Guadalajara metropolitan area
The Guadalajara metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It includes the core municipality of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán.
Population
In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.| No. | Municipality | Population Census 2020 | Population Census 2015 | Area in km2 | Inhabitants per km2 |
| 1 | Zapopan | 1,476,491 | 1,332,272 | 1,017.24 | 1,451.46 |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 1,385,629 | 1,460,148 | 150.36 | 9,215.4 |
| 3 | Tlaquepaque | 687,720 | 664,193 | 118.60 | 5,978.65 |
| 4 | Tonalá | 569,913 | 536,111 | 156.5 | 3,641.61 |
| 5 | Tlajomulco de Zúñiga | 727,750 | 549,552 | 682.5 | 1,066.3 |
| 6 | El Salto | 232,852 | 183,437 | 92.39 | 2,520.31 |
| 7 | Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos | 67,969 | 53,045 | 184.32 | 368.75 |
| 8 | Juanacatlán | 30,855 | 17,955 | 141.22 | 218.48 |
| Total GMA | 5,268,642 | 4,796,603 | 2,543.13 | 2,071.71 |