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This article contains lists of most populous cities as well as municipalities of Mexico.

Most populous cities

This is a list of cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2010 Mexican national census.

Veracruz and Naucalpan are cities whose area is divided between two municipalities; the list gives the population of each part of the city separately. Mexico City contains all of the federal entity's area, including rural areas with relatively small populations. The Mexico City's population, according to the localities in its municipalities, is 8,810,393 urban (99.54%) and 40,687 rural (0.46%). All other localities are officially classified as solely urban by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). All of the map links are of the same scale.

Rank	City	Population (2010 census)	Geo. coordinates	Municipality	State
1	Mexico City	8,851,080	19°25′57″N 99°07′52″W	16 municipalities‡	Mexico City
2	Ecatepec	1,655,015	19°36′35″N 99°03′36″W	Ecatepec de Morelos Municipality	México
3	Guadalajara	1,495,182	20°40′35″N 103°20′32″W	Guadalajara Municipality	Jalisco
4	Puebla City	1,434,062	19°02′43″N 98°11′51″W	Puebla Municipality	Puebla
5	Ciudad Juárez	1,321,004	31°44′22″N 106°29′13″W	Juárez Municipality	Chihuahua
6	Tijuana	1,300,983	32°32′05″N 117°02′37″W	Tijuana Municipality	Baja California
7	León	1,238,962	21°07′11″N 101°40′50″W	León Municipality	Guanajuato
8	Monterrey	1,168,709	25°40′17″N 100°18′31″W	Monterrey Municipality	Nuevo León
9	Zapopan	1,142,483	20°43′14″N 103°23′18″W	Zapopan Municipality	Jalisco
10	Nezahualcóyotl	1,104,585	19°24′00″N 98°59′20″W	Nezahualcóyotl Municipality	México
11	Culiacán	905,265	24°47′31″N 107°23′53″W	Culiacán Municipality	Sinaloa
12	Chihuahua City	809,232	28°38′07″N 106°05′20″W	Chihuahua Municipality	Chihuahua
13	Naucalpan	792,211	19°28′31″N 99°14′16″W	Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality‡	México
14	Mérida	777,615	20°58′04″N 89°37′18″W	Mérida Municipality	Yucatán
15	San Luis Potosí City	722,772	22°08′59″N 100°58′30″W	San Luis Potosí Municipality	San Luis Potosí
16	Aguascalientes	722,250	21°52′51″N 102°17′46″W	Aguascalientes Municipality	Aguascalientes
17	Hermosillo	715,061	29°05′56″N 110°57′15″W	Hermosillo Municipality	Sonora
18	Saltillo	709,671	25°26′00″N 101°00′00″W	Saltillo Municipality	Coahuila
19	Mexicali	689,775	32°39′48″N 115°28′04″W	Mexicali Municipality	Baja California
20	Guadalupe	673,616	25°40′45″N 100°14′06″W	Guadalupe Municipality	Nuevo León
21	Acapulco	673,479	16°51′42″N 99°53′11″W	Acapulco de Juárez Municipality	Guerrero
22	Tlalnepantla	653,410	19°32′12″N 99°11′41″W	Tlalnepantla de Baz Municipality	México
23	Cancún	628,306	21°09′38″N 86°50′51″W	Benito Juárez Municipality	Quintana Roo
24	Querétaro City	626,495	20°35′17″N 100°23′17″W	Querétaro Municipality	Querétaro
25	Chimalhuacán	612,383	19°26′15″N 98°57′15″W	Chimalhuacán Municipality	México
26	Torreón	608,836	25°32′40″N 103°26′30″W	Torreón Municipality	Coahuila
27	Morelia	597,511	19°42′08″N 101°11′08″W	Morelia Municipality	Michoacán
28	Reynosa	589,466	26°05′32″N 98°16′40″W	Reynosa Municipality	Tamaulipas
29	Tlaquepaque	575,942	20°38′19″N 103°18′26″W	Tlaquepaque Municipality	Jalisco
30	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	537,102	16°45′11″N 93°06′56″W	Tuxtla Gutiérrez Municipality	Chiapas
31	Durango City	512,311	24°01′22″N 104°39′16″W	Durango Municipality	Durango
32	Toluca	489,333	19°17′32″N 99°39′14″W	Toluca Municipality	México
33	Ciudad López Mateos	489,160	19°33′40″N 99°14′49″W	Atizapán de Zaragoza Municipality	México
34	Cuautitlán Izcalli	484,573	19°38′46″N 99°12′41″W	Cuautitlán Izcalli Municipality	México
35	Ciudad Apodaca	467,157	25°46′54″N 100°11′20″W	Apodaca Municipality	Nuevo León
36	Matamoros	449,815	25°52′47″N 97°30′15″W	Matamoros Municipality	Tamaulipas
37	San Nicolás de los Garza	443,273	25°44′30″N 100°18′08″W	San Nicolás de los Garza Municipality	Nuevo León
38	Veracruz City	428,323	19°11′25″N 96°09′12″W	Veracruz Municipality‡	Veracruz
39	Xalapa	424,755	19°32′17″N 96°54′33″W	Xalapa Municipality	Veracruz
40	Tonalá	408,759	20°37′24″N 103°14′44″W	Tonalá Municipality	Jalisco
41	Mazatlán	381,583	23°14′29″N 106°24′35″W	Mazatlán Municipality	Sinaloa
42	Irapuato	380,941	20°40′27″N 101°20′51″W	Irapuato Municipality	Guanajuato
43	Nuevo Laredo	373,725	27°29′11″N 99°30′29″W	Nuevo Laredo Municipality	Tamaulipas
44	Xico	356,352	19°17′30″N 98°56′20″W	Valle de Chalco Solidaridad Municipality	México
45	Villahermosa	353,577	17°59′21″N 92°55′41″W	Centro Municipality	Tabasco
46	General Escobedo	352,444	25°48′31″N 100°19′37″W	General Escobedo Municipality	Nuevo León
47	Celaya	340,387	20°31′44″N 100°48′54″W	Celaya Municipality	Guanajuato
48	Cuernavaca	338,650	18°55′07″N 99°14′03″W	Cuernavaca Municipality	Morelos
49	Tepic	332,863	21°30′59″N 104°53′39″W	Tepic Municipality	Nayarit
50	Ixtapaluca	322,271	19°19′07″N 98°52′56″W	Ixtapaluca Municipality	México
51	Ciudad Victoria	305,155	23°44′10″N 99°08′46″W	Victoria Municipality	Tamaulipas
52	Ciudad Obregón	298,625	27°29′21″N 109°56′06″W	Cajeme Municipality	Sonora
53	Tampico	297,284	22°15′19″N 97°52′07″W	Tampico Municipality	Tamaulipas
54	Ciudad Nicolás Romero	281,799	19°37′30″N 99°18′51″W	Nicolás Romero Municipality	México
55	Ensenada	279,765	31°51′28″N 116°36′21″W	Ensenada Municipality	Baja California
56	Coacalco de Berriozábal	277,959	19°38′00″N 99°05′35″W	Coacalco de Berriozábal Municipality	México
57	Santa Catarina	268,347	25°40′32″N 100°27′44″W	Santa Catarina Municipality	Nuevo León
58	Uruapan	264,439	19°25′10″N 102°03′30″W	Uruapan Municipality	Michoacán
59	Gómez Palacio	257,352	25°33′40″N 103°29′54″W	Gómez Palacio Municipality	Durango
60	Los Mochis	256,613	25°47′37″N 108°59′49″W	Ahome Municipality	Sinaloa
61	Pachuca	256,584	20°07′18″N 98°44′09″W	Pachuca de Soto Municipality	Hidalgo
62	Oaxaca City	255,029	17°04′04″N 96°43′12″W	Oaxaca de Juárez Municipality	Oaxaca
63	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	255,015	22°10′59″N 100°56′27″W	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez Municipality	San Luis Potosí
64	Tehuacán	248,716	18°27′50″N 97°23′35″W	Tehuacán Municipality	Puebla
65	Ojo de Agua	242,272	19°40′49″N 99°00′36″W	Tecámac Municipality	México
66	Coatzacoalcos	235,983	18°08′09″N 94°27′48″W	Coatzacoalcos Municipality	Veracruz
67	Campeche City	220,389	19°50′45″N 90°32′12″W	Campeche Municipality	Campeche
68	Monclova	215,271	26°54′03″N 101°25′00″W	Monclova Municipality	Coahuila
69	La Paz	215,178	24°08′32″N 110°18′39″W	La Paz Municipality	Baja California Sur
70	Nogales	212,533	31°19′07″N 110°56′45″W	Nogales Municipality	Sonora
71	Buenavista	206,081	19°36′30″N 99°10′10″W	Tultitlán Municipality	México
72	Puerto Vallarta	203,342	20°36′49″N 105°13′38″W	Puerto Vallarta Municipality	Jalisco
73	Tapachula	202,672	14°54′29″N 92°15′38″W	Tapachula Municipality	Chiapas
74	Ciudad Madero	197,216	22°16′35″N 97°49′53″W	Ciudad Madero Municipality	Tamaulipas
75	San Pablo de las Salinas	189,453	19°39′56″N 99°05′30″W	Tultitlán Municipality	México
76	Chilpancingo	187,251	17°33′00″N 99°30′04″W	Chilpancingo de los Bravo Municipality	Guerrero
77	Poza Rica	185,242	20°32′03″N 97°26′37″W	Poza Rica de Hidalgo Municipality	Veracruz
78	Chicoloapan de Juárez	172,919	19°24′55″N 98°54′04″W	Chicoloapan Municipality	México
79	Ciudad del Carmen	169,466	18°38′18″N 91°50′07″W	Carmen Municipality	Campeche
80	Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias	168,720	19°15′53″N 98°53′51″W	Chalco Municipality	México
81	Jiutepec	162,427	18°52′53″N 99°10′40″W	Jiutepec Municipality	Morelos
82	Salamanca	160,169	20°34′13″N 101°11′50″W	Salamanca Municipality	Guanajuato
83	San Luis Río Colorado	158,089	32°28′36″N 114°45′45″W	San Luis Río Colorado Municipality	Sonora
84	Cuautla	154,358	18°48′44″N 98°57′21″W	Cuautla Municipality	Morelos
85	Ciudad Benito Juárez	151,893	25°38′51″N 100°05′41″W	Juárez Municipality	Nuevo León
86	Chetumal	151,243	18°30′13″N 88°18′19″W	Othón P. Blanco Municipality	Quintana Roo
87	Piedras Negras	150,178	28°42′00″N 100°31′23″W	Piedras Negras Municipality	Coahuila
88	Playa del Carmen	149,923	20°37′39″N 87°04′52″W	Solidaridad Municipality	Quintana Roo
89	Zamora	141,627	19°59′08″N 102°16′59″W	Zamora Municipality	Michoacán
90	Córdoba	140,896	18°53′25″N 96°56′24″W	Córdoba Municipality	Veracruz
91	San Juan del Río	138,878	20°23′20″N 99°59′47″W	San Juan del Río Municipality	Querétaro
92	Colima City	137,383	19°14′37″N 103°43′51″W	Colima Municipality	Colima
93	Ciudad Acuña	134,233	29°19′27″N 100°55′54″W	Acuña Municipality	Coahuila
94	Manzanillo	130,035	19°03′08″N 104°18′57″W	Manzanillo Municipality	Colima
95	Zacatecas City	129,011	22°46′18″N 102°34′31″W	Zacatecas Municipality	Zacatecas
96	Veracruz City	126,507	19°08′39″N 96°07′00″W	Boca del Río Municipality‡	Veracruz
97	Ciudad Valles	124,644	21°59′13″N 99°01′07″W	Ciudad Valles Municipality	San Luis Potosí
98	Guadalupe	124,623	22°45′10″N 102°30′28″W	Guadalupe Municipality	Zacatecas
99	San Pedro Garza García	122,627	25°39′51″N 100°24′06″W	San Pedro Garza García Municipality	Nuevo León
100	Naucalpan	121,470	19°23′49″N 99°16′36″W	Huixquilucan Municipality‡	México
101	Fresnillo	120,944	23°10′32″N 102°52′03″W	Fresnillo Municipality	Zacatecas
102	Orizaba	120,844	18°51′31″N 97°05′48″W	Orizaba Municipality	Veracruz
103	Miramar	118,614	22°20′15″N 97°52′10″W	Altamira Municipality	Tamaulipas
104	Iguala	118,468	18°20′41″N 99°32′34″W	Iguala de la Independencia Municipality	Guerrero
105	Delicias	118,071	28°11′36″N 105°28′16″W	Delicias Municipality	Chihuahua
106	Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez	117,600	19°16′02″N 103°44′16″W	Villa de Álvarez Municipality	Colima
107	Ciudad Cuauhtémoc	114,007	28°24′18″N 106°52′00″W	Cuauhtémoc Municipality	Chihuahua
108	Navojoa	113,836	27°04′51″N 109°26′43″W	Navojoa Municipality	Sonora
109	Guaymas	113,082	27°55′06″N 110°53′56″W	Guaymas Municipality	Sonora
110	Minatitlán	112,046	18°01′02″N 94°33′38″W	Minatitlán Municipality	Veracruz
111	Cuautitlán	108,449	19°40′01″N 99°10′45″W	Cuautitlán Municipality	México
112	Texcoco	105,165	19°30′20″N 98°52′55″W	Texcoco Municipality	México
113	Hidalgo del Parral	104,836	26°55′57″N 105°39′47″W	Hidalgo del Parral Municipality	Chihuahua
114	Tepexpan	102,667	19°36′49″N 98°54′52″W	Acolman Municipality	México
115	Tulancingo	102,406	20°05′09″N 98°21′48″W	Tulancingo de Bravo Municipality	Hidalgo
116	San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec	101,810	18°05′10″N 96°07′26″W	San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec Municipality	Oaxaca

‡ These cities extend beyond the borders of a single municipality.

Most populous municipalities

1 – Mexico City.

2 - Ecatepec de Morelos.

3 - Tijuana.

5 - Guadalajara, Jalisco.

6 – León, Guanajuato.

7 – Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

10 - Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico.

11 - Mexicali, Baja California.

12 - Culiacan, Sinaloa.

13 - Naucalpan de Juárez.

14 - Mérida, Yucatán.

16 - Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

18 - Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.

19 – Acapulco, Guerrero.

20 – Hermosillo, Sonora.

21 – San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.

22 - Morelia, Michoacán.

23 – Saltillo, Coahuila.

The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in Mexico as of the 2010 census. As defined by the Mexico's Census Bureau the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in Spanish, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

Rank	Municipality	State	Population
1	Mexico City	Mexico City	8,851,080
2	Ecatepec	State of Mexico	1,656,107
3	Tijuana	Baja California	1,559,683
4	Puebla	Puebla	1,539,819
5	Guadalajara	Jalisco	1,495,189
6	León	Guanajuato	1,436,480
7	Juárez	Chihuahua	1,332,131
8	Zapopan	Jalisco	1,243,756
9	Monterrey	Nuevo León	1,135,550
10	Nezahualcóyotl	State of Mexico	1,110,565
11	Mexicali	Baja California	936,826
12	Culiacán	Sinaloa	858,638
13	Naucalpan	State of Mexico	833,779
14	Mérida	Yucatan	830,732
15	Toluca	State of Mexico	819,561
16	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	819,543
17	Querétaro	Querétaro	801,940
18	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	797,010
19	Acapulco	Guerrero	789,971
20	Hermosillo	Sonora	784,342
21	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	772,604
22	Morelia	Michoacán	729,279
23	Saltillo	Coahuila	725,123
24	Guadalupe	Nuevo León	678,006
25	Tlalnepantla de Baz	State of Mexico	664,225
26	Benito Juárez	Quintana Roo	661,176
27	Centro (Tabasco)	Tabasco	640,359
28	Torreón	Coahuila	639,629
29	Chimalhuacán	State of Mexico	614,453
30	Reynosa	Tamaulipas	608,891
31	Tlaquepaque	Jalisco	608,114
32	Durango	Durango	582,267
33	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Chiapas	553,374
34	Veracruz	Veracruz	552,156
35	Irapuato	Guanajuato	529,440
36	Tultitlán	State of Mexico	524,074
37	Apodaca	Nuevo León	523,270
38	Cuautitlán Izcalli	State of Mexico	511,675
39	Atizapán de Zaragoza	State of Mexico	489,937
40	Matamoros	Tamaulipas	489,193
41	Tonalá	Jalisco	478,689
42	Celaya	Guanajuato	468,469
43	Ixtapaluca	State of Mexico	467,361
44	Ensenada	Baja California	466,814
45	Xalapa	Veracruz	457,928
46	San Nicolás de los Garza	Nuevo León	443,273
47	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	438,434
48	Tlajomulco de Zúñiga	Jalisco	416,626
49	Ahome	Sinaloa	416,299
50	Cajeme	Sonora	409,310
51	Nuevo Laredo	Tamaulipas	384,033
52	Tepic	Nayarit	380,074
53	Nicolás Romero	State of Mexico	366,604
54	Cuernavaca	Morelos	364,778
55	Tecámac	State of Mexico	364,589
56	General Escobedo	Nuevo León	357,937
57	Valle de Chalco Solidaridad	State of Mexico	357,637
58	Gómez Palacio	Durango	328,159
59	Ciudad Victoria	Tamaulipas	321,685
60	Tapachula	Chiapas	320,456
61	Uruapan	Michoacán	315,329
62	Chalco	State of Mexico	310,124
63	Coatzacoalcos	Veracruz	305,225
64	Tampico	Tamaulipas	297,057
65	Guasave	Sinaloa	285,919
66	Coacalco de Berriozábal	State of Mexico	278,203
67	Tehuacán	Puebla	274,907
68	Santa Catarina	Nuevo León	270,790
69	Pachuca de Soto	Hidalgo	267,862
70	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	San Luis Potosí	267,839
71	Oaxaca de Juárez	Oaxaca	263,145
72	Salamanca	Guanajuato	260,759
73	Campeche	Campeche	259,005
74	Juarez	Nuevo León	256,454
75	Puerto Vallarta	Jalisco	255,725
76	La Paz (State of Mexico)	State of Mexico	253,843
77	La Paz (Baja California Sur)	Baja California Sur	251,871
78	Cardenas	Tabasco	248,507
79	Othón P. Blanco	Quintana Roo	244,616
80	Huixquilucan	State of Mexico	242,167
81	Chilpancingo	Guerrero	241,717
82	San Juan del Rio	Querétaro	241,699
83	Los Cabos	Baja California Sur	238,487
84	Texcoco	State of Mexico	235,151
85	Ciudad del Carmen	Campeche	221,094
86	Nogales	Sonora	220,292
87	Monclova	Coahuila	216,206
88	Metepec	State of Mexico	214,162
89	Fresnillo	Zacatecas	213,139
90	Altamira	Tamaulipas	212,001
91	Ocosingo	Chiapas	198,877
92	Ciudad Madero	Tamaulipas	197,216
93	Jiutepec	Morelos	196,953
94	Córdoba	Veracruz	196,541
95	Poza Rica	Veracruz	193,311
96	Comalcalco	Tabasco	192,802
97	Zamora	Michoacán	186,102
98	San Cristobal de las Casas	Chiapas	185,917
99	Huimanguillo	Tabasco	179,285
100	Lázaro Cárdenas	Michoacán	178,817
101	San Luis Río Colorado	Sonora	178,380
102	Cuautla	Morelos	175,208
103	Chicoloapan	State of Mexico	175,053
104	Silao	Guanajuato	173,024
105	Guanajuato	Guanajuato	171,709
106	Zinacantepec	State of Mexico	167,759
107	Ciudad Valles	San Luis Potosí	167,713
108	Manzanillo	Colima	161,420
109	Allende	Guanajuato	160,383
110	Guadalupe	Zacatecas	159,991
111	Zumpango	State of Mexico	159,647
112	Solidaridad	Quintana Roo	159,310
112	Papantla	Veracruz	158,599
113	Minatitlán	Veracruz	157,840
114	Navojoa	Sonora	157,729
115	San Andrés Tuxtla	Veracruz	157,364
116	San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec	Oaxaca	155,766
117	Zitácuaro	Michoacán	155,534
118	Cuauhtémoc	Chihuahua	154,639
119	Lagos de Moreno	Jalisco	153,817
120	Macuspana	Tabasco	153,132
121	Piedras Negras	Coahuila	152,806
122	Tulancingo	Hidalgo	151,584
123	Pénjamo	Guanajuato	149,936
124	Guaymas	Sonora	149,299
125	Dolores Hidalgo	Guanajuato	148,173
126	Almoloya de Juárez	State of Mexico	147,653
127	Colima	Colima	146,904
128	García	Nuevo León	143,668
129	Tuxpan	Veracruz	143,362
130	Corregidora	Querétaro	143,073
131	Ixtlahuaca de Rayón	State of Mexico	141,482
132	San Martín Texmelucan	Puebla	141,112
133	Valle de Santiago	Guanajuato	141,058
134	Lerdo	Durango	141,043
135	Comitán	Chiapas	141,013
136	Iguala	Guerrero	140,363
137	Cuautitlán	State of Mexico	140,059
138	El Salto	Jalisco	138,226
139	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	138,176
140	Boca del Río	Veracruz	138,058
141	Delicias	Chihuahua	137,935
142	Acuña	Coahuila	136,755
143	Acolman	State of Mexico	136,558
144	Tepatitlán	Jalisco	136,123
145	Navolato	Sinaloa	135,603
146	Lerma	State of Mexico	134,799
147	Mineral de la Reforma	Hidalgo	127,404
148	Atlixco	Puebla	127,062
149	Cunduacán	Tabasco	126,416
150	Bahía de Banderas	Nayarit	124,205
151	Apatzingán	Michoacán	123,649
152	Huejutla de Reyes	Hidalgo	122,905
153	San Pedro Garza García	Nuevo León	122,659
154	San Felipe del Progreso	State of Mexico	121,396
155	Orizaba	Veracruz	120,995
156	Chilapa de Álvarez	Guerrero	120,790
157	San Pedro Cholula	Puebla	120,459
158	Villa de Álvarez	Colima	119,956
159	Río Bravo	Tamaulipas	118,259
160	Zihuatanejo de Azueta	Guerrero	118,211
161	Cosoleacaque	Veracruz	117,725
162	Hidalgo	Michoacán	117,620
163	El Marqués	Querétaro	116,458
164	El Mante	Tamaulipas	115,792
165	San Luis de la Paz	Guanajuato	115,656
166	Nacajuca	Tabasco	115,066
167	San Francisco del Rincón	Guanajuato	113,570
168	Tecoman	Colima	112,726
169	Chilón	Chiapas	111,554
170	Las Margaritas	Chiapas	111,484
171	Palenque	Chiapas	110,918
172	Acambaro	Guanajuato	109,030
173	Temixco	Morelos	108,126
174	Matamoros	Coahuila	107,160
175	Hidalgo del Parral	Chihuahua	107,061
176	San Felipe	Guanajuato	106,952
177	Temapache	Veracruz	104,499
178	Taxco	Guerrero	104,053
179	Tula de Allende	Hidalgo	103,919
180	San Pedro	Coahuila	102,650
181	Centla	Tabasco	102,110
182	Tantoyuca	Veracruz	101,743
183	Martínez de la Torre	Veracruz	101,358
184	Tecate	Baja California	101,079
185	Amozoc	Puebla	100,964
186	Zapotlán el Grande (Ciudad Guzman)	Jalisco	100,534
187	San Andrés Cholula	Puebla	100,439
188	Huehuetoca	State of Mexico	100,023