Mérida - Yucatán

Facts about Mérida

Location of Mérida

Mérida is located in the municipality of Umán in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.679722
Latitude (dec): 20.920556

Height over sea level of Mérida

The locations medium height over sea level is 11 meters.

Population in Mérida

The over all population of Mérida is 8865 persons, 4424 of them are male and 4441 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3321 minors and 5544 adults, with 426 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mérida

2677 inhabitants of the location Mérida in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1043 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 2 people, while 1021 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5605 citizens of Mérida.

Economic situation

In Mérida exist about 2152 households.

Of these households 2139 are common houses or apartments, 39 are without floor and about 214 consist of one room only.

1917 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1841 are connected to the public water supply, 2030 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 286 households to own a computer, 1598 own a washing machine and 1992 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mérida

Besides the 359 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 54 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

299 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2363 persons did not finish the school. 1676 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1769 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 796 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.