Peto - Yucatán

Facts about Peto

Location of Peto

Peto is located in the municipality of Peto in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.921389
Latitude (dec): 20.125556

Height over sea level of Peto

The locations medium height over sea level is 35 meters.

Population in Peto

The over all population of Peto is 18177 persons, 8881 of them are male and 9296 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 8082 minors and 10095 adults, with 1781 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Peto

16447 inhabitants of the location Peto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 9849 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 515 people, while 9278 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1871 citizens of Peto.

Economic situation

In Peto exist about 3769 households.

Of these households 3702 are common houses or apartments, 427 are without floor and about 358 consist of one room only.

2633 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3471 are connected to the public water supply, 3455 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 218 households to own a computer, 2033 own a washing machine and 2770 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Peto

Besides the 2348 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 211 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2020 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5200 persons did not finish the school. 2172 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1918 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1119 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.