El Rucio (Villa de Cos, Zacatecas)

Maps, photos and statistics of El Rucio, a beautiful large village of 1,288 inhabitants of the State of Zacatecas

The town of El Rucio is located in the Municipality of Villa de Cos (in the State of Zacatecas). There are 1,288 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #5 of the whole municipality. El Rucio is at 1,991 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Rucio, 27% of the population over 12 years is single and 29% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

To locate this beautiful town within the municipality, you must know that El Rucio is located at 30.6 kilometers (in direction Southesast) from the locality of Villa de Cos, which is the one that has more inhabitants within the municipality. Thanks to our webpage and the satellite map that you can locate at the bottom, you can see the position and visit the surroundings of El Rucio.

#1 Where is El Rucio? How to get there? Map

Map to know how to get to El Rucio (Zacatecas) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Rucio, which has the following symbol Map marker

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#2 The population of El Rucio (Zacatecas) is 1,288 inhabitants

Population data in El Rucio (Villa de Cos, Zacatecas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20206586301288
20107006691369
20056586201278
Evolution of the population in El Rucio: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Rucio:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.015.38
Population coming from outside the State of Zacatecas:6.75%8.84%
Illiterate population:4.58%6.36%
Illiterate population (men):2.10%5.38%
Illiterate population (women):2.48%7.29%
Schooling level:7.086.08
Schooling level (men):6.845.95
Schooling level (women):7.36.19
Indigenous culture data in El Rucio:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:0.00%0.37%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.00%0.07%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Rucio, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Zacatecas, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Rucio:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:36.57%31.34%
Employed population over 12 years (men):51.90%48.73%
Employed population over 12 years (women):21.88%14.71%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:367525
Homes with electricity:99.18%97.51%
Housing with piped water:99.18%98.90%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:95.91%86.19%
Dwellings with radio:64.85%75.41%
Housing with television:96.73%92.54%
Housing with refrigerator:91.28%85.08%
Housing with washing machine:86.10%81.49%
Housing with automobile:60.22%53.59%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:16.62%8.84%
Homes with landline telephone:56.40%60.50%
Dwellings with cellular phones:65.94%12.98%
Homes with Internet:28.88%3.04%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Rucio (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Zacatecas, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Rucio

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Rucio, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Villa de Cos. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Rucio.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Rucio

Do you want to stay in El Rucio? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Rucio:

#5 Population pyramid of El Rucio (Zacatecas)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Rucio by age and sex, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Rucio there is a generational replacement.

Population pyramid of El Rucio
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Rucio (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)8067147
Youth (6-14 years)100117217
Adults (15-59 years)370327697
Elderly (60+ years)108119227

#6 Photos of El Rucio

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Rucio? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Rucio.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Rucio (Zacatecas) is 98460

Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Rucio so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 98460. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Rucio ("98") correspond to the State of Zacatecas, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.

#8 Vote for El Rucio as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Villa de Cos

  1. Bajío de Galván Uno (- inhabitants)
  2. Capitán y Profesor Úrsulo A. García (El Castañón) (26 inhabitants)
  3. Capirote (122 inhabitants)
  4. Efigenia (448 inhabitants)
  5. El Socorro (84 inhabitants)
  6. El Tejuelo (- inhabitants)
  7. Herminia Borrego (9 inhabitants)
  8. Las Codornices (3 inhabitants)
  9. Las Malvinas (4 inhabitants)
  10. Rancho El Comienzo (1 inhabitants)
  11. Rancho El Embudo (Isaías Aguilera) (4 inhabitants)
  12. Rancho Los Laureles (1 inhabitants)
  13. Restaurante Paradero los García (Los García) (2 inhabitants)
  14. San José de Tapias (5 inhabitants)
  15. Vista Hermosa (5 inhabitants)