Uruapan - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Uruapan

Location of Uruapan

Uruapan is located in the municipality of Uruapan in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.058333
Latitude (dec): 19.419444

Height over sea level of Uruapan

The locations medium height over sea level is 1620 meters.

Population in Uruapan

The over all population of Uruapan is 238975 persons, 114854 of them are male and 124121 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 92300 minors and 146675 adults, with 19447 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Uruapan

3725 inhabitants of the location Uruapan in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1630 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 3 people, while 1519 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 87207 citizens of Uruapan.

Economic situation

In Uruapan exist about 57509 households.

Of these households 55302 are common houses or apartments, 3847 are without floor and about 2229 consist of one room only.

53244 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 52834 are connected to the public water supply, 53420 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9358 households to own a computer, 39021 own a washing machine and 52358 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Uruapan

Besides the 11958 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2506 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

14457 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 58011 persons did not finish the school. 34451 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 51867 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17104 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.