Salina Cruz - Oaxaca

Facts about Salina Cruz

Location of Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz is located in the municipality of Salina Cruz in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.195833
Latitude (dec): 16.182500

Height over sea level of Salina Cruz

The locations medium height over sea level is 22 meters.

Population in Salina Cruz

The over all population of Salina Cruz is 71314 persons, 34229 of them are male and 37085 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 25640 minors and 45674 adults, with 5912 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Salina Cruz

8502 inhabitants of the location Salina Cruz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3459 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 10 people, while 3314 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 44578 citizens of Salina Cruz.

Economic situation

In Salina Cruz exist about 19195 households.

Of these households 18948 are common houses or apartments, 435 are without floor and about 3131 consist of one room only.

18047 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 17301 are connected to the public water supply, 18339 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3047 households to own a computer, 11073 own a washing machine and 17419 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Salina Cruz

Besides the 3427 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 345 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

3644 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 16180 persons did not finish the school. 11583 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 18290 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6301 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.