SOCIAL
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES
AS OF THE YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
6 908 975
|
|
MEN
|
3 355 164
|
|
WOMEN
|
3 553 811
|
|
AGE GROUPS
|
|
0 – 14
|
2 338 475
|
|
15 - 64
|
4 134 987
|
|
65 and over
|
373 119
|
|
Not specified
|
62 394
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15 OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
11.6
|
|
WOMEN
|
17.8
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER WITHOUT AN
EDUCATION OR INCOMPLETE PRIMARY SCHOOL (%)
|
|
MEN
|
36.5
|
|
WOMEN
|
41.0
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF HEAD OF HOUSE
(%)
|
|
MEN
|
77.5
|
|
WOMEN
|
22.5
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR GROUPS BASED ON AGE
OF CONTRACTING COUPLE, 2000
|
|
TOTAL
|
46 963
|
|
Under 15
|
1
|
|
15 to 49
|
43 673
|
|
50 and over
|
3 289
|
|
POPULATION SPEAKING AN INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
6 118 108
|
|
Population aged 5 and over speaking
an indigenous language
|
633 372
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
542 509
|
|
Do Not Speak Spanish
|
77 646
|
|
Not specified
|
13 217
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
4 079 968
|
|
Rural
|
2 829 007
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
96 inhabitants per km2
|
|
94 men for every 100 women
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