Mecatepec - Tabasco

Facts about Mecatepec

Location of Mecatepec

Mecatepec is located in the municipality of Huimanguillo in the Mexican state of Tabasco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.524722
Latitude (dec): 17.890833

Height over sea level of Mecatepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Mecatepec

The over all population of Mecatepec is 2022 persons, 1031 of them are male and 991 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1010 minors and 1012 adults, with 98 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mecatepec

3 inhabitants of the location Mecatepec 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 1352 citizens of Mecatepec.

Economic situation

In Mecatepec exist about 388 households.

Of these households 384 are common houses or apartments, 65 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

302 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 203 are connected to the public water supply, 321 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 15 households to own a computer, 147 own a washing machine and 303 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mecatepec

Besides the 136 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 26 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

134 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 544 persons did not finish the school. 326 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 153 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 117 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.