Guadalajara metropolitan area explained

Guadalajara metropolitan area
Settlement Type:Metropolitan Area
Map Alt:Map of Guadalajara Metropolitan Area
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State(s)
Subdivision Name1: Jalisco
Subdivision Type2:Largest city
Subdivision Name2:Guadalajara
Subdivision Type3:Other cities
Subdivision Name3: - Zapopan
 - Tlaquepaque
 - Tonalá
 - El Salto
 - Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Unit Pref:metric
Area Total Km2:2,543.13
Elevation Max M:1870
Elevation Max Ft:6131.14
Elevation Min M:1,050
Elevation Min Ft:3442.6
Population Footnotes:[1] [2]
Population Total:5,268,642
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:2,071.71
Population Density Sq Mi:-
Demographics Type1:GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
Demographics1 Title1:Year
Demographics1 Info1:2023
Demographics1 Title2:Total
Demographics1 Info2:$123.8 billion[3]
Demographics1 Title3:Per capita
Demographics1 Info3:$22,800
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:−6

The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish; Castilian: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It includes the core municipality of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán.

Population

In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.

No. Municipality Population
Census 2015[4]
Population
Census 2020[5]
Area in
km2
Inhabitants
per km2 (2020)
+ Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI1Guadalajara1,460,1481,385,629150.369,215.4
2Zapopan1,332,2721,476,4911,017.241,451.46
3Tlaquepaque664,193687,720118.605,978.65
4Tonalá536,111 569,913156.53,641.61
5Tlajomulco de Zúñiga549,552727,750682.51,066.3
6El Salto183,437232,85292.392,520.31
7Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos53,04567,969184.32368.75
8Juanacatlán17,95530,855141.22218.48
Total GMA 4,796,6035,268,642 2,543.132,071.71
+Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005)DataYear
1990 1995 2000 20052010
Total population of the GMA3,003,868 3,482,417 3,699,136 4,095,853 4,434,878
Average annual growth rate2,7% 1,4%1,7%1,55%

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.conapo.gob.mx/00cifras/5.htm Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Proyecciones de la Población de México 2005-2050
  2. http://www.conapo.gob.mx/publicaciones/dzm2005/index.htm Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005
  3. Web site: TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series). Tellusant. 2024-01-11.
  4. http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web).