The following table is a list of the 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the 2000 and 2005 census from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing.[1] | Rank | State | Population (2005) | Population (2000) | km² | | 1 | Mexico State | 14,007,495 | 13,096,686 | 21,355 | | 2 | Federal District | 8,720,916 | 8,605,239 | 1,479 | | 3 | Veracruz | 7,110,214 | 6,908,975 | 71,699 | | 4 | Jalisco | 6,752,113 | 6,322,002 | 80,386 | | 5 | Puebla | 5,383,133 | 5,076,686 | 33,902 | | 6 | Guanajuato | 4,893,812 | 4,663,032 | 30,491 | | 7 | Chiapas | 4,293,459 | 3,920,892 | 74,211 | | 8 | Nuevo León | 4,199,292 | 3,834,141 | 64,924 | | 9 | Michoacán | 3,966,073 | 3,985,667 | 59,928 | | 10 | Oaxaca | 3,506,821 | 3,438,765 | 93,952 | | 11 | Chihuahua | 3,241,444 | 3,052,907 | 244,938 | | 12 | Guerrero | 3,115,202 | 3,079,649 | 64,281 | | 13 | Tamaulipas | 3,024,238 | 2,753,222 | 79,384 | | 14 | Baja California | 2,844,469 | 2,487,367 | 69,921 | | 15 | Sinaloa | 2,608,442 | 2,536,844 | 58,328 | | 16 | Coahuila | 2,495,200 | 2,298,070 | 149,982 | | 17 | San Luis Potosí | 2,410,414 | 2,299,360 | 63,068 | | 18 | Sonora | 2,394,861 | 2,216,969 | 182,052 | | 19 | Hidalgo | 2,345,514 | 2,235,591 | 20,813 | | 20 | Tabasco | 1,989,969 | 1,891,829 | 25,267 | | 21 | Yucatán | 1,818,948 | 1,658,210 | 38,402 | | 22 | Morelos | 1,612,899 | 1,555,296 | 4,950 | | 23 | Querétaro | 1,598,139 | 1,404,306 | 11,449 | | 24 | Durango | 1,509,117 | 1,448,661 | 123,181 | | 25 | Zacatecas | 1,367,692 | 1,353,610 | 73,252 | | 26 | Quintana Roo | 1,135,309 | 874,963 | 50,212 | | 27 | Tlaxcala | 1,068,207 | 962,646 | 4,016 | | 28 | Aguascalientes | 1,065,416 | 944,285 | 5,471 | | 29 | Nayarit | 949,684 | 920,185 | 26,979 | | 30 | Campeche | 754,730 | 690,689 | 50,812 | | 31 | Colima | 567,996 | 617,800 | 5,191 | | 32 | Baja California Sur | 512,170 | 424,041 | 73,475 |
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