List of Mexican states by poverty rate

This is a list of 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico by poverty rate in 2012.

People living in poverty under the Mexican poverty definition, 2012.

Methodology

This list includes both moderate poverty and extreme poverty rates. Percentages appear very high as a result.

Mexican states

Rank	State	Poverty Rate (2012) [1]	Poverty Rate (2010) [2]
1	Chiapas	74.7%	78.5%
2	Guerrero	69.7%	67.6%
3	Puebla	64.5%	61.5%
4	Oaxaca	61.9%	67.0%
5	Tlaxcala	57.9%	60.3%
6	Michoacán	54.4%	54.7%
7	Zacatecas	54.2%	60.2%
8	Hidalgo	52.8%	54.7%
9	Veracruz	52.6%	57.6%
10	San Luis Potosí	50.5%	52.4%
11	Durango	50.1%	51.6%
12	Tabasco	49.7%	57.1%
13	Yucatán	48.9%	48.3%
14	Nayarit	47.6%	41.4%
-	Mexico	45.5%	46.1%
15	Morelos	45.5%	43.2%
16	México	45.3%	42.9%
17	Campeche	44.7%	50.5%
18	Guanajuato	44.5%	48.5%
19	Jalisco	39.8%	37.0%
20	Quintana Roo	38.8%	34.6%
21	Tamaulipas	38.4%	39.0%
22	Aguascalientes	37.8%	38.1%
23	Querétaro	36.9%	41.4%
24	Sinaloa	36.3%	36.7%
25	Chihuahua	35.3%	38.8%
26	Colima	34.4%	34.7%
27	Baja California Sur	31.0%	31.0%
28	Baja California	30.2%	31.5%
29	Sonora	29.1%	33.1%
30	Federal District	28.9%	28.5%
31	Coahuila	27.9%	27.8%
32	Nuevo León	23.2%	21.0%

See also

• Poverty in Mexico

General:

• States of Mexico
• Geography of Mexico
• List of Mexican states by area
• List of Mexican states by population
• List of Mexican states by population growth rate
• List of Mexican states by fertility rate
• Ranked list of Mexican states

References

1. "Coneval". Retrieved July 31, 2013.
2. "INEGI" (PDF). Retrieved February 20, 2013.