Rascón - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Rascón

Location of Rascón

Rascón is located in the municipality of Ciudad Valles in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.258611
Latitude (dec): 21.975000

Height over sea level of Rascón

The locations medium height over sea level is 280 meters.

Population in Rascón

The over all population of Rascón is 2411 persons, 1133 of them are male and 1278 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 921 minors and 1490 adults, with 349 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Rascón

56 inhabitants of the location Rascón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 24 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 21 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1164 citizens of Rascón.

Economic situation

In Rascón exist about 655 households.

Of these households 652 are common houses or apartments, 97 are without floor and about 36 consist of one room only.

612 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 310 are connected to the public water supply, 611 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 32 households to own a computer, 455 own a washing machine and 556 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Rascón

Besides the 255 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 30 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

226 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 783 persons did not finish the school. 331 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 282 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 118 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.