Table 2.

General characteristics, poverty and marginalization indicators, Human Development Index, and housing characteristics for two contrasting municipalities in the Region of the Great Mountains, Veracruz (Data from 2010; Veracruz State Government, retrieved July 15, 2014)

General characteristics	Municipality
	Córdoba	Aquila
Inhabitants	196 541	1797
Extension (km2)	159.9	20.6
Agricultural activities (km2)	135.6	11.9
Urban areas (km2)	15.8	–
Economically active population	85 004	700
Primary sector (%)	3.4	74.6
Secondary sector (%)	18.9	5.5
Tertiary sector (%)	73.1	19.7
Economic participation rate (%)	55.2	54.5
Gross production	1 298 481 003.97 USD	22 062.76 USD
Fixed assets	439 941 279.95 USD	46 181.55 USD
Poverty indicators
Population living in food poverty (%)	17.6	54.1
Population in capacity poverty (%)	26.4	64.1
Population living in patrimony poverty (%)	52.5	83.9

	Reference
Marginalization indicators
Marginalization level	Low	Very high
Marginalization Index	−1.1793	1.5558
Place in the state context	200	15
Place in the national context	2153	169
Illiterate population (15 years or more) (%)	6.2	39.1
Population without complete primary education (15 years or more) (%)	21.3	66.0
Occupants in dwellings without drainage or exclusive toilet (%)	1.0	25.5
Occupants in dwellings without electricity (%)	0.8	6.2
Occupants in houses without running water (%)	12.4	36.6
Homes with some level of overcrowding (%)	40.4	69.5
Occupants in houses with dirt floors (%)	8.2	46.9
Population in towns with <5000 inhabitants (%)	17.5	100
Employed population with income up to 2 minimum wages (%)	51.5	80.3
Human Development Index
Level of human development	High	Medium
Human Development Index	0.8370	0.6306
Education Index	0.8529	0.5974
Health Index	0.9105	0.6592
Index entry	0.7477	0.6356

Housing characteristics	%
With availability of piped water	91.8	72.0
With availability of drainage	97.1	55.2
With availability of electricity	99.1	95.0