Puruarán

Puruarán is located at a height of 1102 meters above sea level in the municipality of Turicato (Lal-Zih) in Michoacán, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 19.094444 and longitude: -101.521944.

Map of Puruarán

Population

Puruarán is populated by 7162 people. The total population consists of 370 children aged 0 to 2 years, 373 aged 3 to 5 years, 870 children aged 6 to 11 years, 506 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 453 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 811, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 2900 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 879 people.

Dividing the overall population of 7162 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 2119 people aged 0 to 14, 4390 people aged 15 to 64 and 639 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 90.78 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.94 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Puruarán are known 46 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 21 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 3 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 20, 0 and 3 people.

Migration

While 6825 people were born in the same state, 258 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 6213, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 119 people.

Disabilities

779 of the 7162 living in Puruarán have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 414
Visual impairment: 332
Communicating: 71
Hearing disability: 67
Physical disability: 37
Learning and thinking: 11
Mental health: 50

A total of 6349 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 40 people do not know read or write and 722 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 76 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 34 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 49 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 268 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 157 do visit a school

15 years and older

1019 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
709 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
768 finished primary school (6 years complete).
245 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
1291 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 854 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 384 males and 470 females. While the populations medium degree is 6.53, the male population do have a medium degree of 6.5, the female population one of 6.55

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 2476 people. 1737 of this fraction are male and 739 are female. Economically inactive are about 3020 people. The active fraction divides in 2282 occupied and 194 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 5312 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1830 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 2243 people. 518 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 3 find their security at ISSSTE and 2573 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 1840 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 3045 and there are 637 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 6765 people are Roman Catholics, 256 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 21 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 2345 and 1940 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 2343. With 1938 occupied private homes and 312 unoccupied private homes. 93 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 7156.

Economic status

In Puruarán about 33 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 589 own a radio, 1854 have a TV, 1709 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1354 private homes and a car is available in 626. In 243 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 502, an internet connection can be found in 49 and 1279 homes do have cellphones.