Jocotepec - Jalisco

Facts about Jocotepec

Location of Jocotepec

Jocotepec is located in the municipality of Jocotepec in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.429444
Latitude (dec): 20.283611

Height over sea level of Jocotepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1540 meters.

Population in Jocotepec

The over all population of Jocotepec is 17409 persons, 8583 of them are male and 8826 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 7357 minors and 10052 adults, with 1464 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jocotepec

106 inhabitants of the location Jocotepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 41 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 40 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5617 citizens of Jocotepec.

Economic situation

In Jocotepec exist about 3874 households.

Of these households 3734 are common houses or apartments, 185 are without floor and about 161 consist of one room only.

3490 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3533 are connected to the public water supply, 3588 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 625 households to own a computer, 2685 own a washing machine and 3505 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jocotepec

Besides the 719 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 266 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

756 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5680 persons did not finish the school. 1804 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2750 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 950 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.