Ameca - Jalisco

Facts about Ameca

Location of Ameca

Ameca is located in the municipality of Ameca in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.047222
Latitude (dec): 20.547778

Height over sea level of Ameca

The locations medium height over sea level is 1230 meters.

Population in Ameca

The over all population of Ameca is 35047 persons, 17000 of them are male and 18047 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 13297 minors and 21750 adults, with 3579 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ameca

303 inhabitants of the location Ameca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 139 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 135 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 20098 citizens of Ameca.

Economic situation

In Ameca exist about 8919 households.

Of these households 8951 are common houses or apartments, 130 are without floor and about 176 consist of one room only.

8575 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 8326 are connected to the public water supply, 8618 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1962 households to own a computer, 7001 own a washing machine and 8459 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ameca

Besides the 1181 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 264 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1166 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 9736 persons did not finish the school. 4803 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7711 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2488 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.