La Joya - Tamaulipas

Facts about La Joya

Location of La Joya

La Joya is located in the municipality of San Fernando in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.133611
Latitude (dec): 24.876389

Height over sea level of La Joya

The locations medium height over sea level is 50 meters.

Population in La Joya

The over all population of La Joya is 480 persons, 239 of them are male and 241 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 167 minors and 313 adults, with 51 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 327 citizens of La Joya.

Economic situation

In La Joya exist about 124 households.

Of these households 123 are common houses or apartments, 7 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

98 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 115 are connected to the public water supply, 121 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 101 own a washing machine and 119 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Joya

Besides the 16 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

10 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 82 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 82 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.