▁and ▁Ver ac ru z — with ▁ 6 . 5 % ▁of ▁Mexico ' s ▁total ▁population . ▁Over ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁population ▁lives ▁in ▁the ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁met ro ▁area . ▁Of ▁the ▁over ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁state , ▁over ▁ 8 , 7 0 0 ▁have ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁under ▁fifty . ▁ 8 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁lives ▁in ▁urban ▁cent ers ▁compared ▁to ▁ 7 8 % ▁nation ally . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁children ▁per ▁woman ▁has ▁dropped ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁from ▁a ▁high ▁of ▁ 6 . 8 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁the ▁total ▁population ▁has ▁grown ▁from ▁ 5 , 9 9 1 , 1 7 5 ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁number . ▁One ▁important ▁factor ▁in ▁population ▁growth ▁is ▁migration ▁into ▁the ▁state . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁over ▁ 2 2 % ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁population ▁was ▁born ▁somewhere ▁else . ▁About ▁three ▁qu arters ▁of ▁these ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁Gre ater ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁area . ▁Most ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁migr ate ▁into ▁the ▁state ▁are ▁either ▁from ▁Mich o ac án , ▁Mexico ▁City , ▁State ▁of ▁Mexico , ▁S inal oa , ▁or ▁B aja ▁California . ▁ ▁The ▁state ▁ranks ▁third ▁in ▁so cio e conom ic ▁factors . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were