Share living in localities under 5,000 people: Mexican states ranked
Measure: Share living in localities under 5,000 people (%). All 32 estados with data in Marginalization index by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.
National value: 27 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 1 to 11.5 %
- Group 2: 11.5 to 21.3 %
- Group 3: 21.3 to 32.5 %
- Group 4: 32.5 to 44.4 %
- Highest: 44.4 to 59.4 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: A lower index value means more marginalization (Guerrero has the lowest).
| 1 | Oaxaca | 59.4 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chiapas | 57.6 |
| 3 | Hidalgo | 53.8 |
| 4 | Tabasco | 53.3 |
| 5 | Guerrero | 48.1 |
| 6 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 45.9 |
| 7 | Zacatecas | 44.4 |
| 8 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 37.5 |
| 9 | Nayarit | 36.5 |
| 10 | Puebla | 36.1 |
| 11 | San Luis Potosí | 36 |
| 12 | Guanajuato | 33.3 |
| 13 | Durango | 32.5 |
| 14 | Tlaxcala | 32.1 |
| 15 | Campeche | 29.9 |
| 16 | Sinaloa | 29.3 |
| 17 | Querétaro | 28.8 |
| 18 | Morelos | 26.1 |
| 19 | Yucatán | 23.3 |
| 20 | Aguascalientes | 21.3 |
| 21 | México | 19.1 |
| 22 | Jalisco | 16.2 |
| 23 | Sonora | 15.2 |
| 24 | Chihuahua | 14.4 |
| 25 | Colima | 13.5 |
| 26 | Quintana Roo | 11.5 |
| 27 | Tamaulipas | 11.2 |
| 28 | Baja California Sur | 10.3 |
| 29 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 10 |
| 30 | Baja California | 8.5 |
| 31 | Nuevo León | 5.1 |
| 32 | Ciudad de México | 1 |
Source: CONAPO (Consejo Nacional de Población), Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020 (IME_2020.xls). Reference period: 2020.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by share living in localities under 5,000 people (%) (2020). Data: CONAPO, Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020, Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020 (IME_2020.xls, datos abiertos); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-share-living-in-localities-under-5000-people/