Altamira

Information and facts about the municipality of Altamira

Location of Altamira

The municipality of Altamira is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas México

Population of Altamira

The overall population of the municipality named Altamira is 162628 citizens, 81160 males and 81468 females.

Age distribution

The population of Altamira is divided into 62963 minors and 99665 adults, with 9366 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Altamira

5460 people in Altamira live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 2165 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 9 and 2029 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 97111 citizens of Altamira.

Economic situation

In Altamira about 41447 households are registered.

41660 of these households are common houses or apartments, 2898 are without floor and about 5529 consist of one room only.

39509 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 38992 are connected to the public water supply, 39348 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4344 households to own a computer, 28456 own a washing machine and 38427 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Altamira

Besides the 5935 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1204 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

6100 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 42201 persons did not finish the school. 26142 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 32667 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 10886 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.