What is the social lag index of Querétaro?

CONEVAL's 2020 Social Lag Index rated Querétaro "very low" in social lag, ranking it 2,402nd of 2,469 municipalities (1st = most lagging); 0.5% of homes had no drainage and 0.9% no piped public water (national: 4.3% and 3.5%).

Poverty and living standards in Querétaro, Mexico: official figures

CONEVAL estimated that 24.7% of people in Querétaro, 229,433 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 21st lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.

People in poverty (CONEVAL)

24.7%

2020

How has poverty in Querétaro changed since 2010?

The poverty rate in Querétaro was 28.3% in 2010 and 23.0% in 2015, so by 2020 it was down 3.6 points on 2010 (all municipalities combined: 46.1% in 2010).

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How many people live in extreme poverty in Querétaro?

2.2% of people in Querétaro, 20,789 in all, lived in extreme poverty in 2020, 27th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 9.0%); a further 22.4% were in moderate poverty.

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How many people in Querétaro have incomes below the poverty line?

In 2020, 34.4% of people in Querétaro had an income below CONEVAL's poverty line, 18th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, and 9.3% were below the extreme poverty (food basket) line; the shares for all municipalities combined were 52.2% and 20.3%.

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How many people in Querétaro lack access to food?

13.7% of people in Querétaro lacked access to adequate food in 2020, 26th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 20.8%).

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How many people in Querétaro are vulnerable to poverty?

35.9% of people in Querétaro were neither poor nor vulnerable in 2020, 20th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; 29.7% were vulnerable because of a social deprivation and 9.7% because of low income (all municipalities combined: 21.5% neither poor nor vulnerable).

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How many people in Querétaro lack basic housing services?

In 2020, 4.3% of people in Querétaro lived in housing lacking adequate quality or space and 2.7% lacked basic services at home (all municipalities combined: 9.4% and 18.0%).

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How many homes in Querétaro lack a toilet?

In 2020, 0.8% of homes in Querétaro had no toilet, 1.3% had dirt floors and 5.1% had no refrigerator (national: 1.9%, 3.5% and 12.4%).

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How Querétaro compares with other cities in Mexico

People in poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Querétaro ranks 87 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in poverty (CONEVAL)
84	Guadalajara	24.8%
85	Manzanillo	24.7%
86	Cuauhtemoc	24.7%
87	Querétaro	24.7%
88	Juárez	23.7%
89	Tijuana	23.7%
90	Aguascalientes	23.7%

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People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Querétaro ranks 81 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL)
78	Ciudad Guzmán	2.3%
79	Pachuca	2.3%
80	Hidalgo del Parral	2.3%
81	Querétaro	2.2%
82	Colima-Villa de Álvarez	2.2%
83	Tepatitlán De Morelos	2.2%
84	Juárez	2.2%

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Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL) (2020)

Querétaro ranks 90 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL)
87	Morelia	34.7%
88	Ciudad Acuña	34.7%
89	Zacatecas-Guadalupe	34.6%
90	Querétaro	34.4%
91	Aguascalientes	33.7%
92	Manzanillo	32.8%
93	Piedras Negras	32.6%

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Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL) (2020)

Querétaro ranks 82 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL)
79	Piedras Negras	14.4%
80	Zacatecas-Guadalupe	14.1%
81	Heroica Nogales	14.1%
82	Querétaro	13.7%
83	Tijuana	13.6%
84	Ciudad Guzmán	13.5%
85	Nuevo Laredo	13.1%

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Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL) (2020)

Querétaro ranks 20 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL)
17	Guadalajara	36.5%
18	Mexicali	36.2%
19	La Laguna	35.9%
20	Querétaro	35.9%
21	Reynosa-Río Bravo	35.7%
22	Culiacán Rosales	35.7%
23	Ciudad Guzmán	35.1%

Source: Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL) · saved copy

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Sources

Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Índice de Rezago Social 2000-2020 by state and municipality: total population and census indicators of schooling, health coverage and housing (from the 2010 and 2020 Population and Housing Censuses and the 2015 Intercensal Survey), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9191f6c16ec2…)
Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Poverty measurement by municipality 2010-2020: concentrated poverty indicators (Concentrado_indicadores_de_pobreza_2020.xlsx), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 644d19a9ff6d…)

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