Gómez Palacio - Durango

Facts about Gómez Palacio

Location of Gómez Palacio

Gómez Palacio is located in the municipality of Gómez Palacio in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.498333
Latitude (dec): 25.561111

Height over sea level of Gómez Palacio

The locations medium height over sea level is 1150 meters.

Population in Gómez Palacio

The over all population of Gómez Palacio is 239842 persons, 117423 of them are male and 122419 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 93127 minors and 146715 adults, with 16415 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Gómez Palacio

911 inhabitants of the location Gómez Palacio in Mexico live in indigenous households. 433 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 411 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 170047 citizens of Gómez Palacio.

Economic situation

In Gómez Palacio exist about 59374 households.

Of these households 59375 are common houses or apartments, 2911 are without floor and about 1994 consist of one room only.

56753 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 57544 are connected to the public water supply, 57557 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 13113 households to own a computer, 48822 own a washing machine and 57159 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Gómez Palacio

Besides the 3580 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1831 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

4319 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 55946 persons did not finish the school. 35448 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 62865 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18164 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.