SOCIAL
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES
AS OF THE YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
3 834 141
|
|
MEN
|
1 907 939
|
|
WOMEN
|
1 926 202
|
|
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
|
|
0 – 14
|
1 137 528
|
|
15 - 64
|
2 468 813
|
|
65 and over
|
182 247
|
|
Not specified
|
45 553
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15
OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
2.8
|
|
WOMEN
|
3.8
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER
WITH INCOMPLETE PRIMARY SCHOOL
|
|
MEN
|
15.2
|
|
WOMEN
|
17.3
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF
HEAD OF HOUSE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
83.7
|
|
WOMEN
|
16.3
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR AGE
GROUPS
|
|
TOTAL
|
34 398
|
|
Under 15
|
41
|
|
15 to 49
|
33 682
|
|
50 and over
|
675
|
|
POPULATION SPEAKING AN
INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
3 392 025
|
|
Population aged 5 and
over speaking an indigenous language
|
15 446
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
15 041
|
|
Do Not Speak Spanish
|
107
|
|
Not specified
|
298
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
3 581 371
|
|
Rural
|
252 770
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
59 inhabitants per km2
|
|
99 men for every 100
women
|
