Localities distribution given its population As part of the final results of the Population and Housing Census 2010, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported the distribution of localities given its population. In Mexico there are 192,244 localities of which 99.67% have less than 15,000 inhabitants. 40.1% of the national population lives in 75 localities with "250,000 or more people" (0.04% of all localities). * Including a national population estimate of 1,344,585 people, corresponding to 448,195 households whithout occupant's information. ** Towns and population by locality size. INEGI. Census of Population and Housing 2010: Basic Survey Tabulations.