Santiago Tuxtla

Santiago Tuxtla is located at a height of 212 meters above sea level in the municipality of Santiago Tuxtla (Los-Zac) in Veracruz (N-Z), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 18.4675 and longitude: -95.301389.

Map of Santiago Tuxtla

Population

Santiago Tuxtla is populated by 15459 people. The total population consists of 641 children aged 0 to 2 years, 716 aged 3 to 5 years, 1550 children aged 6 to 11 years, 812 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 844 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1816, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 7191 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 1889 people.

Dividing the overall population of 15459 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 3719 people aged 0 to 14, 10385 people aged 15 to 64 and 1345 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 89.05 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.25 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Santiago Tuxtla are known 85 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 28 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 27, 0 and 10 people.

Migration

While 14959 people were born in the same state, 428 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 14050, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 180 people.

Disabilities

589 of the 15459 living in Santiago Tuxtla have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 291
Visual impairment: 171
Communicating: 42
Hearing disability: 75
Physical disability: 27
Learning and thinking: 19
Mental health: 65

A total of 14701 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 62 people do not know read or write and 1736 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 318 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 58 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 58 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 644 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 578 do visit a school

15 years and older

1739 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1671 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
1983 finished primary school (6 years complete).
474 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
2039 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 3516 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 1691 males and 1825 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.66, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.09, the female population one of 7.3

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 6277 people. 4200 of this fraction are male and 2077 are female. Economically inactive are about 6169 people. The active fraction divides in 5854 occupied and 423 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 10345 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 5049 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 2718 people. 1177 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 3 find their security at ISSSTE and 5864 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 4194 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 6966 and there are 1363 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 13776 people are Roman Catholics, 984 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 5 individuals and finally about 562 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 4708 and 3953 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 4704. With 3949 occupied private homes and 508 unoccupied private homes. 247 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 15444.

Economic status

In Santiago Tuxtla about 79 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 3176 own a radio, 3708 have a TV, 3091 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1771 private homes and a car is available in 750. In 789 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 1052, an internet connection can be found in 503 and 2713 homes do have cellphones.