On January 25th, 1983, the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI) was created by presidential decree, which integrated the following into its structure:
With its creation, the INEGI modernized the valuable tradition that our country had in terms of collecting, processing and disseminating information about the territory, population and economy. It brought together in a single institution, the responsibility of generating statistical and geographical information.
Since 1985, the Institute has decentralized to locate its headquarters in the city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.