Chalma, Veracruz

Chalma, Veracruz is located at a height of 137 meters above sea level in the municipality of Chalma in Veracruz (A-M), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 21.208611 and longitude: -98.394722.

Map of Chalma, Veracruz

Population

Chalma, Veracruz is populated by 2646 people. The total population consists of 134 children aged 0 to 2 years, 140 aged 3 to 5 years, 275 children aged 6 to 11 years, 143 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 135 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 316, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 1125 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 378 people.

Dividing the overall population of 2646 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 692 people aged 0 to 14, 1681 people aged 15 to 64 and 273 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 94.13 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.76 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Chalma, Veracruz are known 1140 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 517 speak an indegenous language, 2 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 498 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 515, 2 and 496 people.

Migration

While 1991 people were born in the same state, 648 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 2303, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 106 people.

Disabilities

209 of the 2646 living in Chalma, Veracruz have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 85
Visual impairment: 66
Communicating: 18
Hearing disability: 37
Physical disability: 4
Learning and thinking: 6
Mental health: 6

A total of 2415 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 12 people do not know read or write and 366 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 36 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 6 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 3 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 112 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 124 do visit a school

15 years and older

303 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
277 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
323 finished primary school (6 years complete).
42 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
287 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 618 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 333 males and 285 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.8, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.5, the female population one of 7.15

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 984 people. 701 of this fraction are male and 283 are female. Economically inactive are about 1104 people. The active fraction divides in 964 occupied and 20 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 1323 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1304 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 587 people. 526 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 12 find their security at ISSSTE and 148 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 660 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 1244 and there are 190 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 2089 people are Roman Catholics, 441 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 51 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 863 and 678 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 863. With 678 occupied private homes and 94 unoccupied private homes. 91 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 2645.

Economic status

In Chalma, Veracruz about 33 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 505 own a radio, 565 have a TV, 572 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 301 private homes and a car is available in 202. In 108 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 117, an internet connection can be found in 16 and 112 homes do have cellphones.