Ostuacán

Ostuacán is located at a height of 134 meters above sea level in the municipality of Ostuacán in Chiapas, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 17.407222 and longitude: -93.335556.

Map of Ostuacán

Population

Ostuacán is populated by 2979 people. The total population consists of 177 children aged 0 to 2 years, 178 aged 3 to 5 years, 361 children aged 6 to 11 years, 205 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 190 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 412, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 1176 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 280 people.

Dividing the overall population of 2979 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 921 people aged 0 to 14, 1870 people aged 15 to 64 and 188 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 99.13 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.69 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Ostuacán are known 117 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 44 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 42 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 44, 0 and 42 people.

Migration

While 2846 people were born in the same state, 122 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 2639, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 41 people.

Disabilities

95 of the 2979 living in Ostuacán have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 65
Visual impairment: 22
Communicating: 4
Hearing disability: 2
Physical disability: 6
Learning and thinking: 9
Mental health: 3

A total of 2870 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 12 people do not know read or write and 244 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 72 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 10 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 17 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 138 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 115 do visit a school

15 years and older

326 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
375 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
245 finished primary school (6 years complete).
133 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
422 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 518 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 285 males and 233 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.09, the male population do have a medium degree of 7.69, the female population one of 6.52

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 1091 people. 820 of this fraction are male and 271 are female. Economically inactive are about 1156 people. The active fraction divides in 1055 occupied and 36 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 1994 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 976 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 47 people. 78 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 56 find their security at ISSSTE and 1770 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 794 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 1239 and there are 229 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 1798 people are Roman Catholics, 696 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 477 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 874 and 708 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 874. With 708 occupied private homes and 68 unoccupied private homes. 98 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 2979.

Economic status

In Ostuacán about 50 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 194 own a radio, 614 have a TV, 530 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 362 private homes and a car is available in 158. In 93 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 192, an internet connection can be found in 20 and 376 homes do have cellphones.