Nochistlán De Mejía

Nochistlán De Mejía is located at a height of 1872 meters above sea level in the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía in Zacatecas, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 21.360556 and longitude: -102.845556.

Map of Nochistlán De Mejía

Population

Nochistlán De Mejía is populated by 16562 people. The total population consists of 899 children aged 0 to 2 years, 950 aged 3 to 5 years, 1847 children aged 6 to 11 years, 990 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 1018 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1900, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 6732 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 2226 people.

Dividing the overall population of 16562 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 4686 people aged 0 to 14, 9953 people aged 15 to 64 and 1635 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 90.13 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.75 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Nochistlán De Mejía are known 45 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 20 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 12 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 20, 0 and 12 people.

Migration

While 13137 people were born in the same state, 2716 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 13667, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 451 people.

Disabilities

1330 of the 16562 living in Nochistlán De Mejía have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 930
Visual impairment: 252
Communicating: 104
Hearing disability: 126
Physical disability: 71
Learning and thinking: 83
Mental health: 107

A total of 14888 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 16 people do not know read or write and 708 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 286 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 24 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 54 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 693 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 533 do visit a school

15 years and older

1075 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
2170 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
2330 finished primary school (6 years complete).
623 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
2308 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 2677 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 1325 males and 1352 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.54, the male population do have a medium degree of 7.76, the female population one of 7.35

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 5912 people. 4000 of this fraction are male and 1912 are female. Economically inactive are about 6565 people. The active fraction divides in 5500 occupied and 412 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 10312 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 5918 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 2429 people. 1400 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 56 find their security at ISSSTE and 6466 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 4707 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 6719 and there are 1143 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 15817 people are Roman Catholics, 311 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 98 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 6263 and 4491 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 6165. With 4393 occupied private homes and 1238 unoccupied private homes. 534 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 16239.

Economic status

In Nochistlán De Mejía about 23 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 3597 own a radio, 4248 have a TV, 4020 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 3531 private homes and a car is available in 2359. In 1152 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 2281, an internet connection can be found in 760 and 2696 homes do have cellphones.