As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 51,359,[2] up from 48,476 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 396.1km2.
As of 2010, the city of Huixtla had a population of 32,033.[2] Other than the city of Huixtla, the municipality had 250 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Francisco I. Madero (1,804), Colonia Obrera (1,427), Cantón Rancho Nuevo (1,123), and Cantón las Delicias (1,062), classified as rural.[2]
↑"Huixtla". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.