La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio)

La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio) is located at a height of 1110 meters above sea level in the municipality of Gómez Palacio (Gar-Rin) in Durango, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 25.758611 and longitude: -103.531111.

Map of La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio)

Population

La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio) is populated by 983 people. The total population consists of 64 children aged 0 to 2 years, 56 aged 3 to 5 years, 159 children aged 6 to 11 years, 53 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 61 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 121, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 397 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 72 people.

Dividing the overall population of 983 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 332 people aged 0 to 14, 608 people aged 15 to 64 and 43 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 106.95 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.83 children per woman.

Indigenous population

There are no households known where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language.

Migration

While 889 people were born in the same state, 92 were born in another Mexican state. The total number of people older than 5 years who lived in this state between 2005 and 2010 is 881, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 3 people.

Disabilities

21 of the 983 living in La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio) have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 15
Visual impairment: 4
Communicating: 1
Hearing disability: 0
Physical disability: 3
Learning and thinking: 1
Mental health: 2

A total of 957 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 6 people do not know read or write and 34 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 29 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 12 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 2 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 31 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 7 do visit a school

15 years and older

39 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
115 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
175 finished primary school (6 years complete).
41 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
196 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 68 do have a scholar degree after having completed secondary school or high school. Like Bachelor, technical schools, university, master or doctor degrees. This group divides into 36 males and 32 females. While the populations medium degree is 6.89, the male population do have a medium degree of 6.73, the female population one of 7.05

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 318 people. 276 of this fraction are male and 42 are female. Economically inactive are about 385 people. The active fraction divides in 288 occupied and 30 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 784 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 199 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 692 people. 20 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 0 find their security at ISSSTE and 73 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 217 people of the age group 12 years and older are unmarried or singles. The number of people who are married or who are living in a conjugal relationship is 430 and there are 55 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 875 people are Roman Catholics, 69 people are Christians, mostly Protestants and similar historic religions. Other religions like Judaism, Islam, New Age, Ethnic religions and even religious movements are preferred by 0 individuals and finally about 30 are without any religion or are atheists.

Homes

The total number of homes, private or not, occupied or not, with or without further information, is 258 and 230 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 258. With 230 occupied private homes and 23 unoccupied private homes. 5 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 983.

Economic status

In La Luz, Durango (Gómez Palacio) about 1 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 162 own a radio, 226 have a TV, 215 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 169 private homes and a car is available in 96. In 11 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 42, an internet connection can be found in 1 and 136 homes do have cellphones.