Cosalá

Information and facts about the municipality of Cosalá

Location of Cosalá

The municipality of Cosalá is located in the Mexican state of Sinaloa México

Population of Cosalá

The overall population of the municipality named Cosalá is 17813 citizens, 9083 males and 8730 females.

Age distribution

The population of Cosalá is divided into 8177 minors and 9636 adults, with 1608 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Cosalá

62 people in Cosalá live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 24 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 21 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 12787 citizens of Cosalá.

Economic situation

In Cosalá about 3586 households are registered.

3605 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1327 are without floor and about 267 consist of one room only.

2602 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2973 are connected to the public water supply, 3151 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 131 households to own a computer, 1667 own a washing machine and 2498 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cosalá

Besides the 1652 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 199 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1498 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5728 persons did not finish the school. 1609 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2046 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1237 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.