Altar

Information and facts about the municipality of Altar

Location of Altar

The municipality of Altar is located in the Mexican state of Sonora México

Population of Altar

The overall population of the municipality named Altar is 8357 citizens, 4230 males and 4127 females.

Age distribution

The population of Altar is divided into 3267 minors and 5090 adults, with 632 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Altar

73 people in Altar live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 49 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 41 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2922 citizens of Altar.

Economic situation

In Altar about 2072 households are registered.

2084 of these households are common houses or apartments, 123 are without floor and about 197 consist of one room only.

1877 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1777 are connected to the public water supply, 1962 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 253 households to own a computer, 1482 own a washing machine and 1888 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Altar

Besides the 360 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 105 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

392 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2651 persons did not finish the school. 1185 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1251 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 383 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.