Escalón - Chihuahua

Facts about Escalón

Location of Escalón

Escalón is located in the municipality of Jiménez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.340278
Latitude (dec): 26.751667

Height over sea level of Escalón

The locations medium height over sea level is 1253 meters.

Population in Escalón

The over all population of Escalón is 757 persons, 375 of them are male and 382 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 297 minors and 460 adults, with 113 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Escalón

2 inhabitants of the location Escalón 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 226 citizens of Escalón.

Economic situation

In Escalón exist about 199 households.

Of these households 199 are common houses or apartments, 21 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

193 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 196 are connected to the public water supply, 196 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 8 households to own a computer, 133 own a washing machine and 189 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Escalón

Besides the 33 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 252 persons did not finish the school. 147 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 62 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 6 years.