Jalcocotán - Nayarit

Facts about Jalcocotán

Location of Jalcocotán

Jalcocotán is located in the municipality of San Blas in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.100000
Latitude (dec): 21.479167

Height over sea level of Jalcocotán

The locations medium height over sea level is 440 meters.

Population in Jalcocotán

The over all population of Jalcocotán is 3866 persons, 1944 of them are male and 1922 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1519 minors and 2347 adults, with 495 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jalcocotán

101 inhabitants of the location Jalcocotán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 59 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 50 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1850 citizens of Jalcocotán.

Economic situation

In Jalcocotán exist about 1070 households.

Of these households 1072 are common houses or apartments, 198 are without floor and about 78 consist of one room only.

936 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 995 are connected to the public water supply, 1018 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 66 households to own a computer, 555 own a washing machine and 940 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jalcocotán

Besides the 321 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 63 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

347 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1399 persons did not finish the school. 413 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 447 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 220 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.