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

In 2024, 18.6% of the people of Puebla were neither poor nor vulnerable (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 32.2% 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 Puebla have incomes below the poverty line?

49.2% of the people of Puebla had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (6th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 64.3% in 2018, and 13.5% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Puebla lack social security?

67.7% of the people of Puebla lacked access to social security in 2024 (4th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 1.7 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Puebla lack access to food?

17.0% of the people of Puebla lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (7th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 30.8% in 2020. 31.0% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Puebla, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 43.4% of the people of Puebla were in multidimensional poverty, about 2,865,015 people (5th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 10.6 percentage points from 2022 and down 14.6 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

43.4%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Puebla?

7.3% of the people of Puebla lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 481,214 people (5th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 4.1 percentage points from 2022. Another 36.1% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Puebla lack basic services?

In 2024, 18.8% of the people of Puebla lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (9th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 10.7% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Puebla?

INEGI recorded 966 presumed homicides in Puebla in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 15 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 16th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,055 (16 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Puebla?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Puebla was highest in 2019, at 19 per 100,000 (1,274 presumed homicides). It was 8 in 2012 and 15 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Puebla?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 26,164 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Puebla were victims of a crime in 2025 (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 29,209 in 2024. The rate was 24,199 for women and 28,583 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Puebla?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 2,032,058 crimes in Puebla in 2025, or 41,876 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 93.1% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Puebla feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 82.4% of adults in Puebla said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (6th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 59.2% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Puebla compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Puebla ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
2	Guerrero	58.1%
3	Oaxaca	51.6%
4	Veracruz	44.5%
5	Puebla	43.4%
6	Tlaxcala	40.8%
7	Campeche	36.7%
8	Zacatecas	36.4%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Puebla ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
2	Guerrero	21.3%
3	Oaxaca	16.3%
4	Veracruz	8.8%
5	Puebla	7.3%
6	Tabasco	6.5%
7	Campeche	5.8%
8	Hidalgo	5.7%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Puebla ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
3	Oaxaca	54.2%
4	Tlaxcala	50.4%
5	Veracruz	50.2%
6	Puebla	49.2%
7	Zacatecas	44.8%
8	Campeche	44.1%
9	Morelos	41.3%

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People without social security (2024)

Puebla ranks 4 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
1	Chiapas	76.4%
2	Oaxaca	73.9%
3	Guerrero	72.6%
4	Puebla	67.7%
5	Hidalgo	61.9%
6	Michoacan	61.2%
7	Veracruz	60.2%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Puebla ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

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

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Puebla ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
13	Oaxaca	18
14	Jalisco	16
15	Zacatecas	16
16	Puebla	15
17	Nayarit	15
18	State of Mexico	14
19	San Luis Potosi	13

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

Puebla ranks 3 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
1	Mexico City	34,930
2	State of Mexico	31,889
3	Puebla	26,164
4	Tlaxcala	25,962
5	Queretaro	25,944
6	Aguascalientes	24,846
7	Quintana Roo	24,494

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Puebla ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
3	Tabasco	87.6%
4	Guanajuato	85.9%
5	Zacatecas	83.3%
6	Puebla	82.4%
7	Michoacan	82.0%
8	Sinaloa	81.3%
9	Veracruz	80.9%

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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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