Venezuela: Vargas

Contents: Parishes

The population of the parishes of the State and Municipality of Vargas according to latest official estimates and projections.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Projection 2019-06-30
Caraballeda	Parish	43,194	47,679	51,102	→
Carayaca	Parish	36,931	41,003	44,168	→
Carlos Soublette	Parish	27,180	30,525	33,168	→
Caruao	Parish	5,662	5,897	6,021	→
Catia La Mar	Parish	78,796	85,288	90,031	→
El Junko	Parish	3,857	4,249	4,538	→
La Guaira	Parish	16,679	18,704	20,309	→
Macuto	Parish	17,903	19,968	21,576	→
Maiquetía	Parish	31,529	34,650	37,037	→
Naiguatá	Parish	15,929	17,681	19,033	→
Urimare (Raúl Leoni)	Parish	43,310	48,201	51,998	→
Vargas	State	320,970	353,845	378,981

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Venezuela (web).

Explanation: The population projection does not consider emigration caused by the current economical and political situation in Venezuela.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2011)
Males	173,880
Females	179,040

Age Groups (C 2011)
0-14 years	89,206
15-64 years	239,642
65+ years	24,072

Age Distribution (C 2011)
0-9 years	58,871
10-19 years	61,895
20-29 years	61,118
30-39 years	53,376
40-49 years	45,067
50-59 years	36,011
60-69 years	20,911
70-79 years	10,790
80+ years	4,881

Urbanization (C 2011)
Rural	35,920
Urban	317,000

Ethnic Group (C 2011)
Indigenous	336
Afro-Venezuelan	19,696
Mestizos	168,373
White	156,402
Other Ethnic Group	5,462

Literacy (A10+) (C 2011)
yes	285,614
no	8,435