States or Territories

Jalisco

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Jalisco." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/jalisco.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Jalisco. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/jalisco

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-jalisco,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Jalisco},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/jalisco},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico. The 2020 census recorded a population of 8,348,151 across an area of 78,588 square kilometers, and its capital is Guadalajara.

Facts

Capital

Guadalajara 1

Population

8,348,151 1

2020 figure from Jalisco's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Area (sq km)

78,588 1

Latitude

20.67639 degrees north 1

Longitude

103.34583 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Guadalajara

guadalajara is associated with jalisco.

Source Guadalajara (Wikipedia)

Mexico

Jalisco is a state of Mexico.

Source Jalisco (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Guadalajara

guadalajara is the capital of jalisco.

Source Guadalajara (Wikipedia)

On Continent

North America

Jalisco is on continent.

Source Jalisco (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Jalisco (Wikipedia)

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Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacan, and Colima.

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