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Major Cities in Mexico





The following is the list of top 50 major cities in Mexico is based on the population and rank along with the capital of the respective state and union territory.
RankCityPopulation (2010)MunicipalityState
1Mexico City8,851,080all 16 boroughs (delegaciones)‡Distrito Federal
2Ecatepec1,655,015Ecatepec de Morelos MunicipalityMéxico
3Guadalajara1,495,182Guadalajara MunicipalityJalisco
4Puebla1,434,062Puebla MunicipalityPuebla
5Juárez1,321,004Juárez MunicipalityChihuahua
6Tijuana1,300,983Tijuana MunicipalityBaja California
7León1,238,962León MunicipalityGuanajuato
8Zapopan1,142,483Zapopan MunicipalityJalisco
9Monterrey1,135,512Monterrey MunicipalityNuevo León
10Nezahualcóyotl1,104,585Nezahualcóyotl MunicipalityMéxico
11Culiacán905,265Culiacán MunicipalitySinaloa
12Chihuahua809,232Chihuahua MunicipalityChihuahua
13Naucalpan792,211Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality‡México
14Mérida777,615Mérida MunicipalityYucatán
15San Luis Potosí722,772San Luis Potosí MunicipalitySan Luis Potosí
16Aguascalientes722,250Aguascalientes MunicipalityAguascalientes
17Hermosillo715,061Hermosillo MunicipalitySonora
18Saltillo709,671Saltillo MunicipalityCoahuila
19Mexicali689,775Mexicali MunicipalityBaja California
20Guadalupe673,616Guadalupe MunicipalityNuevo León
21Acapulco673,479Acapulco de Juárez MunicipalityGuerrero
22Tlalnepantla653,410Tlalnepantla de Baz MunicipalityMéxico
23Cancún628,306Benito Juárez MunicipalityQuintana Roo
24Querétaro626,495Querétaro MunicipalityQuerétaro
25Chimalhuacán612,383Chimalhuacán MunicipalityMéxico
26Torreón608,836Torreón MunicipalityCoahuila
27Morelia597,511Morelia MunicipalityMichoacán
28Reynosa589,466Reynosa MunicipalityTamaulipas
29Tlaquepaque575,942Tlaquepaque MunicipalityJalisco
30Tuxtla Gutiérrez537,102Tuxtla Gutiérrez MunicipalityChiapas
31Durango518,709Durango MunicipalityDurango
32Toluca489,333Toluca MunicipalityMéxico
33Ciudad López Mateos489,160Atizapán de Zaragoza MunicipalityMéxico
34Cuautitlán Izcalli484,573Cuautitlán Izcalli MunicipalityMéxico
35Ciudad Apodaca467,157Apodaca MunicipalityNuevo León
36Matamoros449,815Matamoros MunicipalityTamaulipas
37San Nicolás de los Garza443,273San Nicolás de los Garza MunicipalityNuevo León
38Veracruz428,323Veracruz Municipality‡Veracruz
39Xalapa424,755Xalapa MunicipalityVeracruz
40Tonalá408,759Tonalá MunicipalityJalisco
41Mazatlán381,583Mazatlán MunicipalitySinaloa
42Irapuato380,941Irapuato MunicipalityGuanajuato
43Nuevo Laredo373,725Nuevo Laredo MunicipalityTamaulipas
44Xico356,352Valle de Chalco Solidaridad MunicipalityMéxico
45Villahermosa353,577Centro MunicipalityTabasco
46General Escobedo352,444General Escobedo MunicipalityNuevo León
47Celaya340,387Celaya MunicipalityGuanajuato
48Cuernavaca338,650Cuernavaca MunicipalityMorelos
49Tepic332,863Tepic MunicipalityNayarit
50Ixtapaluca322,271Ixtapaluca MunicipalityMéxico