Ascensión - Chihuahua

Facts about Ascensión

Location of Ascensión

Ascensión is located in the municipality of Ascensión in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -107.996389
Latitude (dec): 31.092778

Height over sea level of Ascensión

The locations medium height over sea level is 1300 meters.

Population in Ascensión

The over all population of Ascensión is 10961 persons, 5536 of them are male and 5425 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4541 minors and 6420 adults, with 869 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ascensión

288 inhabitants of the location Ascensión in Mexico live in indigenous households. 191 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 10 people, while 165 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3766 citizens of Ascensión.

Economic situation

In Ascensión exist about 2888 households.

Of these households 2954 are common houses or apartments, 74 are without floor and about 256 consist of one room only.

2689 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2838 are connected to the public water supply, 2822 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 290 households to own a computer, 2185 own a washing machine and 2763 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ascensión

Besides the 416 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 232 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

448 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4135 persons did not finish the school. 1334 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1093 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 536 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.