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

In 2024, 26.1% of the people of Zacatecas were neither poor nor vulnerable (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 29.1% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 8.4% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

44.8% of the people of Zacatecas had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (7th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 58.6% in 2018, and 13.0% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Zacatecas lack social security?

52.9% of the people of Zacatecas lacked access to social security in 2024 (11th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 8.6 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Zacatecas lack access to food?

11.3% of the people of Zacatecas lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 17.0% in 2020. 14.4% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Zacatecas, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 36.4% of the people of Zacatecas were in multidimensional poverty, about 605,329 people (8th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 7.8 percentage points from 2022 and down 12.8 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

36.4%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Zacatecas?

3.5% of the people of Zacatecas lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 58,554 people (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.6 percentage points from 2022. Another 32.9% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Zacatecas lack basic services?

In 2024, 5.5% of the people of Zacatecas lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 3.1% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Zacatecas?

INEGI recorded 269 presumed homicides in Zacatecas in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 16 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 14th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 569 (34 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Zacatecas?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Zacatecas was highest in 2021, at 109 per 100,000 (1,776 presumed homicides). It was 30 in 2012 and 16 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Zacatecas?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 15,733 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Zacatecas were victims of a crime in 2025 (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 18,690 in 2024. The rate was 14,487 for women and 17,069 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Zacatecas?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 267,851 crimes in Zacatecas in 2025, or 21,862 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.6% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Zacatecas feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 83.3% of adults in Zacatecas said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (5th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 58.4% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Zacatecas compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
5	Puebla	43.4%
6	Tlaxcala	40.8%
7	Campeche	36.7%
8	Zacatecas	36.4%
9	Morelos	35.4%
10	Hidalgo	35.3%
11	Tabasco	34.8%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
14	Nayarit	3.7%
15	State of Mexico	3.7%
16	Yucatan	3.6%
17	Zacatecas	3.5%
18	Quintana Roo	2.6%
19	Chihuahua	2.2%
20	Mexico City	1.8%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
4	Tlaxcala	50.4%
5	Veracruz	50.2%
6	Puebla	49.2%
7	Zacatecas	44.8%
8	Campeche	44.1%
9	Morelos	41.3%
10	Hidalgo	41.1%

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People without social security (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
8	Tlaxcala	58.7%
9	Tabasco	54.8%
10	Morelos	54.7%
11	Zacatecas	52.9%
12	San Luis Potosi	51.2%
13	Campeche	51.2%
14	Nayarit	49.0%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
18	Nayarit	12.9%
19	Sinaloa	12.2%
20	San Luis Potosi	11.7%
21	Zacatecas	11.3%
22	Colima	10.1%
23	Queretaro	9.9%
24	Chihuahua	9.9%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Zacatecas ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
12	Baja California Sur	23
13	Oaxaca	18
14	Jalisco	16
15	Zacatecas	16
16	Puebla	15
17	Nayarit	15
18	State of Mexico	14

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

Zacatecas ranks 30 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080
30	Zacatecas	15,733
31	Veracruz	14,171
32	Chiapas	13,462

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Zacatecas ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
2	Morelos	88.7%
3	Tabasco	87.6%
4	Guanajuato	85.9%
5	Zacatecas	83.3%
6	Puebla	82.4%
7	Michoacan	82.0%
8	Sinaloa	81.3%

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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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