Cars per 1,000 population: Mexican states ranked (2023)
Measure: Cars per 1,000 population (derived). All 32 estados with data in Registered motor vehicles by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.
National value: 290 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 104 to 187
- Group 2: 187 to 231
- Group 3: 231 to 286
- Group 4: 286 to 336
- Highest: 336 to 610
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | Ciudad de México | 610 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Baja California Sur | 500 |
| 3 | Morelos | 470 |
| 4 | Baja California | 454 |
| 5 | México | 407 |
| 6 | Sonora | 399 |
| 7 | Chihuahua | 336 |
| 8 | Tamaulipas | 333 |
| 9 | Tlaxcala | 318 |
| 10 | Sinaloa | 304 |
| 11 | Aguascalientes | 303 |
| 12 | Jalisco | 298 |
| 13 | Guerrero | 286 |
| 14 | Quintana Roo | 285 |
| 15 | Colima | 283 |
| 16 | Nuevo León | 267 |
| 17 | San Luis Potosí | 264 |
| 18 | Durango | 255 |
| 19 | Yucatán | 254 |
| 20 | Querétaro | 231 |
| 21 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 225 |
| 22 | Nayarit | 212 |
| 23 | Zacatecas | 211 |
| 24 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 205 |
| 25 | Guanajuato | 193 |
| 26 | Campeche | 187 |
| 27 | Tabasco | 170 |
| 28 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 159 |
| 29 | Hidalgo | 141 |
| 30 | Puebla | 118 |
| 31 | Oaxaca | 111 |
| 32 | Chiapas | 104 |
Source: INEGI, Vehículos de Motor Registrados en Circulación (VMRC), datos abiertos, annual municipal data (vmrc_anual_csv.zip), latest year, summed to states
Source: CONAPO (Consejo Nacional de Población), Proyecciones de la Población de México y de las Entidades Federativas 2020–2070: Indicadores demográficos (file 05_Indicadores_demograficos_proyecciones.csv), mid-year population (POB_MIT_AÑO) used as the rate denominator. Reference period: 2023.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by cars per 1,000 population (derived) (2023). Data: INEGI, Vehículos de Motor Registrados en Circulación (VMRC), VMRC datos abiertos, annual municipal file 2023 (cifras definitivas), summed to states; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-cars-per-1000-population-derived/