Tuxtla Gutiérrez - Chiapas

Facts about Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Location of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is located in the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.116667
Latitude (dec): 16.752778

Height over sea level of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Tuxtla Gutiérrez

The over all population of Tuxtla Gutiérrez is 490455 persons, 234485 of them are male and 255970 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 179114 minors and 311341 adults, with 29989 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

15409 inhabitants of the location Tuxtla Gutiérrez in Mexico live in indigenous households. 7958 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 39 people, while 7567 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 229776 citizens of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

Economic situation

In Tuxtla Gutiérrez exist about 123638 households.

Of these households 121872 are common houses or apartments, 8999 are without floor and about 18972 consist of one room only.

115760 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 98351 are connected to the public water supply, 116539 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 30132 households to own a computer, 70184 own a washing machine and 113133 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Besides the 22630 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3821 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

22332 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 94244 persons did not finish the school. 60459 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 158416 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 52388 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 10 years.