La Piedad-Pénjamo: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in La Piedad-Pénjamo: The 2024 Economic Census counted 6,591 business establishments (economic units) in La Piedad-Pénjamo (La Piedad municipality) in 2023, 19th fewest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, against 5,760 in the 2019 census (up 14.4%).
• Health in La Piedad-Pénjamo: 33.6% of residents of La Piedad-Pénjamo (La Piedad municipality) were not affiliated to any public or private health service in the 2020 census, 17th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 26.2%).
• Education in La Piedad-Pénjamo: In the 2020 census 5.0% of residents of La Piedad-Pénjamo (La Piedad municipality) aged 15 and over could not read or write, 22nd highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 4.7%); in 2010 the share was 7.3%.
• Poverty and living standards in La Piedad-Pénjamo: CONEVAL estimated that 35.7% of people in La Piedad-Pénjamo (La Piedad municipality), 36,948 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 51st highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.
• Government budget and revenue in La Piedad-Pénjamo: The municipal government of La Piedad took in MXN 521.01 million in 2024, about MXN 4,893 per resident counted in 2020, 35th lowest of 105 municipal governments among these cities; in 2021 the figure was MXN 362.82 million (current pesos).

Who runs La Piedad-Pénjamo?

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

• Ciudad Acuña 163,058
• San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec 159,452
• Guaymas 156,863
• Túxpan de Rodríguez Cano 154,600
• Iguala de la Independencia 154,173
• Delicias 150,506
• Tepatitlán De Morelos 150,190
• Apatzingán de la Constitución 126,191
• Hidalgo del Parral 116,662
• Tecomán 116,305
• Ciudad Guzmán 115,141
• Juchitán 113,570
• Ocotlán 106,050
• Huauchinango 103,946
• Teziutlán 103,583
• Matehuala 102,199

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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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