Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Dakota instead of Mexico, you would:
Economy
be 10.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Mexico, 2.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In South Dakota, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
be 62.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mexico, 29.6% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In South Dakota, however, that number is 11.2% as of 2023.
make 4.4 times more money
Mexico has a GDP per capita of $13,889 as of 2025, while in South Dakota, the GDP per capita is $61,724 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
