Galeras, Querétaro

Galeras, Querétaro is located at a height of 1920 meters above sea level in the municipality of Colón in Querétaro, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 20.614722 and longitude: -100.156944.

Map of Galeras, Querétaro

Population

Galeras, Querétaro is populated by 2358 people. The total population consists of 153 children aged 0 to 2 years, 136 aged 3 to 5 years, 322 children aged 6 to 11 years, 155 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 146 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 348, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 937 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 161 people.

Dividing the overall population of 2358 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 766 people aged 0 to 14, 1474 people aged 15 to 64 and 118 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 95.04 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.69 children per woman.

Indigenous population

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

Migration

While 2275 people were born in the same state, 79 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 2100, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 11 people.

Disabilities

51 of the 2358 living in Galeras, Querétaro have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 24
Visual impairment: 12
Communicating: 6
Hearing disability: 7
Physical disability: 4
Learning and thinking: 0
Mental health: 13

A total of 2305 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 7 people do not know read or write and 161 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 67 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 5 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 5 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 109 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 53 do visit a school

15 years and older

174 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
211 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
344 finished primary school (6 years complete).
89 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
482 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 250 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 127 males and 123 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.05, the male population do have a medium degree of 7.4, the female population one of 6.71

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 901 people. 613 of this fraction are male and 288 are female. Economically inactive are about 842 people. The active fraction divides in 857 occupied and 44 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 1784 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 574 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1242 people. 27 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 2 find their security at ISSSTE and 508 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 716 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 921 and there are 110 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 2314 people are Roman Catholics, 20 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 20 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 545 and 512 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 545. With 512 occupied private homes and 24 unoccupied private homes. 9 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 2358.

Economic status

In Galeras, Querétaro about 5 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 402 own a radio, 501 have a TV, 432 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 294 private homes and a car is available in 212. In 52 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 46, an internet connection can be found in 10 and 379 homes do have cellphones.