What is the social lag index of Tepic?

CONEVAL's 2020 Social Lag Index rated Tepic "very low" in social lag, ranking it 2,382nd of 2,469 municipalities (1st = most lagging); 0.7% of homes had no drainage and 0.9% no piped public water (national: 4.3% and 3.5%).

Poverty and living standards in Tepic, Mexico: official figures

CONEVAL estimated that 21.6% of people in Tepic, 104,552 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 9th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.

People in poverty (CONEVAL)

21.6%

2020

How has poverty in Tepic changed since 2010?

The poverty rate in Tepic was 25.3% in 2010 and 24.2% 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 Tepic?

0.8% of people in Tepic, 3,795 in all, lived in extreme poverty in 2020, the lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 9.0%); a further 20.8% were in moderate poverty.

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

In 2020, 29.3% of people in Tepic had an income below CONEVAL's poverty line, 7th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, and 6.6% 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 Tepic lack access to food?

17.2% of people in Tepic lacked access to adequate food in 2020, 50th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 20.8%).

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How many people in Tepic are vulnerable to poverty?

37.6% of people in Tepic were neither poor nor vulnerable in 2020, 14th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; 33.1% were vulnerable because of a social deprivation and 7.7% because of low income (all municipalities combined: 21.5% neither poor nor vulnerable).

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How many people in Tepic lack basic housing services?

In 2020, 2.4% of people in Tepic lived in housing lacking adequate quality or space and 3.6% lacked basic services at home (all municipalities combined: 9.4% and 18.0%).

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How many homes in Tepic lack a toilet?

In 2020, 0.8% of homes in Tepic had no toilet, 1.2% had dirt floors and 6.3% had no refrigerator (national: 1.9%, 3.5% and 12.4%).

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How Tepic compares with other cities in Mexico

People in poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tepic ranks 99 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in poverty (CONEVAL)
96	Hermosillo	22.4%
97	Ensenada	22.3%
98	Delicias	21.8%
99	Tepic	21.6%
100	Mazatlán	20.9%
101	Sabinas	20.6%
102	La Paz	20.6%

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People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tepic ranks 107 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL)
101	Tlaxcala	1.4%
102	Sabinas	1.3%
103	Cuauhtemoc	1.2%
104	Mazatlán	1.2%
105	Mexicali	1.1%
106	Chihuahua	0.9%
107	Tepic	0.8%

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Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tepic ranks 101 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL)
98	Tijuana	30.5%
99	San Luis Potosí-Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	30.0%
100	Mazatlán	29.4%
101	Tepic	29.3%
102	Saltillo	29.0%
103	La Paz	27.8%
104	Ensenada	27.8%

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Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tepic ranks 58 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL)
55	Oaxaca	17.8%
56	Cuernavaca	17.6%
57	Culiacán Rosales	17.3%
58	Tepic	17.2%
59	Colima-Villa de Álvarez	17.2%
60	Caborca	17.1%
61	Hermosillo	17.1%

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Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tepic ranks 14 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL)
11	Zacatecas-Guadalupe	38.5%
12	Aguascalientes	38.5%
13	Juárez	38.4%
14	Tepic	37.6%
15	La Paz	37.5%
16	Mazatlán	36.7%
17	Guadalajara	36.5%

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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