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Children not attending school and child literacy by state, Mexico
Share of children aged 6 to 11 and 12 to 14 who do not attend school, and of children aged 8 to 14 who cannot read and write a note (all derived from census counts), from the 2020 Census. Percentages are derived by Quadranac from the census counts and can differ by about 0.1 point from INEGI's published percentages, which exclude unspecified responses from the denominator.
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| Mexico (national) | 4.4 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 577,029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguascalientes | 3.2 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 4,941 |
| Baja California | 5.9 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 21,579 |
| Baja California Sur | 3.6 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 2,915 |
| Campeche | 4.9 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 4,762 |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 3.8 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 12,535 |
| Colima | 4.5 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 3,288 |
| Chiapas | 6.9 | 18.3 | 8.4 | 50,265 |
| Chihuahua | 5.3 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 20,602 |
| Ciudad de México | 4.6 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 31,704 |
| Durango | 3.6 | 9 | 2.4 | 7,636 |
| Guanajuato | 4.7 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 30,727 |
| Guerrero | 4 | 10.9 | 5.3 | 16,903 |
| Hidalgo | 2.7 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 8,887 |
| Jalisco | 5.1 | 10.8 | 2.4 | 43,720 |
| México | 4.6 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 76,986 |
| Michoacán de Ocampo | 5 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 26,600 |
| Morelos | 4.2 | 9 | 2.2 | 8,170 |
| Nayarit | 3.9 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 5,356 |
| Nuevo León | 4 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 22,177 |
| Oaxaca | 3.4 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 15,747 |
| Puebla | 3.9 | 11 | 2.6 | 27,865 |
| Querétaro | 4 | 8.6 | 1.8 | 9,635 |
| Quintana Roo | 6 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 11,144 |
| San Luis Potosí | 3.3 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 9,809 |
| Sinaloa | 3.7 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 11,198 |
| Sonora | 3.7 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 11,013 |
| Tabasco | 3.7 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 10,052 |
| Tamaulipas | 4.6 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 16,403 |
| Tlaxcala | 3.6 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 5,051 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 4.6 | 10.7 | 3.2 | 37,050 |
| Yucatán | 2.8 | 7 | 2.7 | 6,269 |
| Zacatecas | 3.3 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 6,040 |
Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), national and state totals. Reference period: 2020.
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Children not attending school and child literacy by state, Mexico (Mexico, 2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals. Retrieved 2026-11-03 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/mx-children-out-of-school/