Nueva Colonia - Jalisco

Facts about Nueva Colonia

Location of Nueva Colonia

Nueva Colonia is located in the municipality of Mezquitic in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.025556
Latitude (dec): 22.310833

Height over sea level of Nueva Colonia

The locations medium height over sea level is 2265 meters.

Population in Nueva Colonia

The over all population of Nueva Colonia is 319 persons, 147 of them are male and 172 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 190 minors and 129 adults, with 2 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Colonia

319 inhabitants of the location Nueva Colonia in Mexico live in indigenous households. 258 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 47 people, while 210 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 33 citizens of Nueva Colonia.

Economic situation

In Nueva Colonia exist about 55 households.

Of these households 51 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

17 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 28 are connected to the public water supply, 3 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nueva Colonia

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 25 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

66 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 48 persons did not finish the school. 18 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.