Guachochi - Chihuahua

Facts about Guachochi

Location of Guachochi

Guachochi is located in the municipality of Guachochi in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -107.070000
Latitude (dec): 26.819444

Height over sea level of Guachochi

The locations medium height over sea level is 1160 meters.

Population in Guachochi

The over all population of Guachochi is 12385 persons, 5991 of them are male and 6394 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 5268 minors and 7117 adults, with 678 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Guachochi

3245 inhabitants of the location Guachochi in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1730 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 12 people, while 1628 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5442 citizens of Guachochi.

Economic situation

In Guachochi exist about 2908 households.

Of these households 2894 are common houses or apartments, 325 are without floor and about 269 consist of one room only.

2781 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2694 are connected to the public water supply, 2671 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 561 households to own a computer, 1432 own a washing machine and 2535 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Guachochi

Besides the 566 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 79 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

620 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2856 persons did not finish the school. 1608 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2674 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1100 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.