Pericos - Sinaloa

Facts about Pericos

Location of Pericos

Pericos is located in the municipality of Mocorito in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -107.700556
Latitude (dec): 25.082222

Height over sea level of Pericos

The locations medium height over sea level is 60 meters.

Population in Pericos

The over all population of Pericos is 6298 persons, 3204 of them are male and 3094 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2459 minors and 3839 adults, with 678 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pericos

52 inhabitants of the location Pericos 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 50 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4105 citizens of Pericos.

Economic situation

In Pericos exist about 1451 households.

Of these households 1468 are common houses or apartments, 194 are without floor and about 84 consist of one room only.

1106 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1387 are connected to the public water supply, 1429 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 81 households to own a computer, 874 own a washing machine and 1365 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pericos

Besides the 490 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

461 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1924 persons did not finish the school. 690 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1125 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 428 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.