El Troncón, Durango

El Troncón, Durango is located at a height of 1420 meters above sea level in the municipality of Mezquital (Elc-Laj) in Durango, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 23.491944 and longitude: -104.388333.

Map of El Troncón, Durango

Population

El Troncón, Durango is populated by 836 people. The total population consists of 59 children aged 0 to 2 years, 50 aged 3 to 5 years, 85 children aged 6 to 11 years, 54 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 48 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 107, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 299 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 134 people.

Dividing the overall population of 836 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 248 people aged 0 to 14, 484 people aged 15 to 64 and 101 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 91.3 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 3.09 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In El Troncón, Durango are known 11 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 7 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 6 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 7, 0 and 6 people.

Migration

While 781 people were born in the same state, 25 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 694, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 16 people.

Disabilities

82 of the 836 living in El Troncón, Durango have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 50
Visual impairment: 24
Communicating: 0
Hearing disability: 6
Physical disability: 2
Learning and thinking: 1
Mental health: 3

A total of 742 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 4 people do not know read or write and 25 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 19 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 1 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 5 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 27 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 18 do visit a school

15 years and older

26 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
182 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
93 finished primary school (6 years complete).
51 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
109 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 89 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 33 males and 56 females. While the populations medium degree is 6.75, the male population do have a medium degree of 6.46, the female population one of 6.97

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 252 people. 161 of this fraction are male and 91 are female. Economically inactive are about 379 people. The active fraction divides in 243 occupied and 9 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 656 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 179 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 32 people. 55 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 1 find their security at ISSSTE and 567 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 236 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 331 and there are 70 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 828 people are Roman Catholics, 8 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 0 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 297 and 205 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 297. With 205 occupied private homes and 78 unoccupied private homes. 14 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 836.

Economic status

In El Troncón, Durango about 5 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 144 own a radio, 188 have a TV, 178 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 138 private homes and a car is available in 108. In 35 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 64, an internet connection can be found in 25 and 124 homes do have cellphones.