Ixtapa - Jalisco

Facts about Ixtapa

Location of Ixtapa

Ixtapa is located in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.204444
Latitude (dec): 20.714167

Height over sea level of Ixtapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in Ixtapa

The over all population of Ixtapa is 23977 persons, 12145 of them are male and 11832 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 9987 minors and 13990 adults, with 1047 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ixtapa

275 inhabitants of the location Ixtapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 146 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 4 people, while 137 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 15221 citizens of Ixtapa.

Economic situation

In Ixtapa exist about 5602 households.

Of these households 5577 are common houses or apartments, 165 are without floor and about 612 consist of one room only.

5236 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5225 are connected to the public water supply, 5305 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1055 households to own a computer, 3955 own a washing machine and 5124 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ixtapa

Besides the 651 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 152 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

769 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 6061 persons did not finish the school. 3758 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4770 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1920 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.