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Illiterate people, 15 and over: Mexican states ranked (2020)

Measure: Illiterate people, 15 and over. All 32 estados with data in Schooling and literacy by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.

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Fuente/Source: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Reproduced under INEGI's Términos de libre uso de la información del INEGI.
Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 4,456,431 (Mexico).

Sonora: 44,134Baja California: 52,496Chihuahua: 73,223Coahuila de Zaragoza: 38,606Tamaulipas: 68,196Nuevo León: 63,980Quintana Roo: 42,224Campeche: 39,986Tabasco: 88,856Chiapas: 512,720Colima: 18,734Nayarit: 40,464Baja California Sur: 13,926Sinaloa: 80,898Yucatán: 105,704Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: 517,798Jalisco: 179,014Michoacán de Ocampo: 242,339Guerrero: 310,327Oaxaca: 351,511México: 372,454Puebla: 334,179Morelos: 66,663Querétaro: 61,734Hidalgo: 151,311Guanajuato: 238,838San Luis Potosí: 104,794Zacatecas: 43,578Aguascalientes: 21,908Durango: 35,779Tlaxcala: 32,613Ciudad de México: 107,444
  • Lowest: 13,926 to 39,986
  • Group 2: 39,986 to 61,734
  • Group 3: 61,734 to 104,794
  • Group 4: 104,794 to 242,339
  • Highest: 242,339 to 517,798
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave517,798
2Chiapas512,720
3México372,454
4Oaxaca351,511
5Puebla334,179
6Guerrero310,327
7Michoacán de Ocampo242,339
8Guanajuato238,838
9Jalisco179,014
10Hidalgo151,311
11Ciudad de México107,444
12Yucatán105,704
13San Luis Potosí104,794
14Tabasco88,856
15Sinaloa80,898
16Chihuahua73,223
17Tamaulipas68,196
18Morelos66,663
19Nuevo León63,980
20Querétaro61,734
21Baja California52,496
22Sonora44,134
23Zacatecas43,578
24Quintana Roo42,224
25Nayarit40,464
26Campeche39,986
27Coahuila de Zaragoza38,606
28Durango35,779
29Tlaxcala32,613
30Aguascalientes21,908
31Colima18,734
32Baja California Sur13,926

Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), national and state totals. Reference period: 2020.

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Mexican estados ranked by illiterate people, 15 and over (2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-illiterate-people-15-and-over/

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