Guadalajara metropolitan area

The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara)^[2] is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It includes the core municipality of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán.^[2]

Guadalajara metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara (Spanish)
Skyline of Puerta de Hierro Guadalajara metropolitan area in Mexico
Interactive map of the Guadalajara metropolitan area   Central Cities / Municipios Centrales   Outer Municipalities / Municipios Exteriores
Country	Mexico
State(s)	Jalisco
Largest city	Guadalajara
Other cities	- Zapopan  - Tlaquepaque  - Tonalá  - El Salto  - Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Area
• Total	2,543.13 km2 (981.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,870 m (6,131.14 ft)
Lowest elevation	1,050 m (3,442.6 ft)
Population  (2020)[1][2]
• Total	5,268,642
• Density	2,071.71/km2 (5,365.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$123.8 billion[3]
• Per capita	$22,800
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)

Population

In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.^[4]

Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI

No.	Municipality	Population Census 2020[5]	Population Census 2015[4]	Area in km2	Inhabitants per km2 (2020)
1	Zapopan	1,476,491	1,332,272	1,017.24	1,451.46
2	Guadalajara	1,385,629	1,460,148	150.36	9,215.4
3	Tlaquepaque	687,720	664,193	118.60	5,978.65
4	Tonalá	569,913	536,111	156.5	3,641.61
5	Tlajomulco de Zúñiga	727,750	549,552	682.5	1,066.3
6	El Salto	232,852	183,437	92.39	2,520.31
7	Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos	67,969	53,045	184.32	368.75
8	Juanacatlán	30,855	17,955	141.22	218.48
Total GMA		5,268,642	4,796,603	2,543.13	2,071.71

Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005)^[2]

Data	Year
	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Total population of the GMA	3,003,868	3,482,417	3,699,136	4,095,853	4,434,878
Average annual growth rate	2,7%	1,4%		1,7%	1,55%

See also

• Metropolitan Areas of Mexico