Colima-Villa de Álvarez: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Colima-Villa de Álvarez: The 2024 Economic Census counted 10,424 business establishments (economic units) in Colima-Villa de Álvarez (Colima municipality) in 2023, 46th fewest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, against 10,195 in the 2019 census (up 2.2%).
• Health in Colima-Villa de Álvarez: 17.8% of residents of Colima-Villa de Álvarez (Colima municipality) were not affiliated to any public or private health service in the 2020 census, 22nd lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 26.2%).
• Education in Colima-Villa de Álvarez: In the 2020 census 2.4% of residents of Colima-Villa de Álvarez (Colima municipality) aged 15 and over could not read or write, 47th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 4.7%); in 2010 the share was 3.3%.
• Poverty and living standards in Colima-Villa de Álvarez: CONEVAL estimated that 25.0% of people in Colima-Villa de Álvarez (Colima municipality), 42,243 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 25th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.
• Government budget and revenue in Colima-Villa de Álvarez: The municipal government of Colima took in MXN 971.88 million in 2024, about MXN 6,188 per resident counted in 2020, 34th highest of 105 municipal governments among these cities; in 2021 the figure was MXN 792.34 million (current pesos).

Who runs Colima-Villa de Álvarez?

In Mexico, cities and towns are run by states: Governor (head of government in Mexico City) elected for one six-year term; single-chamber state congress. Own constitutions, courts and laws; police, education and health shared with the federation.

How local power works in Mexico

Cities of a similar size in Mexico

• Zacatecas-Guadalupe 437,688
• Ensenada 434,706
• Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez 417,021
• Los Cabos 411,435
• Monclova-Frontera 389,516
• Tehuacán 385,967
• Cuautla 375,353
• Uruapan 375,306
• Ciudad Victoria 361,737
• Coatzacoalcos 359,274
• Chilpacingo de los Bravo 358,701
• Córdoba 349,129
• Poza Rica 339,591
• San Martín Texmelucan 339,409
• Minatitlán 322,253
• La Paz 310,603

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Sources

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI): Censos Económicos 2024 and 2019 (reference years 2023 and 2018), SAIC query: economic units, persons employed, pay, gross output, value added and investment by municipality (request body saved as saic-ce2024-totals-2018-2023.request.json), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 47e3a4e8a9f4…)
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI): Censos Económicos 2024 (reference year 2023), SAIC query: economic units and persons employed in manufacturing, retail, education services, health services and accommodation and food by municipality (request body saved as saic-ce2024-sectors-2023.request.json), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fea3ec2053c9…)
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI): Estadística de Finanzas Públicas Estatales y Municipales (EFIPEM): municipal revenue and spending 2021-2025, tabulado interactivo EFIPEM_2 (request body saved as efipem-2-municipal-2021-2025.request.json; 2025 preliminary), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 aacb09030136…)
• Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Índice de Rezago Social 2000-2020 by state and municipality: total population and census indicators of schooling, health coverage and housing (from the 2010 and 2020 Population and Housing Censuses and the 2015 Intercensal Survey), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9191f6c16ec2…)
• Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Poverty measurement by municipality 2010-2020: concentrated poverty indicators (Concentrado_indicadores_de_pobreza_2020.xlsx), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 644d19a9ff6d…)

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