Peñón Blanco - Durango

Facts about Peñón Blanco

Location of Peñón Blanco

Peñón Blanco is located in the municipality of Peñón Blanco in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.033333
Latitude (dec): 24.790833

Height over sea level of Peñón Blanco

The locations medium height over sea level is 1680 meters.

Population in Peñón Blanco

The over all population of Peñón Blanco is 4816 persons, 2341 of them are male and 2475 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1957 minors and 2859 adults, with 588 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Peñón Blanco

14 inhabitants of the location Peñón Blanco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 8 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 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1458 citizens of Peñón Blanco.

Economic situation

In Peñón Blanco exist about 1136 households.

Of these households 1124 are common houses or apartments, 153 are without floor and about 35 consist of one room only.

962 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 961 are connected to the public water supply, 1094 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 96 households to own a computer, 594 own a washing machine and 1049 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Peñón Blanco

Besides the 194 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 41 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

196 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1506 persons did not finish the school. 725 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 777 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 357 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.