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Economically active population: Mexican states ranked (2020)

Measure: Economically active population. All 32 estados with data in Economic activity at the 2020 Census by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.

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Fuente/Source: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Reproduced under INEGI's Términos de libre uso de la información del INEGI.
Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 62,281,634 (Mexico).

Sonora: 1,448,628Baja California: 2,010,898Chihuahua: 1,863,623Coahuila de Zaragoza: 1,484,935Tamaulipas: 1,737,175Nuevo León: 2,862,003Quintana Roo: 1,006,817Campeche: 462,607Tabasco: 1,172,514Chiapas: 2,501,341Colima: 386,642Nayarit: 609,556Baja California Sur: 427,280Sinaloa: 1,475,694Yucatán: 1,160,284Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: 3,851,221Jalisco: 4,244,054Michoacán de Ocampo: 2,296,059Guerrero: 1,635,187Oaxaca: 1,825,593México: 8,544,416Puebla: 3,198,118Morelos: 1,017,989Querétaro: 1,233,080Hidalgo: 1,502,364Guanajuato: 2,997,139San Luis Potosí: 1,361,868Zacatecas: 701,031Aguascalientes: 706,930Durango: 818,279Tlaxcala: 638,352Ciudad de México: 5,099,957
  • Lowest: 386,642 to 706,930
  • Group 2: 706,930 to 1,233,080
  • Group 3: 1,233,080 to 1,737,175
  • Group 4: 1,737,175 to 2,862,003
  • Highest: 2,862,003 to 8,544,416
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1México8,544,416
2Ciudad de México5,099,957
3Jalisco4,244,054
4Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave3,851,221
5Puebla3,198,118
6Guanajuato2,997,139
7Nuevo León2,862,003
8Chiapas2,501,341
9Michoacán de Ocampo2,296,059
10Baja California2,010,898
11Chihuahua1,863,623
12Oaxaca1,825,593
13Tamaulipas1,737,175
14Guerrero1,635,187
15Hidalgo1,502,364
16Coahuila de Zaragoza1,484,935
17Sinaloa1,475,694
18Sonora1,448,628
19San Luis Potosí1,361,868
20Querétaro1,233,080
21Tabasco1,172,514
22Yucatán1,160,284
23Morelos1,017,989
24Quintana Roo1,006,817
25Durango818,279
26Aguascalientes706,930
27Zacatecas701,031
28Tlaxcala638,352
29Nayarit609,556
30Campeche462,607
31Baja California Sur427,280
32Colima386,642

Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), national and state totals. Reference period: 2020.

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Mexican estados ranked by economically active population (2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-economically-active-population/

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