Istaro

Istaro is located at a height of 1862 meters above sea level in the municipality of Salvador Escalante in Michoacán, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 19.328056 and longitude: -101.753611.

Map of Istaro

Population

Istaro is populated by 1567 people. The total population consists of 88 children aged 0 to 2 years, 89 aged 3 to 5 years, 209 children aged 6 to 11 years, 111 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 115 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 219, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 554 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 182 people.

Dividing the overall population of 1567 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 497 people aged 0 to 14, 941 people aged 15 to 64 and 129 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 95.88 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 3.16 children per woman.

Indigenous population

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

Migration

While 1538 people were born in the same state, 17 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 1359, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 3 people.

Disabilities

52 of the 1567 living in Istaro have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 23
Visual impairment: 10
Communicating: 10
Hearing disability: 5
Physical disability: 3
Learning and thinking: 2
Mental health: 6

A total of 1503 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 12 people do not know read or write and 204 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 23 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 8 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 22 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 50 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 22 do visit a school

15 years and older

241 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
278 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
225 finished primary school (6 years complete).
52 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
177 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 73 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 25 males and 48 females. While the populations medium degree is 4.92, the male population do have a medium degree of 4.68, the female population one of 5.13

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 473 people. 424 of this fraction are male and 49 are female. Economically inactive are about 697 people. The active fraction divides in 469 occupied and 4 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 628 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 937 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 524 people. 10 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 1 find their security at ISSSTE and 82 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 414 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 676 and there are 87 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 1528 people are Roman Catholics, 14 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 15 individuals and finally about 9 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 471 and 396 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 471. With 396 occupied private homes and 64 unoccupied private homes. 11 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 1567.

Economic status

In Istaro about 13 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 291 own a radio, 342 have a TV, 270 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 188 private homes and a car is available in 131. In 24 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 13, an internet connection can be found in 1 and 174 homes do have cellphones.