La Luz - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about La Luz

Location of La Luz

La Luz is located in the municipality of Pajacuarán in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.483611
Latitude (dec): 20.148056

Height over sea level of La Luz

The locations medium height over sea level is 1530 meters.

Population in La Luz

The over all population of La Luz is 2988 persons, 1412 of them are male and 1576 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1266 minors and 1722 adults, with 379 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Luz

12 inhabitants of the location La Luz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5 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 53 citizens of La Luz.

Economic situation

In La Luz exist about 748 households.

Of these households 726 are common houses or apartments, 43 are without floor and about 26 consist of one room only.

656 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 710 are connected to the public water supply, 719 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 19 households to own a computer, 401 own a washing machine and 685 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Luz

Besides the 550 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 91 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

506 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1139 persons did not finish the school. 180 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 95 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 87 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.