Loreto, Baja California Sur

Loreto, Baja California Sur is located at a height of 3 meters above sea level in the municipality of Loreto in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 26.012778 and longitude: -111.343333.

Map of Loreto, Baja California Sur

Population

Loreto, Baja California Sur is populated by 14724 people. The total population consists of 862 children aged 0 to 2 years, 808 aged 3 to 5 years, 1613 children aged 6 to 11 years, 779 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 813 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1942, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 6930 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 977 people.

Dividing the overall population of 14724 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 4062 people aged 0 to 14, 9786 people aged 15 to 64 and 609 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 110.31 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.24 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Loreto, Baja California Sur are known 306 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 189 speak an indegenous language, 2 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 174 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 187, 2 and 172 people.

Migration

While 10452 people were born in the same state, 3816 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 11515, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 1349 people.

Disabilities

424 of the 14724 living in Loreto, Baja California Sur have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 244
Visual impairment: 87
Communicating: 41
Hearing disability: 45
Physical disability: 16
Learning and thinking: 16
Mental health: 39

A total of 13966 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 35 people do not know read or write and 240 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 392 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 30 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 47 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 594 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 505 do visit a school

15 years and older

326 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1077 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
1720 finished primary school (6 years complete).
659 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
2146 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 4000 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 2059 males and 1941 females. While the populations medium degree is 9.22, the male population do have a medium degree of 9.14, the female population one of 9.3

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 6548 people. 4463 of this fraction are male and 2085 are female. Economically inactive are about 4574 people. The active fraction divides in 6299 occupied and 249 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 10967 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 3463 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 4889 people. 3284 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 17 find their security at ISSSTE and 3014 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 3575 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 6421 and there are 1150 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 12115 people are Roman Catholics, 1300 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 8 individuals and finally about 890 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 5304 and 4192 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 5217. With 4105 occupied private homes and 616 unoccupied private homes. 496 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 14463.

Economic status

In Loreto, Baja California Sur about 50 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 2931 own a radio, 3792 have a TV, 3560 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 3001 private homes and a car is available in 3059. In 1605 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 1264, an internet connection can be found in 1147 and 3459 homes do have cellphones.