Hoctún - Yucatán

Facts about Hoctún

Location of Hoctún

Hoctún is located in the municipality of Hoctún in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.201944
Latitude (dec): 20.864444

Height over sea level of Hoctún

The locations medium height over sea level is 14 meters.

Population in Hoctún

The over all population of Hoctún is 4739 persons, 2308 of them are male and 2431 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1617 minors and 3122 adults, with 643 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Hoctún

3146 inhabitants of the location Hoctún in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1570 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 21 people, while 1525 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1649 citizens of Hoctún.

Economic situation

In Hoctún exist about 1291 households.

Of these households 1239 are common houses or apartments, 54 are without floor and about 248 consist of one room only.

915 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1185 are connected to the public water supply, 1218 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 32 households to own a computer, 643 own a washing machine and 1091 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Hoctún

Besides the 833 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

592 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1728 persons did not finish the school. 688 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 378 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 264 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.