As of 2023, 14 of the 32 Mexican federal entities (31 states and the capital, Mexico City) have had a female state governor. Mexico's first female state governor was Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León,^[1] who was elected chief executive of the state of Colima for the 1979–85 period. Others have followed since:

• Aguascalientes: Governor of Aguascalientes
  • María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel, PAN, 1 October 2022 – present

• Baja California: Governor of Baja California
  • Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, MORENA, 1 November 2021 – present
• Campeche: Governor of Campeche
  • Layda Sansores, MORENA, 15 September 2021 – present
• Chihuahua: Governor of Chihuahua
  • María Eugenia Campos Galván, PAN, 8 September 2021 – present
• Colima: Governor of Colima
  • Griselda Álvarez, PRI, 1 November 1979 – 31 October 1985
  • Indira Vizcaíno Silva, MORENA, 1 November 2021 – present

• Guerrero: Governor of Guerrero
  • Evelyn Salgado Pineda, MORENA, 15 October 2021 – present

• Mexico, State of: Governor of the State of Mexico
  • Delfina Gómez Álvarez, MORENA, 16 September 2023 – present

• Mexico City: Head of Government of Mexico City
  • Rosario Robles Berlanga, PRD, 30 September 1999 – 4 December 2000 (interim/unelected)
  • Claudia Sheinbaum, MORENA, 5 December 2018 – 16 June 2023

• Puebla: Governor of Puebla
  • Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, PAN, 14 December 2018 – 24 December 2018 (died in office)
• Sonora: Governor of Sonora
  • Claudia Pavlovich, PRI, 13 September 2015 – 12 September 2021

• Tlaxcala: Governor of Tlaxcala
  • Beatriz Paredes Rangel, PRI, 15 January 1987 – 11 April 1992
  • Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros, MORENA, 31 August 2021 – present

• Quintana Roo: Governor of Quintana Roo
  • Mara Lezama Espinosa, MORENA, 25 September 2022 – present

• Yucatán: Governor of Yucatán
  • Dulce María Sauri Riancho, PRI, 14 February 1991 – 1 December 1994 (interim/unelected)
  • Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, PRI, 1 August 2007 – 30 September 2012

• Zacatecas: Governor of Zacatecas
  • Amalia García Medina, PRD, 12 September 2004–11 September 2010

• States of Mexico
• List of Mexican state governors