Ucum - Quintana Roo

Facts about Ucum

Location of Ucum

Ucum is located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.518333
Latitude (dec): 18.503056

Height over sea level of Ucum

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in Ucum

The over all population of Ucum is 1345 persons, 668 of them are male and 677 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 588 minors and 757 adults, with 89 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ucum

88 inhabitants of the location Ucum in Mexico live in indigenous households. 32 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 31 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 285 citizens of Ucum.

Economic situation

In Ucum exist about 343 households.

Of these households 341 are common houses or apartments, 90 are without floor and about 118 consist of one room only.

286 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 310 are connected to the public water supply, 322 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 11 households to own a computer, 191 own a washing machine and 261 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ucum

Besides the 159 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

167 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 426 persons did not finish the school. 151 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 110 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 89 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.