Viesca

Viesca is located at a height of 1100 meters above sea level in the municipality of Viesca in Coahuila, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 25.3425 and longitude: -102.806667.

Map of Viesca

Population

Viesca is populated by 3610 people. The total population consists of 204 children aged 0 to 2 years, 230 aged 3 to 5 years, 426 children aged 6 to 11 years, 221 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 204 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 424, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 1471 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 430 people.

Dividing the overall population of 3610 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 1081 people aged 0 to 14, 2217 people aged 15 to 64 and 305 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 99.45 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.69 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Viesca are known 9 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 3 speak an indegenous language, 0 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 0 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 3, 0 and 0 people.

Migration

While 3373 people were born in the same state, 216 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 3162, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 56 people.

Disabilities

319 of the 3610 living in Viesca have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 215
Visual impairment: 63
Communicating: 16
Hearing disability: 23
Physical disability: 17
Learning and thinking: 9
Mental health: 26

A total of 3276 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 123 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 86 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 4 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 13 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 148 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 111 do visit a school

15 years and older

120 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
308 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
490 finished primary school (6 years complete).
141 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
705 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 682 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 326 males and 356 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.23, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.22, the female population one of 8.24

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 1236 people. 921 of this fraction are male and 315 are female. Economically inactive are about 1495 people. The active fraction divides in 1051 occupied and 185 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 2297 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 1303 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1402 people. 140 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 1 find their security at ISSSTE and 717 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 875 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 1606 and there are 262 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 3448 people are Roman Catholics, 84 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 59 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 1107 and 900 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 1105. With 898 occupied private homes and 97 unoccupied private homes. 110 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 3604.

Economic status

In Viesca about 10 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 663 own a radio, 861 have a TV, 825 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 664 private homes and a car is available in 371. In 132 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 346, an internet connection can be found in 76 and 402 homes do have cellphones.