El Refugio - Jalisco

Facts about El Refugio

Location of El Refugio

El Refugio is located in the municipality of Tala in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.737500
Latitude (dec): 20.670833

Height over sea level of El Refugio

The locations medium height over sea level is 1300 meters.

Population in El Refugio

The over all population of El Refugio is 5725 persons, 2842 of them are male and 2883 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2269 minors and 3456 adults, with 484 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Refugio

10 inhabitants of the location El Refugio in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3506 citizens of El Refugio.

Economic situation

In El Refugio exist about 1382 households.

Of these households 1362 are common houses or apartments, 43 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

1335 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1335 are connected to the public water supply, 1338 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 125 households to own a computer, 1054 own a washing machine and 1325 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Refugio

Besides the 245 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 69 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

247 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1974 persons did not finish the school. 896 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 661 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 239 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.