Census Data.

Assignment:

USING CENSUS DATA TO ANALYZE YOUR HOMETOWN

Sociological Principles

Ilse Rodriguez Triana

February 26, 2017

Hometown: Torreón Coahuila, México

Torreón is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila.

It is the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country and is one of Mexico's most

important economic and industrial centers.

CENSUS DATA

Occupation and Industry

While analyzing the official statistics given by INEGI (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de

Estadistica y Geografia, National Institute of Statistic and Geography) we could observe

that 62.9% of the population in Torreón is employed by the most important industries in

the city and state which are: Automobile Production, Metal industries, Generation and

distribution of electric energy, Mining, Clothing Industry, Manufacturing of cement and

cement products, Dairy production and Telecommunication operators. The areas thus

comprise the main source of employment.

The rest of the working population being 5.3% of the total, is employed by various

businesses as managers, healthcare professionals etc.

Median Family Income

The average Mexican who lives in Torreón or in the state of Coahuila earns $32.41 pesos

the equivalent to $1.63 dollars per hour. The regular income by month is $6,220.8 pesos

equal to $313.00 dollars.

Per INEGI the average Mexican family consists of 5 to 8 members, of which 4 need to

work to provide food, housing and utilities.

Percent of Families Below the Poverty Level

There is a total of 12,895 families in a poverty status which are found in the city of Torreón,

making it the 13.1% of the total population.

This families according to CONEVAL (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la

Política de Desarrollo Social, National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development

Policy), don’t have access to potable water, electricity, sewer system. In addition, 2.8%

just have one room and 1.6% of people live in apartments with soil floors.

Beverly Hills California, United States of America

Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the

cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood. Sometimes referred to as "90210", one of its

primary ZIP codes, it has been home to many actors and celebrities throughout the 20th

century.

CENSUS DATA

Occupation and Industry

The most common jobs in Beverly Hills according to DATA USA are, Management with

3,683 people working as Dentists, Pediatrists and Nurse anesthetists. Furthermore,

2,876 are employed as Agricultural & food science technicians, Structural iron & steel

workers; Meanwhile Arts & Recreation has 1,573 with Life, physical, & social science

occupations and Protective Service Occupations.

Contrary to Beverly Hills, most of the jobs in Torreón are executed by people who are

required to have basic education and not more than that. On the other hand, the most

popular

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