Colotlán - Jalisco

Facts about Colotlán

Location of Colotlán

Colotlán is located in the municipality of Colotlán in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.266389
Latitude (dec): 22.114167

Height over sea level of Colotlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1660 meters.

Population in Colotlán

The over all population of Colotlán is 11874 persons, 5584 of them are male and 6290 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4728 minors and 7146 adults, with 1329 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Colotlán

236 inhabitants of the location Colotlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 148 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 142 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5949 citizens of Colotlán.

Economic situation

In Colotlán exist about 2952 households.

Of these households 2924 are common houses or apartments, 82 are without floor and about 51 consist of one room only.

2792 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2824 are connected to the public water supply, 2816 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 729 households to own a computer, 2229 own a washing machine and 2734 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Colotlán

Besides the 484 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 70 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

504 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3469 persons did not finish the school. 1341 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2423 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1143 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.