Tapalpa - Jalisco

Facts about Tapalpa

Location of Tapalpa

Tapalpa is located in the municipality of Tapalpa in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.758056
Latitude (dec): 19.945000

Height over sea level of Tapalpa

The locations medium height over sea level is 2060 meters.

Population in Tapalpa

The over all population of Tapalpa is 5301 persons, 2472 of them are male and 2829 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2114 minors and 3187 adults, with 461 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tapalpa

16 inhabitants of the location Tapalpa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 14 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 13 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2499 citizens of Tapalpa.

Economic situation

In Tapalpa exist about 1163 households.

Of these households 1142 are common houses or apartments, 79 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

1099 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1106 are connected to the public water supply, 1115 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 198 households to own a computer, 869 own a washing machine and 1101 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tapalpa

Besides the 235 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 63 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

274 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1538 persons did not finish the school. 744 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 956 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 367 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.