Atzalan

Atzalan is located at a height of 1658 meters above sea level in the municipality of Atzalan (Aca-San) in Veracruz (A-M), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 19.789167 and longitude: -97.242222.

Map of Atzalan

Population

Atzalan is populated by 1940 people. The total population consists of 118 children aged 0 to 2 years, 100 aged 3 to 5 years, 226 children aged 6 to 11 years, 124 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 149 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 292, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 747 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 184 people.

Dividing the overall population of 1940 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 568 people aged 0 to 14, 1242 people aged 15 to 64 and 130 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 93.42 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.65 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Atzalan are known 19 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 5 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 4 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 5, 0 and 4 people.

Migration

While 1777 people were born in the same state, 161 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 1688, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 29 people.

Disabilities

58 of the 1940 living in Atzalan have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 39
Visual impairment: 17
Communicating: 8
Hearing disability: 2
Physical disability: 15
Learning and thinking: 8
Mental health: 14

A total of 1864 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 4 people do not know read or write and 80 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 46 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 8 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 9 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 120 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 126 do visit a school

15 years and older

110 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
206 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
182 finished primary school (6 years complete).
74 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
211 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 502 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 267 males and 235 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.65, the male population do have a medium degree of 9.27, the female population one of 8.08

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 719 people. 478 of this fraction are male and 241 are female. Economically inactive are about 771 people. The active fraction divides in 716 occupied and 3 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 1161 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 763 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 269 people. 254 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 28 find their security at ISSSTE and 597 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 567 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 758 and there are 159 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 1887 people are Roman Catholics, 22 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 14 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 571 and 472 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 571. With 472 occupied private homes and 59 unoccupied private homes. 40 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 1940.

Economic status

In Atzalan about 11 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 404 own a radio, 436 have a TV, 306 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 215 private homes and a car is available in 157. In 123 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 118, an internet connection can be found in 35 and 240 homes do have cellphones.