List of cities in Mexico
This is a list of the top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census.
According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography, a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". Urban localities are those with more than 2,500 residents, which can be designated as cities, villages or towns according to the laws of each state. The National Urban System, compiled by the National Population Council in 2018, identifies 401 urban localities in Mexico with more than 15,000 residents as "cities". Most localities defined by INEGI are contained within a single municipality, although exceptions such as Naucalpan and Veracruz exist.
For a list of metropolitan areas defined by CONAPO, many of which comprise more than one urban locality according to INEGI's definitions, see Metropolitan areas of Mexico.
Top 100 cities by population
Only one state has no cities in the Top 500. Mexico City contains all of the federal entity's area, including rural areas with relatively small populations. All of the map links are of the same scale.| State capital | |
| State largest city | |
| State capital and largest city | |
| Federal capital |
‡ These cities extend beyond the borders of a single municipality.
Distribution
For the Top 100 cities, the following distributions hold as of the 2020 Census.The total population is 57,930,969, 45.97% of Mexico's total.
The mean city population is 579,310. The median city in population is Villahermosa.
The mean city growth from 2010 to 2020 is 20.77%, compared to a national growth of 12.17%. The median city in population growth is Ixtapaluca.
| Population | Number of cities |
| 1,000,000+ | 10 |
| 500,000–999,999 | 26 |
| 250,000–499,999 | 32 |
| 100,000–249,999 | 32 |
| Total | 100 |
| State | Number of listed cities |
| State of Mexico | 17 |
| Nuevo León | 8 |
| Tamaulipas | 7 |
| Coahuila, Jalisco, Veracruz | 5 |
| Guanajuato, Sonora | 4 |
| Baja California, Chiapas, Colima, Michoacán, Morelos, Quintana Roo. Sinaloa | 3 |
| Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí | 2 |
| Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatán, Zacatecas | 1 |
| Tlaxcala | 0 |