Turicato

Information and facts about the municipality of Turicato

Location of Turicato

The municipality of Turicato is located in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo México

Population of Turicato

The overall population of the municipality named Turicato is 31494 citizens, 14919 males and 16575 females.

Age distribution

The population of Turicato is divided into 14544 minors and 16950 adults, with 3298 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Turicato

532 people in Turicato live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 353 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 4 and 296 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5788 citizens of Turicato.

Economic situation

In Turicato about 7261 households are registered.

7079 of these households are common houses or apartments, 3026 are without floor and about 477 consist of one room only.

4971 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4593 are connected to the public water supply, 6279 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 177 households to own a computer, 2837 own a washing machine and 5324 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Turicato

Besides the 5473 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 795 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

6249 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 8335 persons did not finish the school. 3004 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1499 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1582 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.