary

Constituent federative entities of Mexico

Field	Value
name	Free and Sovereign State of Mexico
Estado Libre y Soberano de México
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map_caption	The 31 states of Mexico
category	Federated state
territory	United Mexican States
start_date	4 October 1824
current_number	32 federal entities
population_range
area_range
government	State government
subdivision	Municipality or borough

Estado Libre y Soberano de México

A Mexican State (), officially a Free and Sovereign State (), 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.

Although not formally a state, political reforms have enabled Mexico City (), 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.

Coat of arms and name	Cities	Area	Population	Munici-
palities	Admission to Federation	Capital	Largest	km2	sq mi	2024Q4	2020census
[[File:Coat of arms of Aguascalientes.svg	border	x40px]]	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	5615.7 km2			11	24th	5 Feb 1857
[[File:Coat of arms of Baja California.svg	x40px]]	Baja California	Mexicali	Tijuana	71450.0 km2			7	29th	16 Jan 1952
[[File:Coat of arms of Baja California Sur.svg	x40px]]	Baja California Sur	La Paz	73909.4 km2			5	31st	8 Oct 1974
[[File:Coat of arms of Campeche.svg	x40px]]	Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	57484.9 km2			13	25th	29 Apr 1863
[[File:Coat of Arms of Chiapas (2026).svg	x40px]]	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	73311.0 km2			124	19th	title=Las Diputaciones Provinciales	url =http://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/libros/6/2920/11.pdf	page=15	language=es}}
[[File:Coat of arms of Chihuahua.svg	x40px]]	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247412.6 km2			67	18th	6 Jul 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Coahuila.svg	x40px]]	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Saltillo	151594.8 km2			38	16th	7 May 1824
[[File:Escudooficialcolima.jpg	x40px]]	Colima	Colima	Manzanillo	5626.9 km2			10	22nd	12 Sep 1856
[[File:Coat of arms of Durango.svg	x40px]]	Durango	Victoria de Durango	123364.0 km2			39	17th	22 May 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Guanajuato.svg	x40px]]	Guanajuato	Guanajuato	León de los Aldama	30606.7 km2			46	2nd	20 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Guerrero.svg	x40px]]	Guerrero	Chilpancingo de los Bravo	Acapulco de Juárez	63595.9 km2			85	21st	27 Oct 1849
[[File:Coat of arms of Hidalgo.svg	x40px]]	Hidalgo	Pachuca de Soto	20821.4 km2			84	26th	16 Jan 1869
[[File:Coat of arms of Jalisco.svg	x40px]]	Jalisco	Guadalajara	78595.9 km2			125	9th	23 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Mexico State.svg	x40px]]	México	Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	22351.8 km2			125	1st	20 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Mexico City, Mexico.svg	x40px]]	Mexico City (Ciudad de México)	n/a	Iztapalapa	1494.3 km2			16	32nd	29 Jan 2016
[[File:Coat of arms of Michoacan.svg	x40px]]	Michoacán de Ocampo	Morelia	58598.7 km2			113	5th	22 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Morelos.svg	x40px]]	Morelos	Cuernavaca	4878.9 km2			36	27th	17 Apr 1869
[[File:Coat of arms of Nayarit.svg	x40px]]	Nayarit	Tepic	27856.5 km2			20	28th	26 Jan 1917
[[File:Coat of arms of Nuevo Leon.svg	x40px]]	Nuevo León	Monterrey	64156.2 km2			51	15th	7 May 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Oaxaca.svg	x40px]]	Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez	93757.6 km2			570	3rd	21 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Puebla.svg	x40px]]	Puebla	Puebla de Zaragoza	34309.6 km2			217	4th	21 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Queretaro.svg	x40px]]	Querétaro	Santiago de Querétaro	11690.6 km2			18	11th	23 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Quintana Roo.svg	x40px]]	Quintana Roo	Chetumal	Cancún	44705.2 km2			11	30th	8 Oct 1974
[[File:Coat of arms of San Luis Potosi.svg	x40px]]	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	61138.0 km2			59	6th	22 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg	x40px]]	Sinaloa	Culiacán Rosales	57365.4 km2			20	20th	14 Oct 1830
[[File:Coat of arms of Sonora.svg	x40px]]	Sonora	Hermosillo	179354.7 km2			72	12th	10 Jan 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Tabasco.svg	x40px]]	Tabasco	Villahermosa	24730.9 km2			17	13th	7 Feb 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Tamaulipas.svg	x40px]]	Tamaulipas	Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	80249.3 km2			43	14th	7 Feb 1824
[[File:Coat of arms of Tlaxcala.svg	x40px]]	Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl	San Pablo del Monte	3996.6 km2			60	23rd	9 Dec 1856
[[File:Coat of arms of Veracruz.svg	x40px]]	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	Xalapa-Enríquez	Veracruz	71823.5 km2			212	7th	22 Dec 1823
[[File:Coat of arms of Yucatan.svg	x40px]]	Yucatán	Mérida	39524.4 km2			106	8th	23 Dec 1823
[[File:Escudo de armas de la Ciudad y Estado de Zacatecas.svg	x40px]]	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Guadalupe	75275.3 km2			58	10th	23 Dec 1823
Mexico total	Mexico City	1972550.0 km2			2,478	—

Notes:

Lists by topic

State symbols:

State flags of Mexico
List of Mexican state name etymologies
List of Mexican state demonyms
List of Mexican states by date of statehood
Mexico State-Abbreviation Codes State governments:
Lists of Mexican state governors
List of current state governors in Mexico
List of Mexican state congresses (with current composition) Other:
List of Mexican states by area
List of Mexican states by population
List of Mexican states by population density
List of Mexican states by GDP
List of Mexican states by GDP per capita
List of Mexican states by HDI

References

(January 2016). "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental". INEGI.
"Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo".
"Información Demográfica y Social".
"Historical Summary of Aguascalientes". Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes.
"Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29". Gobierno de Baja California.
"44 Years Ago, Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo became States". Gobierno de México.
"156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood". INAFED.
"Las Diputaciones Provinciales".
"República de Río Grande, el País que no pudo ser.".
"Universidad de Colima".
"Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood". Gobierno de México.
"History of the state of Hidalgo". INAFED.
"History of Morelos". Gobierno del estado de Morelos.
"Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood". Gobierno de México.
"Historia de Quintana Roo". Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo.
"500 años de México en documentos". Biblioteca Garay.
"History of Tlaxcala". Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala.
"La historia de la República de Yucatán".

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