INDIGENOUS IDENTITY  IN THE 2000 MEXICAN CENSUS --

by: John P. Schmal

State

Persons Classified as ÒInd’genaÓ

ÒInd’genaÓ as a % of the State Population

Persons Aged 5 or More Who Speak Indigenous Languages

Total

State

Population

ÒInd’genaÓ Population as a % of the Population of the Mexican Republic

Oaxaca

   1,648,426

47.9%

 1,120,312

 3,438,765

1.7%

Chiapas

   1,117,597

28.5%

    809,592

 3,920,892

1.1%

Veracruz

   1,057,806

15.3%

    633,372

 6,908,975

1.1%

Yucat‡n

      981,064

59.2%

    549,532

 1,658,210

1.0%

Puebla

      957,650

18.9%

    565,509

 5,076,686

1.0%

MŽxico

      939,355

  7.2%

    361,972

13,096,686

1.0%

Hidalgo

     546,834

24.5%

    339,866

 2,235,591

0.6%

Guerrero

     529,780

17.2%

    367,110

 3,079,649

0.5%

San Luis Potos’

     348,551

15.2%

    235,253

 2,299,360

0.4%

Quintana Roo

     343,784

39.3%

    173,592

   874,963

0.4%

Distrito Federal

     339,931

 4.0%

    141,710

 8,605,239

0.4%

Michoac‡n

     199,245

 5.0%

    121,849

 3,985,667

0.3%

Campeche

     185,938

26.9%

      93,765

   690,689

0.2%

Chihuahua

     136,589

 4.5%

      84,086

 3,052,907

0.2%

Tabasco

     130,896

 6.9%

      62,027

1,891,829

0.1%

Sonora

     126,535

 5.7%

      55,694

2,216,969

0.1%

Sinaloa

       87,948

 3.5%

      49,744

2,536,844

0.1%

Baja California

       81,679

 3.3%

      37,685

2,487,367

0.1%

Jalisco

       75,122

 1.2%

      55,414

6,322,002

0.1%

Morelos

       72,435

 4.7%

      30,896

1,555,296

0.1%

Tlaxcala

       71,986

 7.5%

      26,662

   962,646

0.1%

Nayarit

       56,172

 6.1%

      37,206

   920,185

0.1%

QuerŽtaro

       47,420

 3.4%

      25,269

1,404,306

0.1%

Tamaulipas

       41,858

 1.5%

      17,118

2,753,222

0.0%

Durango

       39,545

 2.7%

      24,934

1,448,661

0.0%

Nuevo Le—n

       30,051

 0.8%

      15,446

3,834,141

0.0%

Guanajuato

       26,512

 0.6%

      10,689

4,663,032

0.0%

Baja California Sur

       11,481

 2.7%

        5,353

    424,041

0.0%

Coahuila

        7,454

 0.3%

        3,032

 2,298,070

0.0%

Colima

        6,472

 1.2%

        2,932

     542,627

0.0%

Zacatecas

        4,039

 0.3%

        1,837

  1,353,610

0.0%

Aguascalientes

        3,472

 0.4%

        1,244

     944,285

0.0%

Mexican Republic

10,253,627

10.5%

 6,044,547

97,483,412

10.5%

Instituto Nacional de Estad’stica Geograf’a e Inform‡tica, ÒXII Censo General de Poblaci—n y Vivienda 2000:  S’ntesis de Resultados.Ó

CONAPO, ÒCuadro 1. Poblaci—n Total, Poblaci—n Ind’gena, y Sus Caracter’sticas.Ó

 

 

 

 

 

Racial Makeup of Native-Born Mexicans (from the 1921

Census) © Copyright 2004, John P. Schmal.  All Rights Reserved.

State

Ind’gena Pura*

Ind’gena

Pura (% of

Total State Population)

Ind’gena Mezclada con Blanca**

Percentage

of Ind’gena Mezclada

con Blanca

Total State Population

Ind’gena

Pura (% of "Ind’gena

Pura" of Mexican Republic)

Aguascalientes

17,961

16.70%

71,137

66.12%

107,581

0.43%

Baja California Ð North and South

4,197

6.68%

40,488

64.44%

62,831

0.10%

Campeche

33,176

43.41%

31,675

41.45%

76,419

0.79%

Coahuila

44,779

11.38%

306,433

77.88%

393,480

1.07%

Colima

23,854

26.00%

62,886

68.54%

91,749

0.57%

Chiapas

200,927

47.64%

152,956

36.27%

421,744

4.81%

Chihuahua

51,228

12.76%

201,182

50.09%

401,622

1.23%

District Federal

169,820

18.74%

496,359

54.78%

906,063

4.06%

Durango

33,354

9.90%

300,055

89.10%

336,766

0.80%

Guanajuato

25,458

2.96%

828,724

96.32%

860,364

0.61%

Guerrero

248,526

43.84%

306,361

54.05%

566,836

5.95%

Hidalgo

245,704

39.49%

320,250

51.47%

622,241

5.88%

Jalisco

199,728

16.76%

903,830

75.83%

1,191,957

4.78%

MŽxico

372,703

42.13%

422,001

47.70%

884,617

8.92%

Michoac‡n

196,726

20.93%

663,391

70.58%

939,849

4.71%

Morelos

36,131

34.93%

63,344

61.24%

103,440

0.86%

Nayarit

29,773

18.32%

107,312

66.04%

162,499

0.71%

Nuevo Le—n

17,276

5.14%

253,878

75.47%

336,412

0.41%

Oaxaca

675,119

69.17%

274,752

28.15%

976,005

16.15%

Puebla

560,971

54.73%

403,221

39.34%

1,024,955

13.42%

QuerŽtaro

42,718

19.40%

176,525

80.15%

220,231

1.02%

Quintana Roo

1,434

13.08%

2,950

26.90%

10,966

0.03%

San Luis Potos’

136,365

30.60%

275,812

61.89%

445,681

3.26%

Sinaloa

3,163

0.93%

335,474

98.30%

341,265

0.08%

Sonora

37,914

13.78%

111,089

40.38%

275,127

0.91%

Tabasco

38,929

18.50%

112,941

53.67%

210,437

0.93%

Tamaulipas

39,606

13.80%

198,990

69.36%

286,904

0.95%

Tlaxcala

97,670

54.70%

75,783

42.44%

178,570

2.34%

Veracruz

406,638

35.06%

556,472

47.97%

1,159,935

9.73%

Yucat‡n

155,155

43.31%

121,189

33.83%

358,221

3.71%

Zacatecas

32,422

8.55%

326,615

86.10%

379,329

0.78%

The Mexican Republic

4,179,449

29.16%

8,504,561

59.33%

14,334,780

100.00%

* Ind’gena Pura - Pure Indigenous Origins

** Ind’gena Mezclada con Blanca (Indigenous Mixed with White)

Source: Departamento de la Estad’stica Nacional,

ÒAnnuario de 1930Ó  (Tacubaya, Distrito Federal: 1932).

 

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