Population
Tlaxcala is the smallest and one of the most densely populated of the states of Mexico. The state comprises only 0.2% of the nation’s territory but it is home to over 1,068,207 people (2005 census). Population density ranges from 269 people/km2 in the city of Tlaxcala to 50 people/km2 in the rural municipality of Atlangatepec. The largest population centers are Tlaxcala, Huamantla, Apizaco, San Pablo del Monte and Chiautempan, whose 361, 328 inhabitants represent over 33% of the state’s population, but the largest population increases are occurring in the municipalities of Tzompamtepec, Yauhquemecan and Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla. Of Tlaxcala’s 60 municipalities, ten have a poverty index rating of “very low,” twenty-nine have a rating of “low,” seventeen have a ranking of “medium” and only four have a ranking of “high.”
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