1895 Mexican census


The 1895 Mexico Census was the first census that took place in Mexico. It took place on October 20, 1895, and the total population was 12,700,294. The results also showed that most Mexicans were Catholic.

Languages in Mexico

83.3% of the resident population spoke Spanish with the remainder of the population mostly speaking Indigenous languages. The most widely spoken indigenous languages were Nahuatl and Mayan. The most widely spoken European language besides Spanish was English.
LanguageSpeaking population
Castilian10,573,874
Nahuatl649,853
Mayan249,524
Zapotec231,124
Otomi189,745
Mixtecan146,179
Totonac77,022
Mazahua59,597
English13,132
French3,440
German2,171
Italian1,305