Choix

Choix is located at a height of 229 meters above sea level in the municipality of Choix (Agu-Jun) in Sinaloa, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 26.71 and longitude: -108.326111.

Map of Choix

Population

Choix is populated by 9306 people. The total population consists of 581 children aged 0 to 2 years, 627 aged 3 to 5 years, 1177 children aged 6 to 11 years, 609 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 691 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1164, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 3589 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 868 people.

Dividing the overall population of 9306 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 2994 people aged 0 to 14, 5657 people aged 15 to 64 and 631 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 100.6 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.79 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Choix are known 240 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 81 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 59 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 81, 0 and 59 people.

Migration

While 7759 people were born in the same state, 1373 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 7666, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 309 people.

Disabilities

258 of the 9306 living in Choix have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 138
Visual impairment: 39
Communicating: 38
Hearing disability: 15
Physical disability: 26
Learning and thinking: 26
Mental health: 55

A total of 8949 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 66 people do not know read or write and 554 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 286 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 36 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 50 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 462 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 268 do visit a school

15 years and older

592 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1184 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
970 finished primary school (6 years complete).
451 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
1089 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 1771 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 893 males and 878 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.63, the male population do have a medium degree of 7.66, the female population one of 7.6

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 3210 people. 2354 of this fraction are male and 856 are female. Economically inactive are about 3639 people. The active fraction divides in 2960 occupied and 250 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 7662 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1596 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1041 people. 1230 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 12 find their security at ISSSTE and 5524 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 2433 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 3694 and there are 765 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 6141 people are Roman Catholics, 1160 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 2 individuals and finally about 1897 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 2585 and 2188 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 2575. With 2178 occupied private homes and 247 unoccupied private homes. 150 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 9249.

Economic status

In Choix about 43 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 910 own a radio, 1994 have a TV, 1967 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1202 private homes and a car is available in 1030. In 407 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 570, an internet connection can be found in 291 and 1556 homes do have cellphones.