Melchor Ocampo - Sonora

Facts about Melchor Ocampo

Location of Melchor Ocampo

Melchor Ocampo is located in the municipality of Huatabampo in the Mexican state of Sonora with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -109.176667
Latitude (dec): 26.532222

Height over sea level of Melchor Ocampo

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in Melchor Ocampo

The over all population of Melchor Ocampo is 712 persons, 353 of them are male and 359 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 287 minors and 425 adults, with 88 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Melchor Ocampo

11 inhabitants of the location Melchor Ocampo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 6 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 6 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 520 citizens of Melchor Ocampo.

Economic situation

In Melchor Ocampo exist about 185 households.

Of these households 183 are common houses or apartments, 44 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

173 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 180 are connected to the public water supply, 179 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 7 households to own a computer, 100 own a washing machine and 162 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Melchor Ocampo

Besides the 21 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

24 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 214 persons did not finish the school. 124 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 103 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 45 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.