Tepalcatepec - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Tepalcatepec

Location of Tepalcatepec

Tepalcatepec is located in the municipality of Tepalcatepec in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.846111
Latitude (dec): 19.189167

Height over sea level of Tepalcatepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 420 meters.

Population in Tepalcatepec

The over all population of Tepalcatepec is 14598 persons, 7195 of them are male and 7403 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 5864 minors and 8734 adults, with 1427 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tepalcatepec

75 inhabitants of the location Tepalcatepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 40 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 39 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2846 citizens of Tepalcatepec.

Economic situation

In Tepalcatepec exist about 3706 households.

Of these households 3703 are common houses or apartments, 293 are without floor and about 255 consist of one room only.

3542 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3012 are connected to the public water supply, 3606 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 349 households to own a computer, 2762 own a washing machine and 3452 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tepalcatepec

Besides the 1333 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 259 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1596 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4690 persons did not finish the school. 1374 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1994 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 805 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.