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

In 2024, 40.2% of the people of Jalisco were neither poor nor vulnerable (13th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 35.8% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 5.4% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

24.1% of the people of Jalisco had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 36.1% in 2018, and 3.8% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Jalisco lack social security?

40.3% of the people of Jalisco lacked access to social security in 2024 (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 6.6 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Jalisco lack access to food?

8.0% of the people of Jalisco lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (the lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 14.8% in 2020. 12.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Jalisco, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 18.6% of the people of Jalisco were in multidimensional poverty, about 1,626,417 people (12th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 3.2 percentage points from 2022 and down 9.2 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

18.6%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Jalisco?

1.3% of the people of Jalisco lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 114,163 people (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.8 percentage points from 2022. Another 17.3% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Jalisco lack basic services?

In 2024, 2.6% of the people of Jalisco lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 3.2% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Jalisco?

INEGI recorded 1,396 presumed homicides in Jalisco in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 16 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 14th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,868 (21 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Jalisco?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Jalisco was highest in 2018, at 35 per 100,000 (2,928 presumed homicides). It was 20 in 2012 and 16 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Jalisco?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 21,908 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Jalisco were victims of a crime in 2025 (16th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 24,179 in 2024. The rate was 20,721 for women and 23,220 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Jalisco?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 1,842,260 crimes in Jalisco in 2025, or 28,442 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.2% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Jalisco feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 78.9% of adults in Jalisco said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (12th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 52.9% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Jalisco compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Jalisco ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
18	Nayarit	23.5%
19	Tamaulipas	20.2%
20	Mexico City	19.7%
21	Jalisco	18.6%
22	Quintana Roo	17.7%
23	Aguascalientes	17.1%
24	Sinaloa	17.0%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Jalisco ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
22	Sonora	1.5%
23	Tamaulipas	1.5%
24	Sinaloa	1.5%
25	Jalisco	1.3%
26	Baja California Sur	1.2%
27	Queretaro	1.1%
28	Colima	1.0%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Jalisco ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
19	Tamaulipas	26.9%
20	Mexico City	25.7%
21	Aguascalientes	24.8%
22	Jalisco	24.1%
23	Sinaloa	23.3%
24	Coahuila	22.3%
25	Quintana Roo	22.1%

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People without social security (2024)

Jalisco ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
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%
22	Tamaulipas	37.9%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Jalisco ranks 32 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)

Jalisco ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
11	Quintana Roo	28
12	Baja California Sur	23
13	Oaxaca	18
14	Jalisco	16
15	Zacatecas	16
16	Puebla	15
17	Nayarit	15

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

Jalisco ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
13	Oaxaca	22,818
14	Sonora	22,433
15	San Luis Potosi	22,163
16	Jalisco	21,908
17	Guanajuato	21,824
18	Morelos	21,635
19	Sinaloa	20,015

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Jalisco ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
9	Veracruz	80.9%
10	Colima	79.5%
11	Guerrero	79.4%
12	Jalisco	78.9%
13	Quintana Roo	76.1%
14	Tamaulipas	75.8%
15	Tlaxcala	75.3%

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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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