Santa Catarina

Information and facts about the municipality of Santa Catarina

Location of Santa Catarina

The municipality of Santa Catarina is located in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí México

Population of Santa Catarina

The overall population of the municipality named Santa Catarina is 10910 citizens, 5307 males and 5603 females.

Age distribution

The population of Santa Catarina is divided into 5361 minors and 5549 adults, with 1030 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Santa Catarina

6852 people in Santa Catarina live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 5353 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 1673 and 3611 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1758 citizens of Santa Catarina.

Economic situation

In Santa Catarina about 2203 households are registered.

2178 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1317 are without floor and about 287 consist of one room only.

1550 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 254 are connected to the public water supply, 1452 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 19 households to own a computer, 586 own a washing machine and 979 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa Catarina

Besides the 2203 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 224 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1992 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3307 persons did not finish the school. 696 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 231 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 516 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.