What share of people in Baja California are neither poor nor vulnerable?

In 2024, 47.2% of the people of Baja California were neither poor nor vulnerable (5th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 38.0% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.9% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

What share of people in Baja California have incomes below the poverty line?

14.8% of the people of Baja California had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 32.4% in 2018, and 1.1% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Baja California lack social security?

32.0% of the people of Baja California lacked access to social security in 2024 (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 4.7 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Baja California lack access to food?

8.1% of the people of Baja California lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 13.4% in 2020. 8.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Baja California, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 9.9% of the people of Baja California were in multidimensional poverty, about 373,406 people (the lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 3.5 percentage points from 2022 and down 13.7 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

9.9%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Baja California?

0.4% of the people of Baja California lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 13,437 people (the lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.0 percentage point from 2022. Another 9.5% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Baja California lack basic services?

In 2024, 2.9% of the people of Baja California lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 5.3% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Baja California?

INEGI recorded 2,095 presumed homicides in Baja California in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 55 per 100,000 inhabitants (4th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 2,460 (65 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Baja California?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Baja California was highest in 2021, at 86 per 100,000 (3,248 presumed homicides). It was 18 in 2012 and 55 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Baja California?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 23,095 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Baja California were victims of a crime in 2025 (11th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 20,647 in 2024. The rate was 24,262 for women and 21,849 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Baja California?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 881,565 crimes in Baja California in 2025, or 30,366 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 91.3% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Baja California feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 71.2% of adults in Baja California said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 56.7% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Baja California compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Baja California ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
26	Chihuahua	15.1%
27	Colima	15.0%
28	Sonora	14.1%
29	Coahuila	12.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	10.6%
31	Baja California Sur	10.2%
32	Baja California	9.9%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Baja California ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
26	Baja California Sur	1.2%
27	Queretaro	1.1%
28	Colima	1.0%
29	Coahuila	0.8%
30	Aguascalientes	0.6%
31	Nuevo Leon	0.5%
32	Baja California	0.4%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Baja California ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
26	Queretaro	21.1%
27	Chihuahua	20.9%
28	Colima	19.4%
29	Sonora	18.6%
30	Nuevo Leon	17.9%
31	Baja California	14.8%
32	Baja California Sur	14.2%

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People without social security (2024)

Baja California ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
24	Colima	37.3%
25	Sinaloa	36.9%
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%
28	Sonora	31.4%
29	Chihuahua	30.9%
30	Baja California Sur	28.5%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Baja California ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
26	Tamaulipas	9.7%
27	Baja California Sur	9.6%
28	Nuevo Leon	9.3%
29	Coahuila	9.0%
30	Aguascalientes	8.7%
31	Baja California	8.1%
32	Jalisco	8.0%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Baja California ranks 4 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
1	Colima	89
2	Morelos	58
3	Sinaloa	57
4	Baja California	55
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51

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Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE) (2025)

Baja California ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
8	Nuevo Leon	23,536
9	Tabasco	23,529
10	Chihuahua	23,395
11	Baja California	23,095
12	Hidalgo	22,982
13	Oaxaca	22,818
14	Sonora	22,433

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Baja California ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
16	Chihuahua	74.2%
17	Mexico City	74.1%
18	Oaxaca	72.2%
19	Baja California	71.2%
20	Chiapas	69.4%
21	Sonora	66.3%
22	San Luis Potosi	64.5%

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Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Defunciones por homicidio, reporte de resultados 28/26 (3 August 2026): Tabla 1 and Tabla 2, presumed homicides and rate per 100,000 by state of registration, 2012-2025 (2025 preliminary); Tabla 4, population by state on 30 June 2020-2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2575008d23fb…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, I. Nivel de victimizacion y delincuencia: cuadros 1.1 (victims per 100,000 by state and sex, 2025) and 1.12 (crimes per 100,000 by state of occurrence, 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a4b86a7fbf1…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, III. Denuncia del delito: cuadro 3.3, crimes by state and the share not reported or not investigated (cifra oculta), 2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d1d6efe5db3a…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, V. Percepcion sobre la seguridad publica: cuadros 5.13 (perceived safety in the state) and 5.21 (safety walking alone at night near home), February-April 2026, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 354f0437fa98…)
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