If you lived in Delaware instead of Mexico, you would:

Economy

be 66.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mexico, 29.6% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Delaware, however, that number is 9.9% as of 2023.

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make 5.8 times more money

Mexico has a GDP per capita of $13,889 as of 2025, while in Delaware, the GDP per capita is $80,523 as of 2024.

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be 91.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Mexico, 2.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Delaware, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 10.1% more likely to have internet access

In Mexico, approximately 83.1% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Delaware, about 91.5% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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