La Palma - Guerrero

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Juan R. Escudero in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.510833
Latitude (dec): 17.080556

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 230 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 1579 persons, 751 of them are male and 828 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 639 minors and 940 adults, with 168 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

11 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 202 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 379 households.

Of these households 373 are common houses or apartments, 87 are without floor and about 60 consist of one room only.

302 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 275 are connected to the public water supply, 362 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 7 households to own a computer, 124 own a washing machine and 328 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 182 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

115 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 565 persons did not finish the school. 137 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 210 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 100 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.