Empalme - Tamaulipas

Facts about Empalme

Location of Empalme

Empalme is located in the municipality of Valle Hermoso in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.807222
Latitude (dec): 25.898889

Height over sea level of Empalme

The locations medium height over sea level is 78 meters.

Population in Empalme

The over all population of Empalme is 816 persons, 401 of them are male and 415 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 271 minors and 545 adults, with 98 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Empalme

4 inhabitants of the location Empalme in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 423 citizens of Empalme.

Economic situation

In Empalme exist about 219 households.

Of these households 224 are common houses or apartments, 8 are without floor and about 25 consist of one room only.

215 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 216 are connected to the public water supply, 213 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 20 households to own a computer, 157 own a washing machine and 212 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Empalme

Besides the 52 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

59 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 282 persons did not finish the school. 111 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 113 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 35 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.