La Luz - Durango

Facts about La Luz

Location of La Luz

La Luz is located in the municipality of Gómez Palacio in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.531111
Latitude (dec): 25.758611

Height over sea level of La Luz

The locations medium height over sea level is 1110 meters.

Population in La Luz

The over all population of La Luz is 939 persons, 468 of them are male and 471 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 407 minors and 532 adults, with 52 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Luz

3 inhabitants of the location La Luz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 732 citizens of La Luz.

Economic situation

In La Luz exist about 238 households.

Of these households 213 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

171 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 192 are connected to the public water supply, 208 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 153 own a washing machine and 208 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Luz

Besides the 37 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

29 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 342 persons did not finish the school. 153 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 60 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 30 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.