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

In 2024, 45.6% of the people of Sonora were neither poor nor vulnerable (7th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 35.8% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.5% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

18.6% of the people of Sonora had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 35.8% in 2018, and 3.3% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Sonora lack social security?

31.4% of the people of Sonora lacked access to social security in 2024 (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 7.0 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Sonora lack access to food?

14.2% of the people of Sonora lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (15th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 22.3% in 2020. 12.0% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Sonora, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 14.1% of the people of Sonora were in multidimensional poverty, about 431,668 people (5th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 7.6 percentage points from 2022 and down 12.5 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

14.1%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Sonora?

1.5% of the people of Sonora lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 45,178 people (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.2 percentage points from 2022. Another 12.6% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Sonora lack basic services?

In 2024, 6.8% of the people of Sonora lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 7.3% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Sonora?

INEGI recorded 1,634 presumed homicides in Sonora in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 54 per 100,000 inhabitants (5th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,605 (52 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Sonora?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Sonora was highest in 2021, at 70 per 100,000 (2,089 presumed homicides). It was 19 in 2012 and 54 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Sonora?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 22,433 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Sonora were victims of a crime in 2025 (14th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 23,260 in 2024. The rate was 23,778 for women and 20,910 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Sonora?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 656,980 crimes in Sonora in 2025, or 28,707 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 94.6% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (6th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Sonora feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 66.3% of adults in Sonora said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 51.3% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Sonora compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Sonora ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
25	Queretaro	16.3%
26	Chihuahua	15.1%
27	Colima	15.0%
28	Sonora	14.1%
29	Coahuila	12.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	10.6%
31	Baja California Sur	10.2%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Sonora ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
19	Chihuahua	2.2%
20	Mexico City	1.8%
21	Guanajuato	1.7%
22	Sonora	1.5%
23	Tamaulipas	1.5%
24	Sinaloa	1.5%
25	Jalisco	1.3%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Sonora ranks 29 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
26	Queretaro	21.1%
27	Chihuahua	20.9%
28	Colima	19.4%
29	Sonora	18.6%
30	Nuevo Leon	17.9%
31	Baja California	14.8%
32	Baja California Sur	14.2%

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People without social security (2024)

Sonora ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
25	Sinaloa	36.9%
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%
28	Sonora	31.4%
29	Chihuahua	30.9%
30	Baja California Sur	28.5%
31	Nuevo Leon	24.7%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Sonora ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
12	Yucatan	14.7%
13	State of Mexico	14.6%
14	Durango	14.5%
15	Sonora	14.2%
16	Veracruz	14.2%
17	Quintana Roo	13.1%
18	Nayarit	12.9%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Sonora ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
2	Morelos	58
3	Sinaloa	57
4	Baja California	55
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51
8	Guerrero	39

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

Sonora ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
11	Baja California	23,095
12	Hidalgo	22,982
13	Oaxaca	22,818
14	Sonora	22,433
15	San Luis Potosi	22,163
16	Jalisco	21,908
17	Guanajuato	21,824

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Sonora ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
18	Oaxaca	72.2%
19	Baja California	71.2%
20	Chiapas	69.4%
21	Sonora	66.3%
22	San Luis Potosi	64.5%
23	Campeche	63.0%
24	Hidalgo	61.3%

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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…)
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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