Taxco de Alarcón - Guerrero

Facts about Taxco de Alarcón

Location of Taxco de Alarcón

Taxco de Alarcón is located in the municipality of Taxco de Alarcón in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.605000
Latitude (dec): 18.556389

Height over sea level of Taxco de Alarcón

The locations medium height over sea level is 1778 meters.

Population in Taxco de Alarcón

The over all population of Taxco de Alarcón is 50415 persons, 24362 of them are male and 26053 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 18391 minors and 32024 adults, with 4556 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Taxco de Alarcón

428 inhabitants of the location Taxco de Alarcón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 284 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 1 people, while 261 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16987 citizens of Taxco de Alarcón.

Economic situation

In Taxco de Alarcón exist about 13249 households.

Of these households 12700 are common houses or apartments, 755 are without floor and about 1872 consist of one room only.

12153 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 11338 are connected to the public water supply, 12419 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2154 households to own a computer, 6250 own a washing machine and 12071 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Taxco de Alarcón

Besides the 2043 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 427 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2085 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 11559 persons did not finish the school. 6915 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 13871 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3605 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.