El Higo - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about El Higo

Location of El Higo

El Higo is located in the municipality of El Higo in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.453333
Latitude (dec): 21.767500

Height over sea level of El Higo

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in El Higo

The over all population of El Higo is 8045 persons, 3926 of them are male and 4119 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2767 minors and 5278 adults, with 921 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Higo

179 inhabitants of the location El Higo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 74 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 71 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4428 citizens of El Higo.

Economic situation

In El Higo exist about 2074 households.

Of these households 2011 are common houses or apartments, 225 are without floor and about 146 consist of one room only.

1978 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1910 are connected to the public water supply, 1950 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 211 households to own a computer, 1464 own a washing machine and 1797 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Higo

Besides the 475 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 51 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

502 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2102 persons did not finish the school. 1162 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1969 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 632 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.