Empalme - Sonora

Facts about Empalme

Location of Empalme

Empalme is located in the municipality of Empalme in the Mexican state of Sonora with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -110.814167
Latitude (dec): 27.961667

Height over sea level of Empalme

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Empalme

The over all population of Empalme is 40630 persons, 19993 of them are male and 20637 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 15285 minors and 25345 adults, with 3844 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Empalme

456 inhabitants of the location Empalme in Mexico live in indigenous households. 181 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 172 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 32616 citizens of Empalme.

Economic situation

In Empalme exist about 10581 households.

Of these households 10650 are common houses or apartments, 601 are without floor and about 457 consist of one room only.

10118 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 10048 are connected to the public water supply, 10344 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1927 households to own a computer, 7442 own a washing machine and 10129 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Empalme

Besides the 756 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 245 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

924 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 9507 persons did not finish the school. 7282 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9059 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3022 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.