What share of people in Coahuila are neither poor nor vulnerable?

In 2024, 51.6% of the people of Coahuila were neither poor nor vulnerable (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 26.1% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 9.9% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

22.3% of the people of Coahuila had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 40.1% in 2018, and 3.1% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Coahuila lack social security?

23.4% of the people of Coahuila lacked access to social security in 2024 (the lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 4.1 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Coahuila lack access to food?

9.0% of the people of Coahuila lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 15.5% in 2020. 7.6% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Coahuila, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 12.4% of the people of Coahuila were in multidimensional poverty, about 421,807 people (4th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.9 percentage points from 2022 and down 13.1 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

12.4%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Coahuila?

0.8% of the people of Coahuila lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 25,572 people (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.0 percentage point from 2022. Another 11.6% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Coahuila lack basic services?

In 2024, 1.9% of the people of Coahuila lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 2.5% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Coahuila?

INEGI recorded 109 presumed homicides in Coahuila in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 3 per 100,000 inhabitants (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 120 (4 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Coahuila?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Coahuila was highest in 2012, at 40 per 100,000 (1,160 presumed homicides). It was 40 in 2012 and 3 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Coahuila?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 18,058 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Coahuila were victims of a crime in 2025 (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 20,007 in 2024. The rate was 18,613 for women and 17,380 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Coahuila?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 525,034 crimes in Coahuila in 2025, or 19,835 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 90.2% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Coahuila feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 27.8% of adults in Coahuila said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (the lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 39.7% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Coahuila compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Coahuila ranks 29 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)

Coahuila ranks 29 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)

Coahuila ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
21	Aguascalientes	24.8%
22	Jalisco	24.1%
23	Sinaloa	23.3%
24	Coahuila	22.3%
25	Quintana Roo	22.1%
26	Queretaro	21.1%
27	Chihuahua	20.9%

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People without social security (2024)

Coahuila ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%
28	Sonora	31.4%
29	Chihuahua	30.9%
30	Baja California Sur	28.5%
31	Nuevo Leon	24.7%
32	Coahuila	23.4%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Coahuila ranks 29 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)

Coahuila ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
26	Tlaxcala	9
27	Tamaulipas	8
28	Chiapas	7
29	Queretaro	7
30	Durango	6
31	Coahuila	3
32	Yucatan	2

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

Coahuila ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
25	Tamaulipas	18,892
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080
30	Zacatecas	15,733
31	Veracruz	14,171

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Coahuila ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%
29	Queretaro	44.6%
30	Aguascalientes	41.0%
31	Yucatan	35.5%
32	Coahuila	27.8%

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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…)
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