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

In 2024, 21.0% of the people of Michoacan were neither poor nor vulnerable (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 40.6% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.1% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

38.4% of the people of Michoacan had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (12th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 51.5% in 2018, and 9.4% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Michoacan lack social security?

61.2% of the people of Michoacan lacked access to social security in 2024 (6th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 8.7 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Michoacan lack access to food?

20.4% of the people of Michoacan lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (6th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 23.3% in 2020. 30.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Michoacan, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 34.3% of the people of Michoacan were in multidimensional poverty, about 1,694,055 people (12th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 7.4 percentage points from 2022 and down 11.9 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

34.3%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Michoacan?

5.4% of the people of Michoacan lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 269,023 people (9th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 2.1 percentage points from 2022. Another 28.9% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Michoacan lack basic services?

In 2024, 16.1% of the people of Michoacan lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (11th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 11.1% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Michoacan?

INEGI recorded 1,539 presumed homicides in Michoacan in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 31 per 100,000 inhabitants (10th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,634 (33 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Michoacan?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Michoacan was highest in 2021, at 55 per 100,000 (2,696 presumed homicides). It was 18 in 2012 and 31 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Michoacan?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 18,307 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Michoacan were victims of a crime in 2025 (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 16,572 in 2024. The rate was 16,109 for women and 20,881 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Michoacan?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 982,540 crimes in Michoacan in 2025, or 27,955 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 94.3% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (8th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Michoacan feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 82.0% of adults in Michoacan said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (7th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 54.1% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Michoacan compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Michoacan ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
9	Morelos	35.4%
10	Hidalgo	35.3%
11	Tabasco	34.8%
12	Michoacan	34.3%
13	State of Mexico	31.2%
14	San Luis Potosi	30.4%
15	Durango	27.9%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Michoacan ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
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%
12	Tlaxcala	4.4%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Michoacan ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
9	Morelos	41.3%
10	Hidalgo	41.1%
11	Tabasco	39.3%
12	Michoacan	38.4%
13	State of Mexico	38.3%
14	Durango	35.4%
15	San Luis Potosi	35.3%

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People without social security (2024)

Michoacan ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
3	Guerrero	72.6%
4	Puebla	67.7%
5	Hidalgo	61.9%
6	Michoacan	61.2%
7	Veracruz	60.2%
8	Tlaxcala	58.7%
9	Tabasco	54.8%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Michoacan ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
3	Oaxaca	23.5%
4	Tlaxcala	20.8%
5	Chiapas	20.6%
6	Michoacan	20.4%
7	Puebla	17.0%
8	Campeche	16.9%
9	Guanajuato	16.9%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Michoacan ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
7	Guanajuato	51
8	Guerrero	39
9	Tabasco	36
10	Michoacan	31
11	Quintana Roo	28
12	Baja California Sur	23
13	Oaxaca	18

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

Michoacan ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
24	Durango	19,253
25	Tamaulipas	18,892
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080
30	Zacatecas	15,733

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Michoacan ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
4	Guanajuato	85.9%
5	Zacatecas	83.3%
6	Puebla	82.4%
7	Michoacan	82.0%
8	Sinaloa	81.3%
9	Veracruz	80.9%
10	Colima	79.5%

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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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