FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: MEXICO Notes: This map is for illustrative purposes and is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory covered by these maps. The functional urban areas identified with the methodology described in the book Redefining “urban”: A new way to measure metropolitan areas, OECD Publishing 2012 are here listed by size, according to four classes: Small urban areas, with population between 50,000 and 200,000 Medium-sized urban areas, with population between 200,000 and 500,000 Metropolitan areas, with population between 500,000 and 1.5 million Large metropolitan areas, with population above 1.5 million Each functional urban area is an economic unit characterised by densely inhabited “city core” and “commuting zone” whose labour market is highly integrated with the cores. The geographic building blocks to define urban areas are the municipalities (e.g. LAU2 in European countries). The city cores are defined using the population grid from the global dataset Landscan, referred to circa year 2000. Polycentric cores and the hinterlands of the functional areas are identified on the basis of commuting data (travel from home-to-work) referred to circa year 2000 (Census year). The list of functional urban areas takes into account the results of the consultation with the European National Version: June 2016 Statistical Institutes launched by Eurostat in June 2011 on the definition of cities and by the OECD with Delegates from the Working Party on Territorial Indicators. This list of functional urban areas may be reviewed on the basis of additional comments provided by Countries. The OECD Metropolitan Areas Database which provides a set of economic, environmental, social and demographic estimated indicators on the 281 OECD metropolitan areas (functional urban areas with 500 000 or more inhabitants). Additionally, interactive maps, histograms and summary profiles of each metropolitan area are available on the MetroeXplorer tool. Version: June 2016 Country ID on the map Name FUA Class type Total population (2000) Total population (2014) Mexico MEX51 Mexico City Large metropolitan areas 17,162,654 20,404,259 Mexico MEX37 Guadalajara Large metropolitan areas 3,643,307 4,905,204 Mexico MEX19 Monterrey Large metropolitan areas 3,327,363 4,823,452 Mexico MEX60 Puebla Large metropolitan areas 1,713,670 2,342,519 Mexico MEX55 Toluca Large metropolitan areas 1,468,565 2,167,067 Mexico MEX34 León Large metropolitan areas 1,258,841 1,775,758 Mexico MEX05 Juárez Metropolitan areas 1,139,951 1,417,787 Mexico MEX02 Tijuana Large metropolitan areas 1,100,314 1,793,265 Mexico MEX35 Mérida Metropolitan areas 1,098,378 1,422,422 Mexico MEX20 Torreón Metropolitan areas 1,027,946 1,348,608 Mexico MEX29 San Luis Potosí Metropolitan areas 969,964 1,288,885 Mexico MEX40 Querétaro Metropolitan areas 824,160 1,273,803 Mexico MEX22 Culiacán Metropolitan areas 740,563 910,982 Mexico MEX31 Aguascalientes Metropolitan areas 737,666 1,055,539 Mexico MEX61 Cuernavaca Metropolitan areas 724,220 947,963 Mexico MEX01 Mexicali Metropolitan areas 718,303 1,041,837 Mexico MEX74 Acapulco de Juárez Metropolitan areas 702,488 827,942 Mexico MEX70 Centro Metropolitan areas 695,938 960,063 Mexico MEX50 Morelia Metropolitan areas 688,704 924,462 Mexico MEX10 Chihuahua Metropolitan areas 670,450 905,079 Mexico MEX59 Veracruz Metropolitan areas 651,566 844,813 Mexico MEX28 Tampico Metropolitan areas 650,763 821,685 Mexico MEX08 Hermosillo Metropolitan areas 605,878 869,669 Mexico MEX52 Xalapa Metropolitan areas 600,760 789,353 Mexico MEX73 Oaxaca de Juárez Metropolitan areas 588,888 805,102 Mexico MEX21 Saltillo Metropolitan areas 571,729 797,444 Mexico MEX75 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Metropolitan areas 558,109 826,276 Mexico MEX16 Reynosa Metropolitan areas 518,056 834,750 Mexico MEX42 Celaya Metropolitan areas 489,810 653,928 Mexico MEX24 Durango Metropolitan areas 486,042 625,895 Mexico MEX38 Irapuato Metropolitan areas 434,906 572,778 Mexico MEX33 Benito Juárez Metropolitan areas 413,589 797,657 Mexico MEX17 Matamoros Medium-sized urban areas 412,544 523,701 Mexico MEX63 Orizaba Medium-sized urban areas 401,367 478,971 Mexico MEX46 Pachuca de Soto Metropolitan areas 400,853 646,880 Mexico MEX26 Mazatlán Medium-sized urban areas 378,217 465,125 Mexico MEX12 Cajeme Medium-sized urban areas 375,382 457,196 Mexico MEX18 Ahome Medium-sized urban areas 357,579 442,404 Mexico MEX32 Tepic Medium-sized urban areas 341,367 470,624 Mexico MEX77 Tapachula Medium-sized urban areas 340,289 429,768 Mexico MEX04 Ensenada Medium-sized urban areas 337,188 531,683 Mexico MEX15 Monclova Medium-sized urban areas 310,082 367,307 Mexico MEX13 Nuevo Laredo Medium-sized urban areas 306,992 420,016 Mexico MEX69 Coatzacoalcos Medium-sized urban areas 304,984 365,914 Mexico MEX71 Minatitlán Medium-sized urban areas 283,342 331,341 Mexico MEX43 Poza Rica de Hidalgo Medium-sized urban areas 271,188 359,474 Mexico MEX27 Guadalupe Medium-sized urban areas 269,557 381,189 Mexico MEX67 Tehuacán Medium-sized urban areas 265,227 366,663 Mexico MEX54 Uruapan Medium-sized urban areas 262,336 339,444 Mexico MEX62 Córdoba Medium-sized urban areas 261,999 321,595 Mexico MEX25 Victoria Medium-sized urban areas 261,182 350,053 Mexico MEX58 Colima Medium-sized urban areas 260,984 371,308 Mexico MEX56 Tlaxcala Medium-sized urban areas 260,140 339,214 Version: June 2016 Mexico MEX64 Cuautla Medium-sized urban areas 250,061 324,149 Mexico MEX41 Salamanca Medium-sized urban areas 224,438 276,843 Mexico MEX53 Texcoco Medium-sized urban areas 218,880 289,498 Mexico MEX49 Campeche Medium-sized urban areas 215,264 278,897 Mexico MEX66 Othón P. Blanco Medium-sized urban areas 204,985 262,442 Mexico MEX23 Paz, La Medium-sized urban areas 195,267 278,868 Mexico MEX72 Chilpancingo de los Bravo Medium-sized urban areas 191,651 265,232 Mexico MEX39 Puerto Vallarta Medium-sized urban areas 180,828 293,678 Mexico MEX44 San Juan del Río Medium-sized urban areas 177,588 273,414 Mexico MEX65 Carmen Medium-sized urban areas 169,864 245,678 Mexico MEX06 Nogales Medium-sized urban areas 158,770 251,125 Mexico MEX48 Zamora Small urban areas 158,686 198,352 Mexico MEX47 Tulancingo de Bravo Small urban areas 146,663 203,133 Mexico MEX30 Ciudad Valles Small urban areas 145,583 177,480 Mexico MEX03 San Luis Río Colorado Small urban areas 143,864 194,404 Mexico MEX57 San Martín Texmelucan Small urban areas 140,602 182,740 Mexico MEX36 Guanajuato Small urban areas 139,897 186,375 Mexico MEX14 Navojoa Small urban areas 139,692 165,580 Mexico MEX76 San Cristóbal de las Casas Small urban areas 130,464 214,215 Mexico MEX11 Delicias Small urban areas 130,339 165,718 Mexico MEX09 Piedras Negras Small urban areas 124,999 165,589 Mexico MEX45 Uriangato Small urban areas 124,874 142,062 Mexico MEX68 Iguala de la Independencia Small urban areas 122,743 148,100 Mexico MEX07 Acuña Small urban areas Total functional urban areas Share of national population in functional urban areas Number of functional urban areas 117,829 160,243 57,600,171 75,879,931 60.4% 63.4% 77 Note: The class type has been computed based on 2010 population data. The population by metropolitan area has been computed based on the last population census. The functional urban areas identified with the methodology described in the book Redefining “urban”: A new way to measure metropolitan areas, OECD Publishing 2012 are here listed by size, according to four classes: Small urban areas, with population between 50,000 and 200,000 Medium-sized urban areas, with population between 200,000 and 500,000 Metropolitan areas, with population between 500,000 and 1.5 million Large metropolitan areas, with population above 1.5 million Version: June 2016