Sihuapan

Sihuapan is located at a height of 269 meters above sea level in the municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla (Los-Zap) in Veracruz (N-Z), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 18.436667 and longitude: -95.178611.

Map of Sihuapan

Population

Sihuapan is populated by 3767 people. The total population consists of 191 children aged 0 to 2 years, 190 aged 3 to 5 years, 391 children aged 6 to 11 years, 235 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 199 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 457, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 1717 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 387 people.

Dividing the overall population of 3767 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 1007 people aged 0 to 14, 2398 people aged 15 to 64 and 271 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 91.41 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.28 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Sihuapan are known 29 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 12 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 10 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 12, 0 and 10 people.

Migration

While 3440 people were born in the same state, 231 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 3159, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 167 people.

Disabilities

125 of the 3767 living in Sihuapan have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 58
Visual impairment: 34
Communicating: 17
Hearing disability: 12
Physical disability: 8
Learning and thinking: 5
Mental health: 12

A total of 3551 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 28 people do not know read or write and 308 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 83 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 6 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 17 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 158 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 148 do visit a school

15 years and older

266 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
518 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
392 finished primary school (6 years complete).
113 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
485 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 821 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 427 males and 394 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.77, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.48, the female population one of 7.17

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 1391 people. 923 of this fraction are male and 468 are female. Economically inactive are about 1499 people. The active fraction divides in 1342 occupied and 49 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 2508 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1168 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 940 people. 178 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 2 find their security at ISSSTE and 1224 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 913 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 1659 and there are 332 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 2559 people are Roman Catholics, 655 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 83 individuals and finally about 372 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 1140 and 982 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 1110. With 952 occupied private homes and 112 unoccupied private homes. 46 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 3677.

Economic status

In Sihuapan about 18 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 751 own a radio, 870 have a TV, 737 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 426 private homes and a car is available in 197. In 170 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 189, an internet connection can be found in 67 and 684 homes do have cellphones.