Chihuahua (state)

{{main|Municipalities of Chihuahua}}

{{main|Municipalities of Chihuahua}}

The state has one city with a population exceeding one million: Ciudad Juárez. Ciudad Juárez is ranked eighth most populous city in the country, and Chihuahua City was ranked 16th most populous in Mexico. Chihuahua (along with Baja California) is the only state in Mexico to have two cities ranked in the top 20 most populated. [[El Paso–Juárez|El Paso and Ciudad Juárez]] comprise one of the largest binational metropolitan areas in the world, with a combined population of 2.4&nbsp;million. In fact, Ciudad Juárez is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, in spite of the fact that it is "the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6679334.html |title=Ciudad Juarez passes 2,000 homicides in '09, setting record |website=chron.com |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=April 27, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428154301/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6679334.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> For instance, a few years ago the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas]] published that in Ciudad Juárez "the average annual growth over the 10-year period 1990&ndash;2000 was 5.3 percent. Juárez experienced much higher population growth than the state of Chihuahua and than Mexico as a whole".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasfed.org/research/busfront/bus0102.html |title=Economic Update on el Paso del Norte - Business Frontier - FRB Dallas |access-date=2010-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615115740/http://dallasfed.org/research/busfront/bus0102.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The state has one city with a population exceeding one million: Ciudad Juárez. Ciudad Juárez is ranked eighth most populous city in the country, and Chihuahua City was ranked 16th most populous in Mexico. Chihuahua (along with Baja California) is the only state in Mexico to have two cities ranked in the top 20 most populated. [[El Paso–Juárez|El Paso and Ciudad Juárez]] comprise one of the largest binational metropolitan areas in the world, with a combined population of 2.4&nbsp;million. In fact, Ciudad Juárez is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, in spite of the fact that it is "the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6679334.html |title=Ciudad Juarez passes 2,000 homicides in '09, setting record |website=chron.com |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=April 27, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428154301/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6679334.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> For instance, a few years ago the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas]] published that in Ciudad Juárez "the average annual growth over the 10-year period 1990&ndash;2000 was 5.3 percent. Juárez experienced much higher population growth than the state of Chihuahua and than Mexico as a whole".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasfed.org/research/busfront/bus0102.html |title=Economic Update on el Paso del Norte - Business Frontier - FRB Dallas |access-date=2010-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615115740/http://dallasfed.org/research/busfront/bus0102.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Chihuahua City has one of the highest literacy rates in the country, at 98%; 35% of the population is aged 14 or below, 60% 15-65, and 5% over 65.<ref name="sustainablecities.net">{{cite web |url=http://sustainablecities.net/plusnetwork/plus-cities/chihuahua-mexico |title=Chihuahua, Mexico |access-date=February 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015154635/http://sustainablecities.net/plusnetwork/plus-cities/chihuahua-mexico |archive-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref> The growth rate is 2.4%.<ref name="sustainablecities.net" />

Chihuahua City has one of the highest literacy rates in the country, at 98%; 35% of the population is aged 14 or below, 60% 15–65, and 5% over 65.<ref name="sustainablecities.net">{{cite web |url=http://sustainablecities.net/plusnetwork/plus-cities/chihuahua-mexico |title=Chihuahua, Mexico |access-date=February 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015154635/http://sustainablecities.net/plusnetwork/plus-cities/chihuahua-mexico |archive-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref> The growth rate is 2.4%.<ref name="sustainablecities.net" />

The 76.5%<ref>[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/rutinas/ept.asp?t=mpob00&c=5262 Cuadro resumen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311135722/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/rutinas/ept.asp?t |date=March 11, 2012 }} INEGI</ref> of the population of the state of Chihuahua live in cities which makes the state one of the most urbanized in Mexico.

The 76.5%<ref>[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/rutinas/ept.asp?t=mpob00&c=5262 Cuadro resumen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311135722/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/rutinas/ept.asp?t |date=March 11, 2012 }} INEGI</ref> of the population of the state of Chihuahua live in cities which makes the state one of the most urbanized in Mexico.