Higuerón

Higuerón is located at a height of 895 meters above sea level in the municipality of Jojutla in Morelos, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 18.5775 and longitude: -99.180556.

Map of Higuerón

Population

Higuerón is populated by 4568 people. The total population consists of 207 children aged 0 to 2 years, 244 aged 3 to 5 years, 504 children aged 6 to 11 years, 252 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 316 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 675, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 1898 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 472 people.

Dividing the overall population of 4568 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 1207 people aged 0 to 14, 3025 people aged 15 to 64 and 328 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 94.3 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.3 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Higuerón are known 49 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 15 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 15, 0 and 3 people.

Migration

While 3849 people were born in the same state, 627 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 3896, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 86 people.

Disabilities

236 of the 4568 living in Higuerón have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 145
Visual impairment: 55
Communicating: 19
Hearing disability: 31
Physical disability: 6
Learning and thinking: 11
Mental health: 18

A total of 4297 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 16 people do not know read or write and 202 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 93 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 28 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 27 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 196 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 200 do visit a school

15 years and older

271 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
383 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
516 finished primary school (6 years complete).
199 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
917 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 941 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 393 males and 548 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.18, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.02, the female population one of 8.32

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 1862 people. 1230 of this fraction are male and 632 are female. Economically inactive are about 1731 people. The active fraction divides in 1763 occupied and 99 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 3204 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1355 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1369 people. 238 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 1 find their security at ISSSTE and 1555 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 1217 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 1986 and there are 395 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 2892 people are Roman Catholics, 1173 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 4 individuals and finally about 466 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 1423 and 1212 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 1421. With 1210 occupied private homes and 139 unoccupied private homes. 72 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 4562.

Economic status

In Higuerón about 13 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 977 own a radio, 1148 have a TV, 1084 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 819 private homes and a car is available in 451. In 229 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 638, an internet connection can be found in 174 and 561 homes do have cellphones.