Torreón - Coahuila de Zaragoza

Facts about Torreón

Location of Torreón

Torreón is located in the municipality of Torreón in the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.441667
Latitude (dec): 25.544444

Height over sea level of Torreón

The locations medium height over sea level is 1120 meters.

Population in Torreón

The over all population of Torreón is 548723 persons, 266837 of them are male and 281886 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 200038 minors and 348685 adults, with 44441 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Torreón

2944 inhabitants of the location Torreón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1538 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 3 people, while 1445 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 372005 citizens of Torreón.

Economic situation

In Torreón exist about 139621 households.

Of these households 140193 are common houses or apartments, 3891 are without floor and about 3497 consist of one room only.

133587 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 135400 are connected to the public water supply, 135396 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 38911 households to own a computer, 116719 own a washing machine and 134929 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Torreón

Besides the 7427 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3322 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

9513 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 107023 persons did not finish the school. 82485 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 175090 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 43567 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 10 years.