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The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in Mexico (municipalities) according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1] This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations.
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1]According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), 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". [2]
Cities are locality-level divisions that are administered by the municipality. Although some larger cities are consolidated with its own municipality and form a single level of governance. In addition, the 16 boroughs of Mexico City are considered municipality equivalent, this makes the total number of municipality-level divisions to be 2,478.
The list was sorted by smallest to largest to show the safest and comfortable places to live in Mexico. All data is up-to-date as-of July 6th, 2023.
Cities (Spanish: Ciudades) are usually the most populous localities within the state. Each city elects its own city mayor ( Spanish : alcalde de la ciudad ). Note that the term city mayor should not be confused with municipal president ( Spanish : presidente municipal ), leader of a municipality , the city's upper-level division.
Many Mexican cities are cheap enough that American expats can live on $2,500 or less per month. This means that in many cases you can retire in Mexico on your Social Security check alone.
Map of Mexico with State of Mexico highlighted Municipalities of Mexico State by code.. Mexico is a state in central Mexico that is divided into 125 municipalities.According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the most populated state with 16,992,418 inhabitants and the 8th smallest by land area spanning 22,351.8 square kilometres (8,630.1 sq mi).
For this study, GOBankingRates considered small towns those with a population less than 30,000, where you can retire on a budget of $2,300 dollars or less, using data from ApartmentList June 2022.