Nuevo Leon: population, economy, jobs and household income

Nuevo Leon is a state of Mexico, number 7 of 32 by population. CONAPO, the National Population Council, projects the population of Nuevo Leon at 6,516,202 in mid-2026, 4.8% of Mexico's 134,407,258 and 7th largest of 32 federal entities. That is up 1.61% on the mid-2025 figure of 6,413,123 (4th fastest growth of 32; Mexico up 0.78%).

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Nuevo Leon: The gross domestic product of Nuevo Leon was 2.70 trillion pesos in 2024 at current prices, according to INEGI, 8.1% of Mexico's 33.58 trillion pesos and 3rd largest of 32 federal entities. In current pesos it was up 7.8% on 2023.
• Health in Nuevo Leon: 15.8% of the people of Nuevo Leon lacked access to health services in 2024, about 969,787 people (the lowest of 32; Mexico 34.2%). The share was 13.0% in 2018 and 22.8% in 2022.
• Education in Nuevo Leon: People aged 15 and over in Nuevo Leon had completed 11.28 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.74 at the 2020 census and 8.84 in 2000.
• Poverty and living standards in Nuevo Leon: In 2024, 10.6% of the people of Nuevo Leon were in multidimensional poverty, about 648,457 people (3rd lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.5 percentage points from 2022 and down 8.8 percentage points from 2018.
• Government budget and revenue in Nuevo Leon: The Nuevo Leon state government spent 195.3 billion pesos in 2025 according to INEGI's preliminary state public finance statistics, 30,458 pesos per resident, 7th highest of 32 (all 32 governments combined: 24,691 pesos). Spending was up 26.0% on 2024 and up 77.6% on 2018, before adjusting for inflation.

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Other states of Mexico

• State of Mexico 17,822,420
• Mexico City 9,159,966
• Jalisco 8,982,027
• Veracruz 8,111,813
• Puebla 7,149,139
• Guanajuato 6,590,749
• Chiapas 6,185,469
• Michoacan 5,089,383
• Oaxaca 4,368,997
• Baja California 4,189,285
• Chihuahua 4,087,306
• Tamaulipas 3,777,472
• Guerrero 3,606,296
• Coahuila 3,440,385
• Hidalgo 3,334,060
• Sinaloa 3,208,039
• Sonora 3,168,624
• San Luis Potosi 3,002,651
• Queretaro 2,700,978
• Yucatan 2,542,536
• Tabasco 2,472,668
• Quintana Roo 2,141,082
• Morelos 2,067,472
• Durango 1,939,482
• Zacatecas 1,726,898
• Aguascalientes 1,567,559
• Tlaxcala 1,464,515
• Nayarit 1,338,499
• Campeche 962,014
• Baja California Sur 921,734
• Colima 771,538

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