La Joya - Baja California

Facts about La Joya

Location of La Joya

La Joya is located in the municipality of Tijuana in the Mexican state of Baja California with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -117.003056
Latitude (dec): 32.445556

Height over sea level of La Joya

The locations medium height over sea level is 280 meters.

Population in La Joya

The over all population of La Joya is 22173 persons, 11203 of them are male and 10970 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 9043 minors and 13130 adults, with 950 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Joya

373 inhabitants of the location La Joya in Mexico live in indigenous households. 149 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 1 people, while 143 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 11175 citizens of La Joya.

Economic situation

In La Joya exist about 5293 households.

Of these households 5350 are common houses or apartments, 443 are without floor and about 512 consist of one room only.

4871 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4118 are connected to the public water supply, 5043 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 832 households to own a computer, 3460 own a washing machine and 5060 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Joya

Besides the 491 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 247 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

746 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5979 persons did not finish the school. 4218 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3298 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1250 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.