Mercurio (Mina Mercurio)

Mercurio (Mina Mercurio) is located at a height of 2130 meters above sea level in the municipality of Sain Alto in Zacatecas, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 23.514444 and longitude: -103.221667.

Map of Mercurio (Mina Mercurio)

Population

Mercurio (Mina Mercurio) is populated by 544 people. The total population consists of 43 children aged 0 to 2 years, 41 aged 3 to 5 years, 86 children aged 6 to 11 years, 40 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 49 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 71, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 184 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 30 people.

Dividing the overall population of 544 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 210 people aged 0 to 14, 313 people aged 15 to 64 and 21 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 95.68 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 3.08 children per woman.

Indigenous population

There are no households known where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language.

Migration

While 510 people were born in the same state, 29 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 452, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 13 people.

Disabilities

20 of the 544 living in Mercurio (Mina Mercurio) have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 14
Visual impairment: 3
Communicating: 3
Hearing disability: 0
Physical disability: 0
Learning and thinking: 1
Mental health: 0

A total of 524 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 13 people do not know read or write and 21 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 12 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 0 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 2 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 12 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 4 do visit a school

15 years and older

17 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
64 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
105 finished primary school (6 years complete).
21 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
103 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 19 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 9 males and 10 females. While the populations medium degree is 6.54, the male population do have a medium degree of 5.77, the female population one of 7.3

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 141 people. 134 of this fraction are male and 7 are female. Economically inactive are about 233 people. The active fraction divides in 127 occupied and 14 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 458 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 86 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 26 people. 1 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 0 find their security at ISSSTE and 431 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 139 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 213 and there are 22 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 524 people are Roman Catholics, 4 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 0 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 129 and 113 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 129. With 113 occupied private homes and 12 unoccupied private homes. 4 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 544.

Economic status

In Mercurio (Mina Mercurio) about 5 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 88 own a radio, 105 have a TV, 88 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 42 private homes and a car is available in 56. In 1 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 5, an internet connection can be found in 0 and 14 homes do have cellphones.