Urban-class share of formal jobs: Mexican states ranked (2024)
Measure: Urban-class share of formal jobs (%). All 32 estados with data in Urban and farm-class formal jobs by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.
National value: 85.5 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 69.8 to 79.4 %
- Group 2: 79.4 to 82 %
- Group 3: 82 to 84.3 %
- Group 4: 84.3 to 89.6 %
- Highest: 89.6 to 91.3 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: Urban and farm (campo) are IMSS insurance classes, not whether the worker lives in a city or in the countryside.
| 1 | Chihuahua | 91.3 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nuevo León | 90.9 |
| 3 | Baja California | 90.5 |
| 4 | Aguascalientes | 90.1 |
| 5 | Yucatán | 89.9 |
| 6 | Durango | 89.7 |
| 7 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 89.6 |
| 8 | Tamaulipas | 88.7 |
| 9 | Ciudad de México | 88.2 |
| 10 | Guanajuato | 85.4 |
| 11 | México | 85.1 |
| 12 | Jalisco | 84.4 |
| 13 | Morelos | 84.3 |
| 13 | Puebla | 84.3 |
| 15 | Chiapas | 84 |
| 16 | Sonora | 83.7 |
| 17 | Oaxaca | 83 |
| 18 | Tabasco | 82.9 |
| 19 | San Luis Potosí | 82.2 |
| 20 | Guerrero | 82 |
| 21 | Zacatecas | 81.6 |
| 22 | Querétaro | 81.3 |
| 23 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 81 |
| 24 | Campeche | 80.6 |
| 25 | Sinaloa | 80.4 |
| 26 | Tlaxcala | 79.4 |
| 27 | Colima | 79.2 |
| 28 | Hidalgo | 79.1 |
| 29 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 77.7 |
| 30 | Nayarit | 72.1 |
| 31 | Baja California Sur | 71 |
| 32 | Quintana Roo | 69.8 |
Source: IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), Memoria Estadística 2024, Cuadros I.8, I.9, I.11 and I.12: puestos de trabajo permanentes y eventuales, urbanos y del campo, por OOAD, 1997–2024 (01-Asegurados.xlsx). Reference period: 2024.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by urban-class share of formal jobs (%) (2024). Data: IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), Memoria Estadística 2024; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-urban-class-share-of-formal-jobs/