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Indigenous language speakers by state, Mexico

People aged 3 and over who speak an Indigenous language, from the 2020 Census. Percentages are derived by Quadranac from the census counts and can differ by about 0.1 point from INEGI's published percentages, which exclude unspecified responses from the denominator.

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.
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Indigenous language speakers by state, Mexico: Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived)32 areas ranked by Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived). Highest: Oaxaca (31.2); lowest: Aguascalientes (0.2); national value 6.1.OaxacaOaxaca: 31.231.2ChiapasChiapas: 28.228.2YucatánYucatán: 23.723.7GuerreroGuerrero: 15.515.5HidalgoHidalgo: 12.312.3Quintana RooQuintana Roo: 11.711.7CampecheCampeche: 10.410.4PueblaPuebla: 9.99.9San Luis PotosíSan Luis Potosí: 8.68.6Veracruz de Ignacio de la Ll…Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: 8.68.6NayaritNayarit: 5.95.9TabascoTabasco: 4.04.0Michoacán de OcampoMichoacán de Ocampo: 3.43.4ChihuahuaChihuahua: 3.13.1DurangoDurango: 2.72.7MéxicoMéxico: 2.62.6SonoraSonora: 2.22.2TlaxcalaTlaxcala: 2.22.2MorelosMorelos: 2.02.0Baja California SurBaja California Sur: 1.81.8Baja CaliforniaBaja California: 1.41.4Ciudad de MéxicoCiudad de México: 1.41.4Nuevo LeónNuevo León: 1.41.4QuerétaroQuerétaro: 1.41.4SinaloaSinaloa: 1.21.2JaliscoJalisco: 0.80.8ColimaColima: 0.70.7TamaulipasTamaulipas: 0.70.7ZacatecasZacatecas: 0.30.3AguascalientesAguascalientes: 0.20.2Coahuila de ZaragozaCoahuila de Zaragoza: 0.20.2GuanajuatoGuanajuato: 0.20.2National 6.1
Indigenous language speakers by state, Mexico: Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived)32 areas ranked by Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived). Highest: Oaxaca (31.2); lowest: Aguascalientes (0.2); national value 6.1.OaxacaOaxaca: 31.231.2ChiapasChiapas: 28.228.2YucatánYucatán: 23.723.7GuerreroGuerrero: 15.515.5HidalgoHidalgo: 12.312.3Quintana RooQuintana Roo: 11.711.7CampecheCampeche: 10.410.4PueblaPuebla: 9.99.9San Luis PotosíSan Luis Potosí: 8.68.6Veracruz de Ignac…Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: 8.68.6NayaritNayarit: 5.95.9TabascoTabasco: 4.04.0Michoacán de Ocam…Michoacán de Ocampo: 3.43.4ChihuahuaChihuahua: 3.13.1DurangoDurango: 2.72.7MéxicoMéxico: 2.62.6SonoraSonora: 2.22.2TlaxcalaTlaxcala: 2.22.2MorelosMorelos: 2.02.0Baja California S…Baja California Sur: 1.81.8Baja CaliforniaBaja California: 1.41.4Ciudad de MéxicoCiudad de México: 1.41.4Nuevo LeónNuevo León: 1.41.4QuerétaroQuerétaro: 1.41.4SinaloaSinaloa: 1.21.2JaliscoJalisco: 0.80.8ColimaColima: 0.70.7TamaulipasTamaulipas: 0.70.7ZacatecasZacatecas: 0.30.3AguascalientesAguascalientes: 0.20.2Coahuila de Zarag…Coahuila de Zaragoza: 0.20.2GuanajuatoGuanajuato: 0.20.2National 6.1
Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived), 2020, sorted high to low. 32 areas ranked by Speak an Indigenous language, 3 and over (%, derived). Highest: Oaxaca (31.2); lowest: Aguascalientes (0.2); national value 6.1. Full data in the table below.Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.

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Mexico (national)6.17,364,645
Aguascalientes0.22,539
Baja California1.449,130
Baja California Sur1.813,581
Campeche10.491,801
Coahuila de Zaragoza0.25,527
Colima0.75,210
Chiapas28.21,459,648
Chihuahua3.1110,498
Ciudad de México1.4125,153
Durango2.747,242
Guanajuato0.214,048
Guerrero15.5515,487
Hidalgo12.3362,629
Jalisco0.866,963
México2.6417,603
Michoacán de Ocampo3.4154,943
Morelos238,110
Nayarit5.969,069
Nuevo León1.477,945
Oaxaca31.21,221,555
Puebla9.9615,622
Querétaro1.431,383
Quintana Roo11.7204,949
San Luis Potosí8.6231,213
Sinaloa1.235,539
Sonora2.262,808
Tabasco491,025
Tamaulipas0.722,651
Tlaxcala2.227,174
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave8.6663,503
Yucatán23.7525,092
Zacatecas0.35,005

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

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Source agency
INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020
Dataset
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals
Table
Indigenous language speakers by state, Mexico
Data last updated
2026-10-29
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https://quadranac.com/tables/mx-indigenous-language/

Indigenous language speakers by state, Mexico (Mexico, 2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals. Retrieved 2026-10-29 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/mx-indigenous-language/