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

In 2024, 21.8% of the people of Hidalgo were neither poor nor vulnerable (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 37.0% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 5.8% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

41.1% of the people of Hidalgo had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (10th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 55.2% in 2018, and 10.2% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Hidalgo lack social security?

61.9% of the people of Hidalgo lacked access to social security in 2024 (5th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 10.1 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Hidalgo lack access to food?

16.4% of the people of Hidalgo lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (11th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 28.5% in 2020. 25.5% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Hidalgo, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 35.3% of the people of Hidalgo were in multidimensional poverty, about 1,140,491 people (10th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.7 percentage points from 2022 and down 14.6 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

35.3%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Hidalgo?

5.7% of the people of Hidalgo lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 182,586 people (8th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.1 percentage points from 2022. Another 29.7% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Hidalgo lack basic services?

In 2024, 18.2% of the people of Hidalgo lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (10th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 6.2% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Hidalgo?

INEGI recorded 299 presumed homicides in Hidalgo in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 9 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 7th lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 374 (12 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Hidalgo?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Hidalgo was highest in 2019, at 15 per 100,000 (479 presumed homicides). It was 6 in 2012 and 9 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Hidalgo?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 22,982 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Hidalgo were victims of a crime in 2025 (12th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 19,272 in 2024. The rate was 20,474 for women and 25,956 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Hidalgo?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 837,415 crimes in Hidalgo in 2025, or 34,791 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (8th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.7% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Hidalgo feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 61.3% of adults in Hidalgo said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 50.4% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Hidalgo compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Hidalgo ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
7	Campeche	36.7%
8	Zacatecas	36.4%
9	Morelos	35.4%
10	Hidalgo	35.3%
11	Tabasco	34.8%
12	Michoacan	34.3%
13	State of Mexico	31.2%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Hidalgo ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
5	Puebla	7.3%
6	Tabasco	6.5%
7	Campeche	5.8%
8	Hidalgo	5.7%
9	Michoacan	5.4%
10	San Luis Potosi	5.1%
11	Morelos	4.9%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Hidalgo ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
7	Zacatecas	44.8%
8	Campeche	44.1%
9	Morelos	41.3%
10	Hidalgo	41.1%
11	Tabasco	39.3%
12	Michoacan	38.4%
13	State of Mexico	38.3%

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People without social security (2024)

Hidalgo ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
2	Oaxaca	73.9%
3	Guerrero	72.6%
4	Puebla	67.7%
5	Hidalgo	61.9%
6	Michoacan	61.2%
7	Veracruz	60.2%
8	Tlaxcala	58.7%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Hidalgo ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
8	Campeche	16.9%
9	Guanajuato	16.9%
10	Morelos	16.9%
11	Hidalgo	16.4%
12	Yucatan	14.7%
13	State of Mexico	14.6%
14	Durango	14.5%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Hidalgo ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
22	Aguascalientes	10
23	Campeche	10
24	Mexico City	9
25	Hidalgo	9
26	Tlaxcala	9
27	Tamaulipas	8
28	Chiapas	7

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

Hidalgo ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
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
15	San Luis Potosi	22,163

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Hidalgo ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
21	Sonora	66.3%
22	San Luis Potosi	64.5%
23	Campeche	63.0%
24	Hidalgo	61.3%
25	Nuevo Leon	58.9%
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%

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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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