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

In 2024, 41.0% of the people of Tamaulipas were neither poor nor vulnerable (12th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 32.0% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 6.8% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

26.9% of the people of Tamaulipas had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 48.4% in 2018, and 5.0% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Tamaulipas lack social security?

37.9% of the people of Tamaulipas lacked access to social security in 2024 (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 3.3 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Tamaulipas lack access to food?

9.7% of the people of Tamaulipas lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 14.1% in 2020. 10.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Tamaulipas, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 20.2% of the people of Tamaulipas were in multidimensional poverty, about 720,445 people (14th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 6.7 percentage points from 2022 and down 14.4 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

20.2%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Tamaulipas?

1.5% of the people of Tamaulipas lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 52,364 people (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.4 percentage points from 2022. Another 18.7% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Tamaulipas lack basic services?

In 2024, 4.8% of the people of Tamaulipas lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 4.3% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Tamaulipas?

INEGI recorded 300 presumed homicides in Tamaulipas in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 8 per 100,000 inhabitants (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 586 (16 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Tamaulipas?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Tamaulipas was highest in 2012, at 46 per 100,000 (1,561 presumed homicides). It was 46 in 2012 and 8 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Tamaulipas?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 18,892 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Tamaulipas were victims of a crime in 2025 (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 16,537 in 2024. The rate was 18,132 for women and 19,740 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Tamaulipas?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 655,192 crimes in Tamaulipas in 2025, or 24,346 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 94.5% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (7th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Tamaulipas feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 75.8% of adults in Tamaulipas said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (14th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 48.7% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Tamaulipas compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
16	Yucatan	26.6%
17	Guanajuato	26.0%
18	Nayarit	23.5%
19	Tamaulipas	20.2%
20	Mexico City	19.7%
21	Jalisco	18.6%
22	Quintana Roo	17.7%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
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%
26	Baja California Sur	1.2%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
16	Guanajuato	32.1%
17	Yucatan	32.0%
18	Nayarit	28.1%
19	Tamaulipas	26.9%
20	Mexico City	25.7%
21	Aguascalientes	24.8%
22	Jalisco	24.1%

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People without social security (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
19	Jalisco	40.3%
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%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
23	Queretaro	9.9%
24	Chihuahua	9.9%
25	Mexico City	9.9%
26	Tamaulipas	9.7%
27	Baja California Sur	9.6%
28	Nuevo Leon	9.3%
29	Coahuila	9.0%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Tamaulipas ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
24	Mexico City	9
25	Hidalgo	9
26	Tlaxcala	9
27	Tamaulipas	8
28	Chiapas	7
29	Queretaro	7
30	Durango	6

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

Tamaulipas ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
22	Colima	19,316
23	Guerrero	19,272
24	Durango	19,253
25	Tamaulipas	18,892
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Tamaulipas ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
11	Guerrero	79.4%
12	Jalisco	78.9%
13	Quintana Roo	76.1%
14	Tamaulipas	75.8%
15	Tlaxcala	75.3%
16	Chihuahua	74.2%
17	Mexico City	74.1%

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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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