SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC
CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES AS OF THE
YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
3 985 667
|
|
MEN
|
1 911 078
|
|
WOMEN
|
2 074 589
|
|
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
|
|
0 – 14
|
1 444 108
|
|
15 - 64
|
2 257 259
|
|
65
and over
|
231 329
|
|
Not
specified
|
52 971
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15 OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
12.6
|
|
WOMEN
|
15.0
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER WITH INCOMPLETE PRIMARY SCHOOL
|
|
MEN
|
39.1
|
|
WOMEN
|
40.4
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF HEAD OF HOUSE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
78.6
|
|
WOMEN
|
21.4
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR AGE GROUPS
|
|
TOTAL
|
34 545
|
|
Under
15
|
47
|
|
15
to 49
|
33 417
|
|
50
and over
|
1 081
|
|
POPULATION SPEAKING AN INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
3 479 357
|
|
Population
aged 5 and over speaking an indigenous language
|
121 849
|
|
Speak
Spanish
|
103 512
|
|
Do
Not Speak Spanish
|
15 422
|
|
Not
specified
|
2 915
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
2 606 766
|
|
Rural
|
1 378 901
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
68
inhabitants per km2
|
|
92 men for every 100 women
|
