Playa del Carmen: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Playa del Carmen: The 2024 Economic Census counted 9,431 business establishments (economic units) in Playa del Carmen (Solidaridad municipality) in 2023, 40th fewest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, against 9,096 in the 2019 census (up 3.7%).
• Health in Playa del Carmen: 27.5% of residents of Playa del Carmen (Solidaridad municipality) were not affiliated to any public or private health service in the 2020 census, 37th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 26.2%).
• Education in Playa del Carmen: In the 2020 census 1.7% of residents of Playa del Carmen (Solidaridad municipality) aged 15 and over could not read or write, 22nd lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 4.7%); in 2010 the share was 2.7%.
• Poverty and living standards in Playa del Carmen: CONEVAL estimated that 37.3% of people in Playa del Carmen (Solidaridad municipality), 114,940 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 45th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.
• Government budget and revenue in Playa del Carmen: The municipal government of Solidaridad took in MXN 4.8 billion in 2024, about MXN 14,421 per resident counted in 2020, the highest of 105 municipal governments among these cities; in 2021 the figure was MXN 2.6 billion (current pesos).

Who runs Playa del Carmen?

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

• Acapulco 775,341
• Victoria de Durango 737,756
• Celaya 716,906
• Tlaxcala 711,653
• Pachuca 682,187
• Irapuato 621,140
• Matamoros 565,230
• Mazatlán 529,815
• Puerto Vallarta 527,482
• Tepic 518,988
• Orizaba 484,061
• Los Mochis 478,199
• Ciudad Obregón 448,137
• Nuevo Laredo 443,115
• Zacatecas-Guadalupe 437,688
• Ensenada 434,706

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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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