El Rucio - Zacatecas

Facts about El Rucio

Location of El Rucio

El Rucio is located in the municipality of Villa de Cos in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.080833
Latitude (dec): 23.408611

Height over sea level of El Rucio

The locations medium height over sea level is 1990 meters.

Population in El Rucio

The over all population of El Rucio is 1278 persons, 620 of them are male and 658 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 464 minors and 814 adults, with 204 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Rucio

2 inhabitants of the location El Rucio 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 557 citizens of El Rucio.

Economic situation

In El Rucio exist about 349 households.

Of these households 339 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

281 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 332 are connected to the public water supply, 330 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 269 own a washing machine and 316 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Rucio

Besides the 100 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

75 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 594 persons did not finish the school. 124 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 74 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 42 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.