SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC
CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES AS OF THE
YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
3 052 907
|
|
MEN
|
1 519 972
|
|
WOMEN
|
1 532 935
|
|
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
|
|
0 – 14
|
983 121
|
|
15 - 64
|
1 833 842
|
|
65
and over
|
138 615
|
|
Not
specified
|
97 329
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15 OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
4.7
|
|
WOMEN
|
4.9
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER WITH INCOMPLETE PRIMARY SCHOOL
|
|
MEN
|
23.6
|
|
WOMEN
|
22.4
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF HEAD OF HOUSE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
79.4
|
|
WOMEN
|
20.6
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR AGE GROUPS
|
|
TOTAL
|
19 804
|
|
Under
15
|
12
|
|
15
to 49
|
19 172
|
|
50
and over
|
620
|
|
POPULATION SPEAKING AN INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
2 621 057
|
|
Population
aged 5 and over speaking an indigenous language
|
84 086
|
|
Speak
Spanish
|
67 467
|
|
Do
Not Speak Spanish
|
14 047
|
|
Not
specified
|
2 572
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
2 519 447
|
|
Rural
|
533 460
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
12
inhabitants per km2
|
|
99
men for every 100 women
|
