Tanquián de Escobedo

Information and facts about the municipality of Tanquián de Escobedo

Location of Tanquián de Escobedo

The municipality of Tanquián de Escobedo is located in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí México

Population of Tanquián de Escobedo

The overall population of the municipality named Tanquián de Escobedo is 13389 citizens, 6567 males and 6822 females.

Age distribution

The population of Tanquián de Escobedo is divided into 5555 minors and 7834 adults, with 1447 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Tanquián de Escobedo

3051 people in Tanquián de Escobedo live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 1901 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 29 and 1849 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6225 citizens of Tanquián de Escobedo.

Economic situation

In Tanquián de Escobedo about 3040 households are registered.

2975 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1330 are without floor and about 250 consist of one room only.

2803 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2682 are connected to the public water supply, 2681 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 129 households to own a computer, 1285 own a washing machine and 2305 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tanquián de Escobedo

Besides the 1550 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 71 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1564 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3244 persons did not finish the school. 1666 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2139 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 999 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.