La Joya - Morelos

Facts about La Joya

Location of La Joya

La Joya is located in the municipality of Yautepec in the Mexican state of Morelos with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.122222
Latitude (dec): 18.884167

Height over sea level of La Joya

The locations medium height over sea level is 1500 meters.

Population in La Joya

The over all population of La Joya is 12453 persons, 6066 of them are male and 6387 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 5647 minors and 6806 adults, with 874 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Joya

161 inhabitants of the location La Joya in Mexico live in indigenous households. 62 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 59 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3427 citizens of La Joya.

Economic situation

In La Joya exist about 2837 households.

Of these households 3043 are common houses or apartments, 275 are without floor and about 392 consist of one room only.

2604 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2268 are connected to the public water supply, 2757 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 249 households to own a computer, 1383 own a washing machine and 2657 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Joya

Besides the 721 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 150 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

875 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2832 persons did not finish the school. 2334 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1462 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 601 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.