Loreto - Baja California Sur

Facts about Loreto

Location of Loreto

Loreto is located in the municipality of Loreto in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -111.343333
Latitude (dec): 26.012778

Height over sea level of Loreto

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Loreto

The over all population of Loreto is 10283 persons, 5205 of them are male and 5078 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3873 minors and 6410 adults, with 661 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Loreto

57 inhabitants of the location Loreto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 29 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 0 people, while 28 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6570 citizens of Loreto.

Economic situation

In Loreto exist about 2665 households.

Of these households 2688 are common houses or apartments, 260 are without floor and about 249 consist of one room only.

2578 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2559 are connected to the public water supply, 2582 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 717 households to own a computer, 2081 own a washing machine and 2538 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Loreto

Besides the 177 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 40 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

237 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2598 persons did not finish the school. 1250 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2907 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 922 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.