Guadalajara metropolitan area

Guadalajara metropolitan area
Guadalajara metropolitan area
	Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá - Tlajomulco
Country	Mexico
State	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)
• 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
• Per capita	$22,800

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]

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 2015^[4]	Population Census 2020^[5]	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km² (2020)
1	Guadalajara	1,460,148	1,385,629	150.36	9,215.4
2	Zapopan	1,332,272	1,476,491	1,017.24	1,451.46
3	Tlaquepaque	664,193	687,720	118.60	5,978.65
4	Tonalá	536,111	569,913	156.5	3,641.61
5	Tlajomulco de Zúñiga	549,552	727,750	682.5	1,066.3
6	El Salto	183,437	232,852	92.39	2,520.31
7	Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos	53,045	67,969	184.32	368.75
8	Juanacatlán	17,955	30,855	141.22	218.48
Total GMA		4,796,603	5,268,642	2,543.13	2,071.71