This is a list of 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico by poverty rate in 2012.
This list includes both moderate poverty and extreme poverty rates. Percentages appear very high as a result.
| Rank | State | Poverty Rate (2012) [1] | Poverty Rate (2010) [2] | | 1 | {{flag|Chiapas|size=50x36px}} | 74.7% | 78.5% |
| 2 | {{flag|Guerrero|size=50x36px}} | 69.7% | 67.6% |
| 3 | {{flag|Puebla|size=50x36px}} | 64.5% | 61.5% |
| 4 | {{flag|Oaxaca|size=50x36px}} | 61.9% | 67.0% |
| 5 | {{flag|Tlaxcala|size=50x36px}} | 57.9% | 60.3% |
| 6 | {{flag|Michoacán|size=50x36px}} | 54.4% | 54.7% |
| 7 | {{flag|Zacatecas|size=50x36px}} | 54.2% | 60.2% |
| 8 | {{flag|Hidalgo|size=50x36px}} | 52.8% | 54.7% |
| 9 | {{flag|Veracruz|size=50x36px}} | 52.6% | 57.6% |
| 10 | {{flag|San Luis Potosí|size=50x36px}} | 50.5% | 52.4% |
| 11 | {{flag|Durango|size=50x36px}} | 50.1% | 51.6% |
| 12 | {{flag|Tabasco|size=50x36px}} | 49.7% | 57.1% |
| 13 | {{flag|Yucatán|size=50x36px}} | 48.9% | 48.3% |
| 14 | {{flag|Nayarit|size=50x36px}} | 47.6% | 41.4% |
| - | {{flag|Mexico|size=50x36px}} | 45.5% | 46.1% |
| 15 | {{flag|Morelos|size=50x36px}} | 45.5% | 43.2% |
| 16 | {{flag|México (state)|name=México|size=50x36px}} | 45.3% | 42.9% |
| 17 | {{flag|Campeche|size=50x36px}} | 44.7% | 50.5% |
| 18 | {{flag|Guanajuato|size=50x36px}} | 44.5% | 48.5% |
| 19 | {{flag|Jalisco|size=50x36px}} | 39.8% | 37.0% |
| 20 | {{flag|Quintana Roo|size=50x36px}} | 38.8% | 34.6% |
| 21 | {{flag|Tamaulipas|size=50x36px}} | 38.4% | 39.0% |
| 22 | {{flag|Aguascalientes|size=50x36px}} | 37.8% | 38.1% |
| 23 | {{flag|Querétaro|size=50x36px}} | 36.9% | 41.4% |
| 24 | {{flag|Sinaloa|size=50x36px}} | 36.3% | 36.7% |
| 25 | {{flag|Chihuahua|size=50x36px}} | 35.3% | 38.8% |
| 26 | {{flag|Colima|size=50x36px}} | 34.4% | 34.7% |
| 27 | {{flag|Baja California Sur|size=50x36px}} | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 28 | {{flag|Baja California|size=50x36px}} | 30.2% | 31.5% |
| 29 | {{flag|Sonora|size=50x36px}} | 29.1% | 33.1% |
| 30 | {{flag|Mexican Federal District|name=Federal District|size=50x36px}} | 28.9% | 28.5% |
| 31 | {{flag|Coahuila|size=50x36px}} | 27.9% | 27.8% |
| 32 | {{flag|Nuevo León|size=50x36px}} | 23.2% | 21.0% |
{{clear}}1. ^{{cite web |title=Coneval|url=http://www.coneval.gob.mx/Medicion/Paginas/Medici%C3%B3n/Pobreza%202012/Anexo-estad%C3%ADstico-pobreza-2012.aspx|accessdate=July 31, 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=INEGI|url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/contenidos/espanol/prensa/Contenidos/estadisticas/2013/justicia0.pdf |accessdate=February 20, 2013}}
{{Indicators of Mexican States}}