SOCIAL
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURES
AS OF THE YEAR 2000
|
POPULATION BY GENDER
|
|
TOTAL
|
1 353 610
|
|
MEN
|
653 583
|
|
WOMEN
|
700 027
|
|
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
|
|
0 – 14
|
491 964
|
|
15 - 64
|
769 409
|
|
65 and over
|
83 707
|
|
Not specified
|
8 530
|
|
ILLITERATE POPULATION AGE 15 OR MORE (%)
|
|
MEN
|
7.5
|
|
WOMEN
|
8.4
|
|
POPULATION AGE 15 OR OVER WITH INCOMPLETE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
|
|
MEN
|
38
|
|
WOMEN
|
36.5
|
|
HOMES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF HEAD OF HOUSE
(%)
|
|
MEN
|
80.8
|
|
WOMEN
|
19.2
|
|
MARRIAGES BY FIVE YEAR GROUPS BASED ON AGE
OF CONTRACTING COUPLE, 2000
|
|
TOTAL
|
12 018
|
|
Under 15
|
6
|
|
15 to 49
|
11 622
|
|
50 and over
|
390
|
|
POPULATION SPEAKING AN INDIGENOUS TONGUE
|
|
Population aged 5 and over
|
1 188 724
|
|
Population aged 5 and over speaking
an indigenous language
|
1 837
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
1 656
|
|
Do Not Speak Spanish
|
106
|
|
Not specified
|
75
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
|
|
Urban
|
722 064
|
|
Rural
|
631 546
|
|
POPULATION DENSITY
|
|
MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
|
|
18 inhabitants per km2
|
|
93 men for every 100 women
|
