Nochistlán de Mejía

Information and facts about the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía

Location of Nochistlán de Mejía

The municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía is located in the Mexican state of Zacatecas México

Population of Nochistlán de Mejía

The overall population of the municipality named Nochistlán de Mejía is 26195 citizens, 11892 males and 14303 females.

Age distribution

The population of Nochistlán de Mejía is divided into 9851 minors and 16344 adults, with 3923 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Nochistlán de Mejía

75 people in Nochistlán de Mejía live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 45 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 2 and 41 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 10306 citizens of Nochistlán de Mejía.

Economic situation

In Nochistlán de Mejía about 6786 households are registered.

6710 of these households are common houses or apartments, 348 are without floor and about 60 consist of one room only.

5970 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5782 are connected to the public water supply, 6519 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 716 households to own a computer, 4575 own a washing machine and 6223 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nochistlán de Mejía

Besides the 1834 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 303 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2169 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 9832 persons did not finish the school. 3208 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2709 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1361 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.