State of Mexico
Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a state of Mexico. It covers about 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²), the 26th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Djibouti. About 2.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 21,300 km²8,230 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 20,800 km²Wikidata · 2.3% below our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.1%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 26th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 134 people per km² |
| Capital | Pachuca |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 21°N |
| Type | StateMX-HID |
What the numbers say about Hidalgo
- Hidalgo covers 1.1% of the area of Mexico and ranks 17th of 32 by population, against 26th by area.
- It would take 91.9 states the size of Hidalgo to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 11.6× the size of Hidalgo; the smallest, Mexico City, is 6.5% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: State of Mexico (21,800 km², 1.02×) and Tabasco (24,100 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Hidalgo would be larger than 87 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 153rd by area, between Djibouti (21,800 km²) and El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- With 2.9 million people it would rank 139th of 238 by population.
- Hidalgo has 134 people per km², about the density of Denmark, which has 136 per km².
- That makes Hidalgo the 9th most densely populated of the 32 states, 2.18× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Hidalgo lies at 20°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Hidalgo stretches about 202 km north to south and 192 km east to west.
- Our measured 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.31× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet78% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMassachusetts1.01× · 21,200 km²PeopleKansas0.97× · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMizoram1.00× · 21,200 km²PeopleManipur1.00× · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaHesse1.01× · 21,000 km²PeopleSchleswig-Holstein0.97× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany78% · 27,300 km²PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.02× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaEmilia-Romagna0.95× · 22,500 km²PeopleTuscany77% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community0.92× · 23,300 km²PeopleGalicia1.06× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.38× · 15,500 km²PeopleIbaraki1.00× · 2.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe0.99× · 21,600 km²PeopleFederal District1.01× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleAlberta67% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia0.95× · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaNakhon Ratchasima1.03× · 20,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.09× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Hidalgo sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Hidalgo
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2015. Mexico’s units share the 2015 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12