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

In 2024, 42.1% of the people of Sinaloa were neither poor nor vulnerable (11th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 34.6% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 6.3% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

23.3% of the people of Sinaloa had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 38.0% in 2018, and 3.9% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Sinaloa lack social security?

36.9% of the people of Sinaloa lacked access to social security in 2024 (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 4.7 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Sinaloa lack access to food?

12.2% of the people of Sinaloa lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 22.1% in 2020. 12.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Sinaloa, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 17.0% of the people of Sinaloa were in multidimensional poverty, about 533,081 people (9th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 4.6 percentage points from 2022 and down 14.0 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

17.0%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Sinaloa?

1.5% of the people of Sinaloa lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 45,649 people (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.4 percentage points from 2022. Another 15.5% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Sinaloa lack basic services?

In 2024, 5.6% of the people of Sinaloa lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 5.9% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Sinaloa?

INEGI recorded 1,805 presumed homicides in Sinaloa in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 57 per 100,000 inhabitants (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,032 (33 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Sinaloa?

The 2025 homicide rate in Sinaloa, 57 per 100,000, is the highest INEGI has recorded there since 2012, when it was 48 (1,395 presumed homicides that year).

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How many people are victims of crime in Sinaloa?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 20,015 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Sinaloa were victims of a crime in 2025 (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 20,824 in 2024. The rate was 20,584 for women and 19,348 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Sinaloa?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 598,395 crimes in Sinaloa in 2025, or 26,086 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 94.8% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (4th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Sinaloa feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 81.3% of adults in Sinaloa said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (8th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 52.4% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Sinaloa compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Sinaloa ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
21	Jalisco	18.6%
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%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Sinaloa ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
21	Guanajuato	1.7%
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%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Sinaloa ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
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%
26	Queretaro	21.1%

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People without social security (2024)

Sinaloa ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
22	Tamaulipas	37.9%
23	Queretaro	37.4%
24	Colima	37.3%
25	Sinaloa	36.9%
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%
28	Sonora	31.4%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Sinaloa ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
16	Veracruz	14.2%
17	Quintana Roo	13.1%
18	Nayarit	12.9%
19	Sinaloa	12.2%
20	San Luis Potosi	11.7%
21	Zacatecas	11.3%
22	Colima	10.1%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Sinaloa ranks 3 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
1	Colima	89
2	Morelos	58
3	Sinaloa	57
4	Baja California	55
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51

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

Sinaloa ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
16	Jalisco	21,908
17	Guanajuato	21,824
18	Morelos	21,635
19	Sinaloa	20,015
20	Campeche	19,735
21	Baja California Sur	19,505
22	Colima	19,316

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Sinaloa ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
5	Zacatecas	83.3%
6	Puebla	82.4%
7	Michoacan	82.0%
8	Sinaloa	81.3%
9	Veracruz	80.9%
10	Colima	79.5%
11	Guerrero	79.4%

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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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