Hocabá - Yucatán

Facts about Hocabá

Location of Hocabá

Hocabá is located in the municipality of Hocabá in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.245000
Latitude (dec): 20.815556

Height over sea level of Hocabá

The locations medium height over sea level is 14 meters.

Population in Hocabá

The over all population of Hocabá is 3990 persons, 2002 of them are male and 1988 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1403 minors and 2587 adults, with 470 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Hocabá

3612 inhabitants of the location Hocabá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2132 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 37 people, while 2069 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2018 citizens of Hocabá.

Economic situation

In Hocabá exist about 974 households.

Of these households 953 are common houses or apartments, 69 are without floor and about 268 consist of one room only.

731 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 902 are connected to the public water supply, 915 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 18 households to own a computer, 394 own a washing machine and 810 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Hocabá

Besides the 549 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

328 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1413 persons did not finish the school. 539 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 386 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 231 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.