Santo Tomás - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Santo Tomás

Location of Santo Tomás

Santo Tomás is located in the municipality of Chilchota in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.085000
Latitude (dec): 19.845000

Height over sea level of Santo Tomás

The locations medium height over sea level is 1800 meters.

Population in Santo Tomás

The over all population of Santo Tomás is 1171 persons, 565 of them are male and 606 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 473 minors and 698 adults, with 105 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santo Tomás

1092 inhabitants of the location Santo Tomás in Mexico live in indigenous households. 872 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 25 people, while 843 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 141 citizens of Santo Tomás.

Economic situation

In Santo Tomás exist about 251 households.

Of these households 248 are common houses or apartments, 112 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

220 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 244 are connected to the public water supply, 227 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 8 households to own a computer, 24 own a washing machine and 189 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santo Tomás

Besides the 187 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

185 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 333 persons did not finish the school. 103 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 143 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 56 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.