1970-2005 Indigenous Languages in Mexico

A COMPARISON OF MEXICO’S INDIGENOUS-SPEAKING POPULATIONS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2005
Copyright © 2006, by John P. Schmal

Language	2000 Persons 5 years and older who speak language	2000 Percentage of people 5 years and older who speak language	2005 Persons 5 years and older who speak language	2005 Percentage of people 5 years and older who speak language
Aguascalientes	1,244	0.2	2,713	0.3
Baja California	37,685	1.9	33,604	1.4
Baja California, Sur	5,353	1.4	7,095	1.6
Campeche	93,765	15.5	89,084	13.3
Coahuila de Zaragoza	3,032	0.2	5,842	0.3
Colima	2,932	0.6	2,889	0.6
Chiapas	809,592	24.7	957,255	26.1
Chihuahua	84,086	3.2	93,709	3.4
Distrito Federal	141,710	1.8	118,424	1.5
Durango	24,934	2.0	27,792	2.1
Guanajuato	10,689	0.3	10,347	0.2
Guerrero	367,110	13.9	383,427	14.2
Hidalgo	339,866	17.3	320,029	15.5
Jalisco	39,259	0.7	42,372	0.7
México	361,972	3.3	312,319	2.6
Michoacán de Ocampo	121,849	3.5	113,166	3.3
Morelos	30,896	2.3	24,757	1.8
Nayarit	37,206	4.6	41,689	5.0
Nuevo León	15,446	0.5	29,538	0.8
Oaxaca	1,120,312	37.2	1,091,502	35.3
Puebla	565,509	13.1	548,723	11.7
Querétaro Arteaga	25,269	2.1	23,363	1.7
Quintana Roo	173,592	23.1	170,982	19.3
San Luis Potosí	235,253	11.7	234,815	11.1
Sinaloa	49,744	2.2	30,459	1.3
Sonora	55,694	2.9	51,701	2.5
Tabasco	62,027	3.7	52,139	3.0
Tamaulipas	17,118	0.7	20,221	0.8
Tlaxcala	26,662	3.2	23,807	2.5
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	633,372	10.4	605,135	9.5
Yucatán	549,532	37.4	538,355	33.5
Zacatecas	1,837	0.2	3,949	0.3
Mexican Republic	6,044,547	7.2	6,011,202	6.7

Primary Languages	1970	1990	2000	2005	2005 - % of all Indigenous Languages Spoken
Náhuatl	799,394	1,197,328	1,448,936	1,376,026	22.89%
Maya	454,675	713,520	800,291	759,000	12.63%
Mixtec Languages	233,235	386,874	446,236	423,216	7.04%
Zapoteco Languages	283,345	403,457	452,887	410,901	6.84%
Tzeltal	99,412	261,084	284,826	371,730	6.18%
Tzotzil	95,383	229,203	297,561	329,937	5.49%
Otomí	221,062	280,238	291,722	239,850	3.99%
Totonaca	124,840	207,876	240,034	230,930	3.84%
Mazateco	101,541	168,374	214,477	206,559	3.44%
Chol	73,253	128,240	161,766	185,299	3.08%
Huasteco	66,091	120,739	150,257	149,532	2.49%
Chinanteca Languages	54,145	109,100	133,374	125,706	2.09%
Mixe	54,403	95,264	118,924	115,824	1.93%
Tarahumara	25,479	54,431	75,545	75,371	1.25%
Mazahua	104,729	127,826	133,430	111,840	1.86%
Purépecha	60,411	94,835	121,409	105,556	1.76%
Zoque	27,140	43,160	51,464	54,004	0.90%
Amuzgo	13,883	28,228	41,455	43,761	0.73%
Tojolabal	13,303	36,011	37,986	43,169	0.72%
Chatino	11,773	29,006	40,722	42,791	0.71%
Popoluca	27,818	31,254	38,477	36,406	0.61%
Huichol	6,874	19,363	30,686	35,724	0.59%
Mayo	27,848	37,410	31,513	32,702	0.54%
Tepehuano	5,617	18,469	25,544	31,681	0.53%
Cora	6,242	11,923	16,410	17,086	0.28%
Huave	7,442	11,955	14,224	15,993	0.27%
Tlapaneco	30,804	68,483	99,389	98,573	1.64%
Yaqui	7,084	10,984	13,317	14,162	0.24%
Cuicateco	10,192	12,677	13,425	12,610	0.21%
Other Languages	63,997	308,768	179,699	278,685	4.64%
Total Indigenous Speakers in Mexico	3,111,415	5,282,347	6,044,547	6,011,202	100%