Jalpa de Méndez

Information and facts about the municipality of Jalpa de Méndez

Location of Jalpa de Méndez

The municipality of Jalpa de Méndez is located in the Mexican state of Tabasco México

Population of Jalpa de Méndez

The overall population of the municipality named Jalpa de Méndez is 72969 citizens, 36270 males and 36699 females.

Age distribution

The population of Jalpa de Méndez is divided into 29363 minors and 43606 adults, with 5209 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Jalpa de Méndez

845 people in Jalpa de Méndez live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 396 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 1 and 377 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 46463 citizens of Jalpa de Méndez.

Economic situation

In Jalpa de Méndez about 16680 households are registered.

16113 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1441 are without floor and about 1400 consist of one room only.

15063 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 10802 are connected to the public water supply, 15675 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1312 households to own a computer, 8516 own a washing machine and 13927 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jalpa de Méndez

Besides the 4083 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 433 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2858 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 17306 persons did not finish the school. 12212 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15028 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6099 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.