List of states of Mexico
List
Notes: Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Texas. Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.

List of states of Mexico

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Notes: Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Texas. Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.

State	Official Name: Estado Libre y Soberano de (English: "Free and Sovereign State of") :	Flag	Capital	Largest city	Area	Population (2010)	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation

Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	-	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	5,618 km2 (2,169 sq mi)	1,184,996	24	1857-02-05

Baja California	Baja California	-	Mexicali	Tijuana	71,446 km2 (27,585 sq mi)	3,155,070	29	1952-01-16

Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur	-	La Paz	La Paz	73,922 km2 (28,541 sq mi)	637,026	31	1974-10-08

Campeche	Campeche	-	San Francisco de Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	57,924 km2 (22,365 sq mi)	822,441	25	1863-04-29

Chiapas	Chiapas	-	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	73,289 km2 (28,297 sq mi)	4,796,580	19	1824-09-14

Mexico City	Ciudad de México	-	—	—	1,495 km2 (577 sq mi)	8,918,653

Chihuahua	Chihuahua	-	Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247,455 km2 (95,543 sq mi)	3,406,465	18	1824-07-06

Coahuila1 4	Coahuila de Zaragoza	-	Saltillo	Saltillo	151,563 km2 (58,519 sq mi)	2,748,391	16	1824-05-07

Colima6	Colima	-	Colima	Manzanillo	5,625 km2 (2,172 sq mi)	650,555	23	1856-09-12

Durango	Durango	-	Victoria de Durango	Victoria de Durango	123,451 km2 (47,665 sq mi)	1,632,934	17	1824-05-22

Guanajuato	Guanajuato	-	Guanajuato	León	30,608 km2 (11,818 sq mi)	5,486,372	2	1823-12-20

Guerrero	Guerrero	-	Chilpancingo de los Bravo	Acapulco	63,621 km2 (24,564 sq mi)	3,388,768	21	1849-10-27

Hidalgo	Hidalgo	-	Pachuca	Pachuca	20,846 km2 (8,049 sq mi)	2,665,018	26	1869-01-16

Jalisco	Jalisco	-	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	78,599 km2 (30,347 sq mi)	7,350,682	9	1823-12-23

México	México	-	Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	22,357 km2 (8,632 sq mi)	15,175,862	1	1823-12-20

Michoacán	Michoacán de Ocampo	-	Morelia	Morelia	58,643 km2 (22,642 sq mi)	4,351,037	5	1823-12-22

Morelos	Morelos	-	Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca	4,893 km2 (1,889 sq mi)	1,777,227	27	1869-04-17

Nayarit	Nayarit	-	Tepic	Tepic	27,815 km2 (10,739 sq mi)	1,084,979	28	1917-01-26

Nuevo León4	Nuevo León	-	Monterrey	Monterrey	64,220 km2 (24,800 sq mi)	4,653,458	15	1824-05-07

Oaxaca	Oaxaca	-	Oaxaca de Juárez	Oaxaca de Juárez	93,793 km2 (36,214 sq mi)	3,801,962	3	1823-12-21

Puebla	Puebla	-	Puebla de Zaragoza	Puebla de Zaragoza	34,290 km2 (13,240 sq mi)	5,779,829	4	1823-12-21

Querétaro	Querétaro de Arteaga	-	Santiago de Querétaro	Santiago de Querétaro	11,684 km2 (4,511 sq mi)	1,827,937	11	1823-12-23

Quintana Roo	Quintana Roo	-	Chetumal	Cancún	42,361 km2 (16,356 sq mi)	1,325,578	30	1974-10-08

San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	-	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	60,983 km2 (23,546 sq mi)	2,585,518	6	1823-12-22

Sinaloa	Sinaloa	-	Culiacán	Culiacán	57,377 km2 (22,153 sq mi)	2,767,761	20	1830-10-14

Sonora2	Sonora	-	Hermosillo	Hermosillo	179,503 km2 (69,306 sq mi)	2,662,480	12	1824-01-10

Tabasco5	Tabasco	-	Villahermosa	Villahermosa	24,738 km2 (9,551 sq mi)	2,238,603	13	1824-02-07

Tamaulipas4	Tamaulipas	-	Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	80,175 km2 (30,956 sq mi)	3,268,554	14	1824-02-07

Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala	-	Tlaxcala	Vicente Guerrero	3,991 km2 (1,541 sq mi)	1,169,936	22	1856-12-09

Veracruz	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	-	Xalapa	Veracruz	71,820 km2 (27,730 sq mi)	7,643,194	7	1823-12-22

Yucatán3	Yucatán	-	Mérida	Mérida	39,612 km2 (15,294 sq mi)	1,955,577	8	1823-12-23

Zacatecas	Zacatecas	-	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	75,539 km2 (29,166 sq mi)	1,490,668	10	1823-12-23

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Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz.

final_sentence: Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz.