The Mexican Federal District is divided into 16 boroughs (delegaciones) for local government and administrative purposes. These do not have regulatory powers, which are mostly centralized in the Federal District government. The head of a borough is called a jefe delegacional in Spanish.
| Borough | Population | People / km² | People and places | Borough Mayor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Álvaro Obregón | 685,327 | 8,877 | Leonel Luna Estrada (PRD) | |
| 02 | Azcapotzalco | 440,558 | 13,230 | Alejandro Carbajal Gonzalez (PRD) | |
| 03 | Benito Juárez | 359,334 | 13,494 | German de la Garza Estrada (PAN) | |
| 04 | Coyoacán | 639,021 | 11,858 | UNAM, Frida Kahlo, Estadio Azteca, Churubusco, | Antonio Heberto Castillo Juarez (PRD) |
| 05 | Cuajimalpa | 151,127 | 1,867 | Remedios Ledesma Garcia (PRD) | |
| 06 | Cuauhtémoc | 515,132 | 15,880 | Zócalo, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Paseo de la Reforma, Tepito, Colonia Condesa, Colonia Roma | Jose Luis Muñoz Soria (PRD) |
| 07 | Gustavo A. Madero | 1,233,922 | 14,245 | Basilica of Guadalupe | Francisco Chiguil Figueroa(PRD) |
| 08 | Iztacalco | 410,717 | 17,935 | Erasto Ensastiga Santiago(PRD) | |
| 09 | Iztapalapa | 1,771,673 | 15,398 | Cerro de la Estrella | Horacio Martinez Mesa(PRD) |
| 10 | Magdalena Contreras | 221,762 | 2,943 | Battle of Padierna (1847) | Héctor Guijosa Mora (PRD) |
| 11 | Miguel Hidalgo | 351,846 | 7,583 | Chapultepec | Gabriela Cuevas Barrón (PAN) |
| 12 | Milpa Alta | 96,744 | 341 | San Pedro Actopan | José Luis Cabrera Padilla (PRD) |
| 13 | Tláhuac | 302,483 | 3,296 | Fátima Mena Ortega (PRD) | |
| 14 | Tlalpan | 580,776 | 1,904 | El Colegio de México, Six Flags México | Eliseo Moyao Morales (PRD) |
| 15 | Venustiano Carranza | 462,089 | 13,827 | Benito Juárez International Airport | Ruth Zavaleta Salgado (PRD) |
| 16 | Xochimilco | 368,798 | 2,946 | Xochimilco Lake | Faustino Soto Ramos (PRD) |
| Total / Average | 8,591,309 | 5,767 | 13 PRD, 2 (1) PAN, 1 PRI (1 independent) |
Mexican post codes beginning with "02" are in Azcapotzalco; those beginning with "14" are in Tlalpan, etc.
The population figures (2000 census) are from demographia.com.