Mexico's Indigenous Population from 2000-2010

Indigenous Mexican Population Statistics (2000-2010)

To understand these statistics in the context that it's in, you'll need to first understand what "indigenous" means by Mexican standards. "Indigenous People" of Mexico are understood to be those people who speak an indigenous language, as-well as those of whom who self identify as being of an indigenous culture/ethnic group. If we took into account the people who possessed full or partial indigenous biological ancestry, we'd find that over 90% of Mexicans are indigenous in that context. An overwhelming majority of Mexicans are Mestizo, meaning that they are of Amerindian (Indigenous) and European (mostly Spanish) descant. A significant population of Mexico is of pure Amerindian descant. Many Amerindian people were largely isolated up until the 20th century, thus many of these  people maintained their own distinct cultures, languages, and identities, as opposed to their largely homogeneous Mestizo cohorts. Due to the Mexican definition of "indigenous", one must also take into account that Mestizos, or even people without indigenous biological ancestry can be considered indigenous just by speaking an indigenous language, or self identifying with a distinct indigenous culture. Likewise, a Mexican whom is of purely indigenous ancestry may be considered "Mestizo" by either not identifying with an indigenous ethnic group or not speaking an indigenous language.

In 2000 the population of the Mexico was 97,464,688. Of those people, 10,185,060 were considered indigenous, which equated to 10.45% of the total population. Furthermore, 6,011,821 people spoke an indigenous language, which equated to  7.1% of the total population.

Indigenous Population of Mexico 2000

In 2010 the population of Mexico was 112,468,855. In this census however, only those who were 3 years of age and older were asked to specify if whether or not they were indigenous. 105,369,127 people in Mexico were 3 years of age or above at the time of the census. Out of that population, 15,700,000 people were identified as indigenous, equating to 14.9% of the population. Furthermore, 6,695,228 people spoke an indigenous language, which equated to 6.7% of the population.
Indigenous Population of Mexico 2010

Mexican States by Percentage Indigenous Population (2000 Census):

Mexican States by Percentage Indigenous Population (2010 Census):

Mexican States by Indigenous Population (2000)

Mexican States by Indigenous Population (2010)

From 2000 to 2010 the indigenous population grew by over 5 million. In the same time span, the number of indigenous language speakers increased by over 600,000.