Jalapa - Tabasco

Facts about Jalapa

Location of Jalapa

Jalapa is located in the municipality of Jalapa in the Mexican state of Tabasco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.812222
Latitude (dec): 17.720000

Height over sea level of Jalapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Jalapa

The over all population of Jalapa is 4650 persons, 2270 of them are male and 2380 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1495 minors and 3155 adults, with 460 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jalapa

51 inhabitants of the location Jalapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 29 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 29 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3505 citizens of Jalapa.

Economic situation

In Jalapa exist about 1207 households.

Of these households 1193 are common houses or apartments, 9 are without floor and about 85 consist of one room only.

1153 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1163 are connected to the public water supply, 1157 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 235 households to own a computer, 833 own a washing machine and 1127 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jalapa

Besides the 126 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

106 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 946 persons did not finish the school. 638 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1697 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 486 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 10 years.