Indigenous Nations of Mexico

The majority of the indigenous population is concentrated in the central and southern states.
According to the CDI, the states with the greatest percentage of indigenous population as of 2015 are:

Oaxaca, 65.73%
Yucatán, 65.40%
Campeche, 44.54%
Quintana Roo, 44.44%
Hidalgo, 36.21%
Chiapas, 36.15%
Puebla, 35.28%
Guerrero, 33.92%
Veracruz, 29.25%
Morelos, 28.11%
Michoacán, 27.69%
Tabasco, 25.77%
Tlaxcala, 25.24%
San Luis Potosí, 23.20%
Nayarit, 22.18%
Colima, 20.43%
Querétaro, 19.17%
Sonora, 17.83%
State of Mexico, 17.00%
Baja California Sur, 14.47%
Sinaloa, 12.83%
Aguascalientes, 11.69%
Chihuahua, 11.28%
Jalisco, 11.12%
Guanajuato, 9.13%
Distrito Federal, 8.80%
Baja California, 8.54%
Durango, 7.94%
Zacatecas, 7.61%
Coahuila, 6.93%
Nuevo León, 6.88%
Tamaulipas, 6.30%

The five states with the largest indigenous-language-speaking populations are:

Oaxaca, with 1,165,186 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 34.2% of the state's population.
Chiapas, with 1,141,499 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 27.2% of the state's population.
Veracruz, with 644,559 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 9.4% the state's population.
Puebla, with 601,680 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 11.7% of the state's population.
Yucatán, with 537,516 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 30.3% of the state's population.

Languages	Number of speakers
Náhuatl	2,563,000
Maya	1,490,000
Zapoteco or Diidzaj	785,000
Mixteco or ñuu savi	764,000
Otomí or ñahñu	566,000
Tzeltal or k'op	547,000
Tzotzil or batzil k'op	514,000
Totonaca or tachihuiin	410,000
Mazateco or ha shuta enima	339,000
Chol	274,000
Mazahua or jñatio	254,000
Huasteco or tének	247,000
Chinanteco or tsa jujmi	224,000
Purépecha or tarasco	204,000
Mixe or ayook	188,000
Tlapaneco or mepha	146,000
Tarahumara or rarámuri	122,000
Zoque u o'de püt	88,000
Mayo or yoreme	78,000
Tojolabal or tojolwinik otik	74,000
Chontal de Tabasco or yokot'an	72,000
Popoluca	69,000
Chatino or cha'cña	66,000
Amuzgo or tzañcue	63,000
Huichol or wirrárica	55,000
Tepehuán u o'dam	44,000
Triqui or driki	36,000
Popoloca	28,000
Cora or naayeri	27,000
Kanjobal	27,000
Yaqui or yoreme	25,000
Cuicateco or nduudu yu	24,000
Mame or qyool	24,000
Huave or mero ikooc	23,000
Tepehua or hamasipini	17,000
Pame or xigüe	14,000
Chontal de Oaxaca or slijuala xanuk	13,000
Chuj	3,900
Chichimeca jonaz or uza	3,100
Guarijío or varojío	3,000
Matlatzinca or botuná	1,800
Kekchí	1,700
Chocholteca or chocho	1,600
Pima u otam	1,600
Jacalteco or abxubal	1,300
Ocuilteco or tlahuica	1,100
Seri or konkaak	910
Quiché	640
Ixcateco	620
Cakchiquel	610
Kikapú or kikapoa	580
Motozintleco or mochó	500
Paipai or akwa'ala	410
Kumiai or kamia	360
Ixil	310
Pápago or tono ooh'tam	270
Cucapá	260
Cochimí	240
Lacandón or hach t'an	130
Kiliwa or k'olew	80
Aguacateco	60
Teco	50

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