SOCIAL
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES
AS OF THE YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
1 404 306
|
|
MEN
|
680 966
|
|
WOMEN
|
723 340
|
|
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
|
|
0 – 14
|
502 206
|
|
15 - 64
|
827 696
|
|
65 and over
|
57 767
|
|
Not specified
|
16 637
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15 OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
7.0
|
|
WOMEN
|
12.3
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER WITH INCOMPLETE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
|
|
MEN
|
23.4
|
|
WOMEN
|
28.1
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF HEAD OF HOUSE
(%)
|
|
MEN
|
80.2
|
|
WOMEN
|
19.8
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR AGE GROUPS
|
|
TOTAL
|
10 459
|
|
Under 15
|
3
|
|
15 to 49
|
10 235
|
|
50 and over
|
221
|
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POPULATION SPEAKING AN INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
1 224 088
|
|
Population aged 5 and over speaking
an indigenous language
|
25 269
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
22 896
|
|
Do Not Speak Spanish
|
1 687
|
|
Not specified
|
686
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
948 872
|
|
Rural
|
455 434
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
116 inhabitants per km2
|
|
94 men for every 100 women
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