Mecoacán - Tabasco

Facts about Mecoacán

Location of Mecoacán

Mecoacán is located in the municipality of Jalpa de Méndez in the Mexican state of Tabasco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.081667
Latitude (dec): 18.237778

Height over sea level of Mecoacán

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Mecoacán

The over all population of Mecoacán is 1993 persons, 1019 of them are male and 974 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 908 minors and 1085 adults, with 126 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mecoacán

12 inhabitants of the location Mecoacán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 3 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1347 citizens of Mecoacán.

Economic situation

In Mecoacán exist about 403 households.

Of these households 393 are common houses or apartments, 59 are without floor and about 46 consist of one room only.

362 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 244 are connected to the public water supply, 374 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 151 own a washing machine and 306 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mecoacán

Besides the 172 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

147 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 571 persons did not finish the school. 304 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 225 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 147 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.