Table 1. Indigenous groups inhabiting the tropical rain forest areas of Mexico their population size in 1980 and 1990 and the number of municipalities in which they live. Source: authors’ survey of the National Population Census of 1980 and 1990.
|
| Ethnic Group |
Municipalities |
Pop. 1980 |
Pop. 1990 |
|
| Chatino |
5 |
2 150 |
4 069 |
| Chinanteco |
48 |
60 264 |
78 100 |
| Chol |
26 |
82 743 |
100 509 |
| Chontal
of Oaxaca |
8 |
569 |
787 |
| Chontal
of Tabasco |
15 |
38 044 |
28 169 |
| Huasteco |
24 |
54 389 |
49 684 |
| Huave |
4 |
364 |
73 |
| Mame |
18 |
979 |
5 924 |
| Maya |
37 |
90 822 |
118 329 |
| Mazateco |
30 |
44 164 |
68 301 |
| Mixe |
24 |
28 320 |
38 826 |
| Mixteco |
55 |
873 |
3 902 |
| Nahuatl |
180 |
575 790 |
550 180 |
| Otomi |
58 |
19 178 |
33 369 |
| Popoluca |
18 |
25 974 |
28 562 |
| Tepehua |
9 |
5 609 |
7 626 |
| Tojolabal |
3 |
9 864 |
14 183 |
| Totonaco |
84 |
183 930 |
180 545 |
| Tzeltal |
39 |
74 249 |
91 077 |
| Tzotzil |
36 |
4 046 |
17 429 |
| Zapoteco |
119 |
74 437 |
49 842 |
| Zoque |
30 |
17 456 |
21 195 |
| Others |
|
0 |
79 248 |
| Total |
324 |
1 394 214 |
1 562 929 |
|