Zacatecas-Guadalupe: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Zacatecas-Guadalupe: The 2024 Economic Census counted 8,051 business establishments (economic units) in Zacatecas-Guadalupe (Zacatecas municipality) in 2023, 31st fewest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, against 7,641 in the 2019 census (up 5.4%).
• Health in Zacatecas-Guadalupe: 16.9% of residents of Zacatecas-Guadalupe (Zacatecas municipality) were not affiliated to any public or private health service in the 2020 census, 18th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 26.2%).
• Education in Zacatecas-Guadalupe: In the 2020 census 1.4% of residents of Zacatecas-Guadalupe (Zacatecas municipality) aged 15 and over could not read or write, 12th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (national: 4.7%); in 2010 the share was 2.1%.
• Poverty and living standards in Zacatecas-Guadalupe: CONEVAL estimated that 23.4% of people in Zacatecas-Guadalupe (Zacatecas municipality), 35,054 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 16th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.
• Government budget and revenue in Zacatecas-Guadalupe: The municipal government of Zacatecas took in MXN 982.76 million in 2024, about MXN 6,569 per resident counted in 2020, 26th highest of 105 municipal governments among these cities; in 2021 the figure was MXN 611.66 million (current pesos).

Who runs Zacatecas-Guadalupe?

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

• 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
• Playa del Carmen 452,030
• Ciudad Obregón 448,137
• Nuevo Laredo 443,115
• Ensenada 434,706
• Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez 417,021
• Los Cabos 411,435
• Monclova-Frontera 389,516

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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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