Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui)

Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui) is located at a height of 1202 meters above sea level in the municipality of Meoqui (Alm-Los) in Chihuahua, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 28.389722 and longitude: -105.623611.

Map of Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui)

Population

Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui) is populated by 8704 people. The total population consists of 575 children aged 0 to 2 years, 589 aged 3 to 5 years, 1142 children aged 6 to 11 years, 534 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 521 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1044, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 3477 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 822 people.

Dividing the overall population of 8704 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 2840 people aged 0 to 14, 5279 people aged 15 to 64 and 570 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 99.91 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.62 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui) are known 278 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 190 speak an indegenous language, 9 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 156 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 176, 8 and 144 people.

Migration

While 7776 people were born in the same state, 785 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 7397, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 131 people.

Disabilities

311 of the 8704 living in Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui) have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 176
Visual impairment: 82
Communicating: 31
Hearing disability: 12
Physical disability: 7
Learning and thinking: 14
Mental health: 37

A total of 8363 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 44 people do not know read or write and 317 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 338 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 46 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 95 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 273 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 170 do visit a school

15 years and older

443 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1117 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
1503 finished primary school (6 years complete).
321 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
1217 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 981 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 490 males and 491 females. While the populations medium degree is 6.95, the male population do have a medium degree of 6.8, the female population one of 7.11

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 3501 people. 2396 of this fraction are male and 1105 are female. Economically inactive are about 2836 people. The active fraction divides in 3425 occupied and 76 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 6554 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 2121 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 3769 people. 390 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 35 find their security at ISSSTE and 2178 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 1933 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 3798 and there are 639 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 7344 people are Roman Catholics, 695 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 622 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 2937 and 2370 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 2933. With 2366 occupied private homes and 471 unoccupied private homes. 96 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 8692.

Economic status

In Lázaro Cárdenas, Chihuahua (Meoqui) about 31 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 1996 own a radio, 2244 have a TV, 2182 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1991 private homes and a car is available in 1488. In 485 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 346, an internet connection can be found in 122 and 1871 homes do have cellphones.