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

In 2024, 34.4% of the people of Durango were neither poor nor vulnerable (15th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 30.2% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 7.5% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

35.4% of the people of Durango had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (14th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 51.1% in 2018, and 10.0% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Durango lack social security?

42.2% of the people of Durango lacked access to social security in 2024 (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 4.3 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Durango lack access to food?

14.5% of the people of Durango lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (14th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 18.9% in 2020. 15.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Durango, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 27.9% of the people of Durango were in multidimensional poverty, about 528,986 people (15th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 6.4 percentage points from 2022 and down 10.9 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

27.9%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Durango?

4.3% of the people of Durango lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 82,321 people (13th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 2.0 percentage points from 2022. Another 23.5% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Durango lack basic services?

In 2024, 6.9% of the people of Durango lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 7.0% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Durango?

INEGI recorded 108 presumed homicides in Durango in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 6 per 100,000 inhabitants (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 110 (6 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Durango?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Durango was highest in 2012, at 48 per 100,000 (822 presumed homicides). It was 48 in 2012 and 6 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Durango?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 19,253 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Durango were victims of a crime in 2025 (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 20,215 in 2024. The rate was 19,020 for women and 19,520 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Durango?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 356,711 crimes in Durango in 2025, or 25,616 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 90.1% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Durango feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 55.9% of adults in Durango said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 43.6% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Durango compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Durango ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
12	Michoacan	34.3%
13	State of Mexico	31.2%
14	San Luis Potosi	30.4%
15	Durango	27.9%
16	Yucatan	26.6%
17	Guanajuato	26.0%
18	Nayarit	23.5%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Durango ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
10	San Luis Potosi	5.1%
11	Morelos	4.9%
12	Tlaxcala	4.4%
13	Durango	4.3%
14	Nayarit	3.7%
15	State of Mexico	3.7%
16	Yucatan	3.6%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Durango ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
11	Tabasco	39.3%
12	Michoacan	38.4%
13	State of Mexico	38.3%
14	Durango	35.4%
15	San Luis Potosi	35.3%
16	Guanajuato	32.1%
17	Yucatan	32.0%

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People without social security (2024)

Durango ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
15	State of Mexico	48.8%
16	Guanajuato	46.0%
17	Yucatan	42.3%
18	Durango	42.2%
19	Jalisco	40.3%
20	Quintana Roo	39.5%
21	Mexico City	38.0%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Durango ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
11	Hidalgo	16.4%
12	Yucatan	14.7%
13	State of Mexico	14.6%
14	Durango	14.5%
15	Sonora	14.2%
16	Veracruz	14.2%
17	Quintana Roo	13.1%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Durango ranks 30 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)

Durango ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
21	Baja California Sur	19,505
22	Colima	19,316
23	Guerrero	19,272
24	Durango	19,253
25	Tamaulipas	18,892
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Durango ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
24	Hidalgo	61.3%
25	Nuevo Leon	58.9%
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%
29	Queretaro	44.6%
30	Aguascalientes	41.0%

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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…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Pobreza Multidimensional (PM) 2024: indicadores de pobreza segun entidad federativa, 2016-2024 (poverty, extreme poverty, vulnerability, social deprivations and income lines by state; CONEVAL methodology, ENIGH 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8ea643bcb158…)

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