Below are listed alphabetically the 31 States, and the 1 Federal District (DF), or CDMX, or Mexico City. Population numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand, as of 2018.
Area:Ā 2,169 square miles (5,618 sq km);
capital:Ā Aguascalientes
population:Ā 1,300,000)
Aguascalientes is the little yellow state on the map
Baja is south of California and next to Sonora to the East (with Gulf of California in between)
area:Ā 22,365 square miles (57,924 sq km);
population:Ā 791,322;
capital:Ā San Francisco de Campeche
Campeche lies on the Yucatan Peninsula
area:Ā 28,297 square miles (73,289 sq km);
population:Ā 5,200,000;
capital:Ā Tuxtla GutiĆ©rrez
Chiapas Southern Most State in Mexico
Coahuila on Map borders Texas
area:Ā 2,172 square miles (5,625 sq km);
population:Ā 597,043;
capital:Ā Colima
Colima borders Jalisco and Michoacan (small red state on the map)
area:Ā 47,665 square miles (123,451 sq km);
population:Ā 1,800,000;
capital:Ā Victoria de Durango
Durango is South of Chihuahua and Coahuila (in purple)
area:Ā 11,818 square miles (30,608 sq km);
population:Ā 5,800,000;
capital:Ā Guanajuato
Guanajuato just south of San Luis Potosi (in purple)
area:Ā 24,564 square miles (63,621 sq km);
population:Ā 3,500,000;
capital:Ā Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Guerrero is between Michoacan and Oaxaca on the Pacific Coast
area:Ā 8,049 square miles (20,846 sq km);
population:Ā 2,900,000;
capital:Ā Pachuca de Soto
Hidalgo is the blue state west of Veracruz on the map
area:Ā 30,347 square miles (78,599 sq km);
population:Ā 8,000,000;
capital:Ā Guadalajara
Jalisco is green on the map, north of Colima and Michoacan
area:Ā 8,632 square miles (22,357 sq km);
population:Ā 17,000,000;
capital:Ā Toluca de Lerdo
Mexico State on the Map in Green
*Mexico City is a Federal District –Ā not a state.
Mexico City’s population is included in Mexico State.
Est Population 9,000,000
Mexico City on Map in Orange within Mexico State in Green. Square Symbol Represent the D.F.
area:Ā 22,642 square miles (58,643 sq km);
population:Ā 4,600,000;
capital:Ā Morelia
Michoacan (Orange) is bordered by Colima to the north and Guerrero to the south.
Morelos on Map in Red (shows the capital “Cuernavaca”)
area:Ā 10,739 square miles (27,815 sq km);
population:Ā 1,200,0;
capital:Ā Tepic
Nayarit is south of Sinaloa and north of Jalisco in Blue
Nuevo Leon borders Texas with a sliver of land in Blue (between Coahuila and Tamaulipas)
area:Ā 36,214 square miles (93,793 sq km);
population:Ā 4,000,000;
capital:Ā Oaxaca de JuĆ”rez
Oaxaca on map (blue) between Guerrero and Chiapas on the coast, south of Veracruz and Puebla
Puebla on Map (orange) to the west of Veracruz (purple) and north of Oaxaca (blue)
area:Ā 4,511 square miles (11,684 sq km);
population:Ā 2,100,000;
capital:Ā Santiago de QuerĆ©taro
Queretaro on Map in Orange
area:Ā 16,356 square miles (42,361 sq km);
population:Ā 1,500,000;
capital:Ā Chetumal
Quintana Roo on Map in Purple at the end of the Yucatan Peninsula
area:Ā 23,545 square miles (60,983 sq km);
population:Ā 2,479,450;
capital:Ā San Luis PotosĆ
San Luis Potosi in Red on the Map
area:Ā 22,153 square miles (57,377 sq km);
population:Ā 3,000,000;
capital: Culiacan RosalesŃ
Sinaloa on Map in Gold
Sonora on the Map in Blue borders Arizona
area:Ā 9551 square miles (24,738 sq km);
population:Ā 2,045,294;
capital:Ā Villahermosa
Tabasco on the Map in Green, on the Yucatan Peninsula
area:Ā 30,956 square miles (80,175 sq km);
population:Ā 3,174,134;
capital:Ā Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas on Map in Green borders Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico
area:Ā 1,541 square miles;
population:Ā 1,200,000;
capital:Ā Tlaxcala de XicohtĆ©ncatl
Tlaxcala on map in Fuscia in fuchsia
area:Ā 27,730 square miles (71,820 sq km);
population:Ā 8,000,000;
capital:Ā Xalapa-Enriquez
Veracruz in purple has Gulf of Mexico to the North Northeast and Oaxaca to the south
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