Guadalajara metropolitan area

Place in Jalisco, Mexico
Area
 • Total2,543.13 km2 (981.91 sq mi)Highest elevation
1,870 m (6,131.14 ft)Lowest elevation
1,050 m (3,442.6 ft)Population
 (2020)[1][2]
 • Total5,268,642 • Density2,071.71/km2 (5,365.7/sq mi)GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023 • Total$123.8 billion[3] • Per capita$22,800

The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara)[2] 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.[2]

Population

In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.[4]

No. Municipality Population
Census 2015[4]		 Population
Census 2020[5]		 Area in
km2		 Inhabitants
per km2 (2020)
Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI
1 Guadalajara 1,460,148 1,385,629 150.36 9,215.4
2 Zapopan 1,332,272 1,476,491 1,017.24 1,451.46
3 Tlaquepaque 664,193 687,720 118.60 5,978.65
4 Tonalá 536,111 569,913 156.5 3,641.61
5 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 549,552 727,750 682.5 1,066.3
6 El Salto 183,437 232,852 92.39 2,520.31
7 Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos 53,045 67,969 184.32 368.75
8 Juanacatlán 17,955 30,855 141.22 218.48
Total GMA 4,796,603 5,268,642 2,543.13 2,071.71
Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005)[2]
Data Year
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Total population of the GMA 3,003,868 3,482,417 3,699,136 4,095,853 4,434,878
Average annual growth rate 2,7% 1,4% 1,7% 1,55%

References

  1. ^ Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Proyecciones de la Población de México 2005-2050 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  2. ^ a b c d Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005 Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  3. ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ a b http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares
  5. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web).
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Largest metropolitan areas in Mexico
2020 National Population Census
Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop.
Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico
Monterrey
Monterrey 		1 Valley of Mexico Mexico City, State of Mexico, Hidalgo 21,804,515 11 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 1,225,432 Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Puebla–Tlaxcala
Puebla–Tlaxcala
2 Monterrey Nuevo León 5,341,171 12 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 1,221,526
3 Guadalajara Jalisco 5,286,642 13 Mérida Yucatán 1,201,000
4 Puebla–Tlaxcala Puebla, Tlaxcala 3,199,530 14 Mexicali Baja California 1,031,779
5 Toluca State of Mexico 2,353,924 15 Saltillo Coahuila 1,031,779
6 Tijuana Baja California 2,157,853 16 Cuernavaca Morelos 1,028,589
7 León Guanajuato 1,924,771 17 Culiacán Sinaloa 1,003,530
8 Querétaro Querétaro 1,594,212 18 Morelia Michoacán 988,704
9 Juárez Chihuahua 1,512,450 19 Chihuahua Chihuahua 988,065
10 La Laguna Coahuila, Durango 1,434,283 20 Veracruz Veracruz 939,046