Méndez - Tamaulipas

Facts about Méndez

Location of Méndez

Méndez is located in the municipality of Méndez in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.586389
Latitude (dec): 25.117500

Height over sea level of Méndez

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Méndez

The over all population of Méndez is 789 persons, 390 of them are male and 399 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 275 minors and 514 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Méndez

32 inhabitants of the location Méndez in Mexico live in indigenous households. 10 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 9 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 352 citizens of Méndez.

Economic situation

In Méndez exist about 226 households.

Of these households 222 are common houses or apartments, 13 are without floor and about 22 consist of one room only.

219 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 218 are connected to the public water supply, 208 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 20 households to own a computer, 162 own a washing machine and 200 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Méndez

Besides the 52 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

44 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 320 persons did not finish the school. 93 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 114 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 6 years.