List of states of Mexico

The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico and are 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]

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.

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Federal Entities
State	Official name^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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	5 February 1857^[8]
Baja California	Baja California	Mexicali	Tijuana	71,450.0 km² (27,587.0 sq mi)	3,822,000	6	29	16 January 1952^[9]
Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur	La Paz		73,909.4 km² (28,536.6 sq mi)	759,000	5	31	8 October 1974^[10]
Campeche	Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche		57,484.9 km² (22,195.0 sq mi)	965,000	13	25	29 April 1863^[11]
Chiapas	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez		73,311.0 km² (28,305.5 sq mi)	5,602,000	124	19	14 September 1824^[12]
Chihuahua	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247,412.6 km² (95,526.5 sq mi)	3,806,000	67	18	6 July 1824^[12]
Coahuila^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Saltillo		151,594.8 km² (58,531.1 sq mi)	3,189,000	38	16	7 May 1824^[12]
Colima^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Colima	Colima	Manzanillo	5,626.9 km² (2,172.6 sq mi)	830,000	10	23	12 September 1856^[14]
Durango	Durango	Victoria de Durango		123,364.0 km² (47,631.1 sq mi)	1,846,000	39	17	22 May 1824^[12]
Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Guanajuato	León de los Aldama	30,606.7 km² (11,817.3 sq mi)	6,205,000	46	2	20 December 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	27 October 1849^[15]
Hidalgo	Hidalgo	Pachuca de Soto		20,821.4 km² (8,039.2 sq mi)	3,115,000	84	26	16 January 1869^[16]
Jalisco	Jalisco	Guadalajara		78,595.9 km² (30,346.0 sq mi)	8,400,000	125	9	23 December 1823^[12]
México	México	Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	22,351.8 km² (8,630.1 sq mi)	17,102,000	125	1	20 December 1823^[12]
Mexico City^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Ciudad de México	Mexico City		1,494.3 km² (577.0 sq mi)	9,305,000	16 (boroughs)	32	29 January 2016
Michoacán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Morelia		58,598.7 km² (22,625.1 sq mi)	4,736,000	113	5	22 December 1823^[12]
Morelos	Morelos	Cuernavaca		4,878.9 km² (1,883.8 sq mi)	2,016,000	36	27	17 April 1869 ^[17]
Nayarit	Nayarit	Tepic		27,856.5 km² (10,755.5 sq mi)	1,274,000	20	28	26 January 1917^[18]
Nuevo León^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Nuevo León	Monterrey		64,156.2 km² (24,770.8 sq mi)	5,846,000	51	15	7 May 1824^[12]
Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez		93,757.6 km² (36,200.0 sq mi)	4,096,000	570	3	21 December 1823^[12]
Puebla	Puebla	Puebla de Zaragoza		34,309.6 km² (13,247.0 sq mi)	6,535,000	217	4	21 December 1823^[12]
Querétaro	Querétaro	Santiago de Querétaro		11,690.6 km² (4,513.8 sq mi)	2,404,000	18	11	23 December 1823^[12]
Quintana Roo	Quintana Roo	Chetumal	Cancún	44,705.2 km² (17,260.8 sq mi)	1,895,000	11	30	8 October 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	22 December 1823^[12]
Sinaloa	Sinaloa	Culiacán Rosales		57,365.4 km² (22,148.9 sq mi)	3,015,000	18	20	14 October 1830^[20]
Sonora^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Sonora	Hermosillo		179,354.7 km² (69,249.2 sq mi)	3,006,000	72	12	10 January 1824^[12]
Tabasco^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Tabasco	Villahermosa		24,730.9 km² (9,548.7 sq mi)	2,435,000	17	13	7 February 1824^[12]
Tamaulipas^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tamaulipas	Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	80,249.3 km² (30,984.4 sq mi)	3,506,000	43	14	7 February 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	9 December 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	22 December 1823^[12]
Yucatán^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Yucatán	Mérida		39,524.4 km² (15,260.5 sq mi)	2,374,000	106	8	23 December 1823^[12]
Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Zacatecas		75,275.3 km² (29,064.0 sq mi)	1,674,000	58	10	23 December 1823^[12]

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Notes:

(except Mexico City):
Estado Libre y Soberano de ("Free and Sovereign State of")
Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Tejas.
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]
Includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands, which are federally administered.
Mexico City was a Federal District until 29 January 2016, when this status was abolished.
Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente, also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
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.
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.

[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 29 February 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 18 April 2020.
[5]
"Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
[6]
"México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
[7]
"Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
[8]
"Historical Summary of Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[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 6 February 2021.
[11]
"156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[12]
"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 22 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
[14]
"Universidad de Colima". Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
[15]
"Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[16]
"History of the state of Hidalgo" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[17]
"History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[18]
"Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[19]
"Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[20]
"500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.
[21]
"History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
[22]
"La historia de la República de Yucatán".

[OfficialName-6] (except Mexico City):
Estado Libre y Soberano de ("Free and Sovereign State of")

[coahuila-14] Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Tejas.

[riogrande-16] 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]

[colima-17] Includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands, which are federally administered.

[Mexico_City-21] Mexico City was a Federal District until 29 January 2016, when this status was abolished.

[sonora-26] Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente, also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.

[tabasco-27] 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.

[yucatan-30] 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.

[guardianname-1] [1]
Agren, David (29 January 2015). "Mexico City officially changes its name to – Mexico City". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[2] [2]
El Diario de México. "La Ciudad de México no será estado, sino entidad federal autónoma" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[3] [3]
"Artículo 43 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (PDF).

[4] [4]
"DF no es el estado 32, aclaran legisladores". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[cdmx-5] [5]
"Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[Landarea-7] [6]
"México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[censusFebruary_2023-8] [7]
"Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[9] [8]
"Historical Summary of Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[10] [9]
"Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29" (in Spanish). Gobierno de Baja California.

[11] [10]
"44 Years Ago, Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo became States" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[12] [11]
"156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[googlebooks-13] [12]
"Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.

[15] [13]
"República de Río Grande, el País que no pudo ser" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

[18] [14]
"Universidad de Colima". Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

[19] [15]
"Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[20] [16]
"History of the state of Hidalgo" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[22] [17]
"History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[23] [18]
"Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[24] [19]
"Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[25] [20]
"500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.

[28] [21]
"History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[29] [22]
"La historia de la República de Yucatán".

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