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

In 2024, 44.2% of the people of Queretaro were neither poor nor vulnerable (10th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 34.7% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.8% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

21.1% of the people of Queretaro had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 33.5% 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 Queretaro lack social security?

37.4% of the people of Queretaro lacked access to social security in 2024 (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 8.5 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Queretaro lack access to food?

9.9% of the people of Queretaro lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 18.2% in 2020. 11.2% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Queretaro, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 16.3% of the people of Queretaro were in multidimensional poverty, about 414,001 people (8th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.4 percentage points from 2022 and down 10.0 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

16.3%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Queretaro?

1.1% of the people of Queretaro lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 28,259 people (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.6 percentage points from 2022. Another 15.2% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Queretaro lack basic services?

In 2024, 6.7% of the people of Queretaro lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 5.1% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Queretaro?

INEGI recorded 178 presumed homicides in Queretaro in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 7 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 4th lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 219 (9 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Queretaro?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Queretaro was highest in 2021, at 10 per 100,000 (231 presumed homicides). It was 6 in 2012 and 7 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Queretaro?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 25,944 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Queretaro were victims of a crime in 2025 (5th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 28,790 in 2024. The rate was 23,319 for women and 29,110 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Queretaro?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 684,932 crimes in Queretaro in 2025, or 35,904 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (6th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 93.6% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (15th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Queretaro feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 44.6% of adults in Queretaro said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 54.9% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Queretaro compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Queretaro ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
22	Quintana Roo	17.7%
23	Aguascalientes	17.1%
24	Sinaloa	17.0%
25	Queretaro	16.3%
26	Chihuahua	15.1%
27	Colima	15.0%
28	Sonora	14.1%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Queretaro ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
24	Sinaloa	1.5%
25	Jalisco	1.3%
26	Baja California Sur	1.2%
27	Queretaro	1.1%
28	Colima	1.0%
29	Coahuila	0.8%
30	Aguascalientes	0.6%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Queretaro ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
23	Sinaloa	23.3%
24	Coahuila	22.3%
25	Quintana Roo	22.1%
26	Queretaro	21.1%
27	Chihuahua	20.9%
28	Colima	19.4%
29	Sonora	18.6%

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People without social security (2024)

Queretaro ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
20	Quintana Roo	39.5%
21	Mexico City	38.0%
22	Tamaulipas	37.9%
23	Queretaro	37.4%
24	Colima	37.3%
25	Sinaloa	36.9%
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Queretaro ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
20	San Luis Potosi	11.7%
21	Zacatecas	11.3%
22	Colima	10.1%
23	Queretaro	9.9%
24	Chihuahua	9.9%
25	Mexico City	9.9%
26	Tamaulipas	9.7%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Queretaro ranks 29 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)

Queretaro ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
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
8	Nuevo Leon	23,536

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Queretaro ranks 29 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%
29	Queretaro	44.6%
30	Aguascalientes	41.0%
31	Yucatan	35.5%
32	Coahuila	27.8%

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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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