La Joya - Jalisco

Facts about La Joya

Location of La Joya

La Joya is located in the municipality of Magdalena in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.976667
Latitude (dec): 20.846111

Height over sea level of La Joya

The locations medium height over sea level is 1380 meters.

Population in La Joya

The over all population of La Joya is 885 persons, 444 of them are male and 441 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 359 minors and 526 adults, with 109 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Joya

4 inhabitants of the location La Joya 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 536 citizens of La Joya.

Economic situation

In La Joya exist about 214 households.

Of these households 212 are common houses or apartments, 5 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

203 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 208 are connected to the public water supply, 209 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 12 households to own a computer, 133 own a washing machine and 193 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Joya

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

44 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 305 persons did not finish the school. 153 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 100 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 73 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.