Guadalajara metropolitan area
Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá - Tlajomulco
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Largest cityGuadalajara
Other cities
Area
 • Total2,543.13 km2 (981.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,870 m (6,131.14 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,050 m (3,442.6 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1][2]
 • Total5,268,642
 • Density2,071.71/km2 (5,365.7/sq mi)

The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara)[2] 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.[2]

Population

In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.[3]

No.MunicipalityPopulation
Census 2015[3]		Population
Census 2020[4]		Area in
km2		Inhabitants
per km2 (2020)
Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI
1 Guadalajara 1,460,148 1,385,629 150.36 9,215.4
2 Zapopan 1,332,272 1,476,491 1,017.24 1,451.46
3 Tlaquepaque 664,193 687,720 118.60 5,978.65
4 Tonalá 536,111 569,913 156.5 3,641.61
5 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 549,552 727,750 682.5 1,066.3
6 El Salto 183,437 232,852 92.39 2,520.31
7 Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos 53,045 67,969 184.32 368.75
8 Juanacatlán 17,955 30,855 141.22 218.48
Total GMA 4,796,603 5,268,642 2,543.13 2,071.71
Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005)[2]
Data Year
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Total population of the GMA 3,003,868 3,482,417 3,699,136 4,095,853 4,434,878
Average annual growth rate 2,7% 1,4% 29,7% 1,7% 1,55%

References

  1. ↑ Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Proyecciones de la Población de México 2005-2050 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005 Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  3. 1 2 http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares
  4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web).
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