Ocosingo

Ocosingo is located at a height of 888 meters above sea level in the municipality of Ocosingo (Nue-San) in Chiapas, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 16.907222 and longitude: -92.096111.

Map of Ocosingo

Population

Ocosingo is populated by 41878 people. The total population consists of 2833 children aged 0 to 2 years, 3081 aged 3 to 5 years, 5700 children aged 6 to 11 years, 2655 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 2879 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 6038, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 16868 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 1824 people.

Dividing the overall population of 41878 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 14269 people aged 0 to 14, 25229 people aged 15 to 64 and 1163 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 91.85 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.13 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Ocosingo are known 25189 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 14801 speak an indegenous language, 729 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 13885 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 14502, 681 and 13639 people.

Migration

While 39022 people were born in the same state, 1543 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 35041, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 565 people.

Disabilities

1021 of the 41878 living in Ocosingo have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 494
Visual impairment: 333
Communicating: 107
Hearing disability: 81
Physical disability: 52
Learning and thinking: 43
Mental health: 95

A total of 39478 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 428 people do not know read or write and 3402 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 1252 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 292 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 197 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 2200 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 1935 do visit a school

15 years and older

3421 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
3477 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
3865 finished primary school (6 years complete).
1351 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
4792 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 8418 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 4605 males and 3813 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.03, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.84, the female population one of 7.32

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 14371 people. 9773 of this fraction are male and 4598 are female. Economically inactive are about 14556 people. The active fraction divides in 13891 occupied and 480 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 20932 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 19672 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 3499 people. 3553 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 452 find their security at ISSSTE and 12563 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 10585 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 15984 and there are 2446 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 25529 people are Roman Catholics, 10624 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 1 individuals and finally about 4394 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 12230 and 9558 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 11824. With 9152 occupied private homes and 1297 unoccupied private homes. 1375 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 40599.

Economic status

In Ocosingo about 494 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 5507 own a radio, 7862 have a TV, 5693 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 2698 private homes and a car is available in 2077. In 1707 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 1036, an internet connection can be found in 586 and 6175 homes do have cellphones.