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The Querétaro metropolitan area comprises the municipalities of Querétaro, Corregidora, El Marqués and Huimilpan with a total population in 2005 of 950, 828 and 2051 square kilometers.

According to data from the National Population Council, Querétaro is the 11th largest metro area in Mexico, as well as the 128th largest in the Americas.

The metropolitan area of Querétaro has seen a population growth of between 3. 65 and 5. 54 percent per year since the second half of the 1990s, which makes it the fifth fastest-growing in the country behind Cancún, Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo.

The population of the metro area in 2005 was 738, 921, with 58 % living outside of Querétaro city proper.

The municipality of Corregidora has the highest rate of population growth in the state at 5. 54 %.

Most of the population growth is due to migration with people coming here from Mexico City, Mexico State and Guanajuato.

It is estimated that in 2005, 10, 465 people migrated to the metropolitan area.