Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga)

Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga) is located at a height of 1872 meters above sea level in the municipality of Altotonga in Veracruz (A-M), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 19.766111 and longitude: -97.245556.

Map of Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga)

Population

Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga) is populated by 19722 people. The total population consists of 1234 children aged 0 to 2 years, 1267 aged 3 to 5 years, 2744 children aged 6 to 11 years, 1291 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 1275 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 2499, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 7874 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 1538 people.

Dividing the overall population of 19722 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 6536 people aged 0 to 14, 12014 people aged 15 to 64 and 1071 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 84.4 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.34 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga) are known 249 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 93 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 62 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 92, 0 and 62 people.

Migration

While 17942 people were born in the same state, 1631 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 16756, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 528 people.

Disabilities

602 of the 19722 living in Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga) have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 338
Visual impairment: 146
Communicating: 81
Hearing disability: 67
Physical disability: 62
Learning and thinking: 44
Mental health: 55

A total of 18922 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 106 people do not know read or write and 1074 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 684 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 93 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 113 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 944 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 801 do visit a school

15 years and older

1075 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
2104 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
2265 finished primary school (6 years complete).
853 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
2345 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 3989 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 1830 males and 2159 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.07, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.38, the female population one of 7.83

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 8113 people. 4704 of this fraction are male and 3409 are female. Economically inactive are about 6222 people. The active fraction divides in 7970 occupied and 143 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 9348 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 10262 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 2560 people. 1471 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 34 find their security at ISSSTE and 5266 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 5118 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 7370 and there are 1875 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 17730 people are Roman Catholics, 1307 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 23 individuals and finally about 283 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 6277 and 5024 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 6243. With 4990 occupied private homes and 852 unoccupied private homes. 401 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 19616.

Economic status

In Altotonga, Veracruz (Altotonga) about 160 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 3757 own a radio, 4556 have a TV, 2833 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1829 private homes and a car is available in 1230. In 977 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 1402, an internet connection can be found in 607 and 3033 homes do have cellphones.