Morocoy - Quintana Roo

Facts about Morocoy

Location of Morocoy

Morocoy is located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.810833
Latitude (dec): 18.602500

Height over sea level of Morocoy

The locations medium height over sea level is 100 meters.

Population in Morocoy

The over all population of Morocoy is 1106 persons, 533 of them are male and 573 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 536 minors and 570 adults, with 85 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Morocoy

160 inhabitants of the location Morocoy in Mexico live in indigenous households. 51 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 42 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 67 citizens of Morocoy.

Economic situation

In Morocoy exist about 268 households.

Of these households 267 are common houses or apartments, 44 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

255 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 260 are connected to the public water supply, 250 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 165 own a washing machine and 205 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Morocoy

Besides the 158 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

124 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 345 persons did not finish the school. 130 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 56 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 57 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.