This is a list of the 32 federal entities (31 states and Mexico City) of Mexico by poverty rate in 2012.

Methodology[edit]

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

Mexican states[edit]

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	Mexico City	28.9%	28.5%
31	Coahuila	27.9%	27.8%
32	Nuevo León	23.2%	21.0%

See also[edit]

• 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[edit]