Ruiz - Nayarit

Facts about Ruiz

Location of Ruiz

Ruiz is located in the municipality of Ruíz in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.145556
Latitude (dec): 21.950278

Height over sea level of Ruiz

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Ruiz

The over all population of Ruiz is 12639 persons, 6218 of them are male and 6421 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4925 minors and 7714 adults, with 1290 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ruiz

533 inhabitants of the location Ruiz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 297 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 2 people, while 285 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7233 citizens of Ruiz.

Economic situation

In Ruiz exist about 3332 households.

Of these households 3325 are common houses or apartments, 241 are without floor and about 292 consist of one room only.

3014 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3098 are connected to the public water supply, 3237 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 290 households to own a computer, 2154 own a washing machine and 3097 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ruiz

Besides the 788 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 107 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

808 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3264 persons did not finish the school. 1918 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2445 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 809 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.