Palo Blanco - Durango

Facts about Palo Blanco

Location of Palo Blanco

Palo Blanco is located in the municipality of Gómez Palacio in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.522778
Latitude (dec): 25.717500

Height over sea level of Palo Blanco

The locations medium height over sea level is 1110 meters.

Population in Palo Blanco

The over all population of Palo Blanco is 589 persons, 293 of them are male and 296 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 225 minors and 364 adults, with 79 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palo Blanco

4 inhabitants of the location Palo Blanco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 426 citizens of Palo Blanco.

Economic situation

In Palo Blanco exist about 138 households.

Of these households 138 are common houses or apartments, 17 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

108 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 138 are connected to the public water supply, 138 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 114 own a washing machine and 135 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palo Blanco

Besides the 22 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

30 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 211 persons did not finish the school. 103 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 56 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 33 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.