List of capitals of states of Mexico
The following is a list of Mexican state capitals.
| State | Capital | Admission to Union |
Population of States (2005) | Area |
| 1. Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | 1835 | 1,051,000 | 5,625 km2 (2,172 sq mi) |
| 2. Baja California | Mexicali | 1952 | 2,842,000 | 71,546 km2 (27,624 sq mi) |
| 3. Baja California Sur | La Paz | 1974 | 517,000 | 73,943 km2 (28,550 sq mi) |
| 4. Campeche | Campeche | 1858 | 751,000 | 57,727 km2 (22,289 sq mi) |
| 5. Chiapas | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 1824 | 4,256,000 | 73,681 km2 (28,448 sq mi) |
| 6. Chihuahua | Chihuahua | 1824 | 3,238,000 | 247,487 km2 (95,555 sq mi) |
| 7. Coahuila | Saltillo | 1824 1 | 2,475,000 | 151,445 km2 (58,473 sq mi) |
| 8. Colima | Colima | 1857 | 562,000 | 5,627 km2 (2,173 sq mi) |
| 9. Durango | Durango | 1824 | 1,489,000 | 123,367 km2 (47,632 sq mi) |
| 10. Guanajuato | Guanajuato | 1824 | 4,893,000 | 30,621 km2 (11,823 sq mi) |
| 11. Guerrero | Chilpancingo | 1858 | 3,116,000 | 63,618 km2 (24,563 sq mi) |
| 12. Hidalgo | Pachuca | 1869 | 2,334,000 | 20,856 km2 (8,053 sq mi) |
| 13. Jalisco | Guadalajara | 1824 | 6,652,000 | 78,630 km2 (30,360 sq mi) |
| 14. State of México | Toluca | 1824 | 14,161,000 | 22,333 km2 (8,623 sq mi) |
| 15. Michoacán | Morelia | 1824 | 3,988,000 | 58,667 km2 (22,651 sq mi) |
| 16. Morelos | Cuernavaca | 1869 | 1,605,000 | 4,892 km2 (1,889 sq mi) |
| 17. Nayarit | Tepic | 1917 | 943,000 | 27,862 km2 (10,758 sq mi) |
| 18. Nuevo León | Monterrey | 1824 ² | 4,164,000 | 64,203 km2 (24,789 sq mi) |
| 19. Oaxaca | Oaxaca | 1824 | 3,522,000 | 93,343 km2 (36,040 sq mi) |
| 20. Puebla | Puebla | 1824 | 5,391,000 | 34,251 km2 (13,224 sq mi) |
| 21. Querétaro | Querétaro | 1824 | 1,593,000 | 11,658 km2 (4,501 sq mi) |
| 22. Quintana Roo | Chetumal | 1974 | 1,134,000 | 42,535 km2 (16,423 sq mi) |
| 23. San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | 1824 | 2,412,000 | 61,165 km2 (23,616 sq mi) |
| 24. Sinaloa | Culiacán | 1831 ³ | 2,610,000 | 57,331 km2 (22,136 sq mi) |
| 25. Sonora | Hermosillo | 1831 ³ | 2,384,000 | 179,516 km2 (69,312 sq mi) |
| 26. Tabasco | Villahermosa | 1824 | 2,013,000 | 24,747 km2 (9,555 sq mi) |
| 27. Tamaulipas | Ciudad Victoria | 1824 ² | 3,020,000 | 80,148 km2 (30,945 sq mi) |
| 28. Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala | 1857 | 1,061,000 | 3,997 km2 (1,543 sq mi) |
| 29. Veracruz | Xalapa | 1824 | 7,081,000 | 71,856 km2 (27,744 sq mi) |
| 30. Yucatán | Mérida | 1824 4 | 1,803,000 | 39,340 km2 (15,190 sq mi) |
| 31. Zacatecas | Zacatecas | 1824 | 1,357,000 | 75,416 km2 (29,118 sq mi) |
Footnotes
1Joined the federation under the name of Coahuila and Texas. In 1833 the district of Bexar seceded constitutionally from the state to form the separate state of Texas which became an independent republic in 1836, and the name of the state ALEMAN ALEMAN TEXAS WASHINGTONG ed Coahuila in a referendum and declared its independence from Mexico. After the defeat of the separatist forces, Coahuila separated from Nuevo León. ²Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila declared their independence form Spain and formed a de facto independent country for 5 days, after which the separatist forces were defeated and they rejoined the union. ³In 1824 this state joined the Union as the state of Sonora and Sinaloa, though its own constitution chose the name "Estado de Occidente". In 1830 the state was divided in two to form the separate states of Sonora and Sinaloa, which, after ratifying their own constitutions joined the federation in 1831. 4The Intendencia of Yucatán joined the Mexican Empire and then the federation in 1824. It became an independent republic in two occasions (1841–1843 and 1846–1848). This state comprised the territories of Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.