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==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|1995 |  336,632
|2000 | 390,590
|2005 | 413,136
|2010 | 457,928
|2015 | 480,841
|2020 | 488,531
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}}

With a population of 443,063 inhabitants in Xalapa City and 488,531 inhabitants in the municipality as 2020, Xalapa is the second biggest city and municipality in terms of population in Veracruz.<ref name="CENSOXALAPA2020"/> There are 63 localities, 6 classified as urban and 57 classified as rural, besides Xalapa-Enríquez, other localities includes Santa Bárbara (13,783 hab.), El Castillo (6,957 hab.), Lomas Verdes (6,502 hab.) and Las Fuentes (3,614 hab.).<ref name="CENSOXALAPA2020"/> 6,542 are classified as living in indigenous homes, 2,673 of which speak an indigenous language.<ref name="CENSOXALAPA2020"/>

Xalapa is the core of a metropolitan area, which together with the municipalities of [[Banderilla, Veracruz|Banderilla]], [[Coatepec, Veracruz|Coatepec]], [[Coacoatzintla]], [[Emiliano Zapata, Veracruz|Emiliano Zapata]], [[Jilotepec, Veracruz|Jilotepec]], [[Rafael Lucio]], [[Tlalnelhuayocan]] and [[Xico, Veracruz|Xico]] had a population of 789,157 inhabitants as 2020, the second biggest metro area in the state after [[Veracruz city|Veracruz]].