_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 76 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 3.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Mexican(s); adjective—Mexican
_#_Ethnic divisions: mestizo (Indian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white or predominantly white 9%, other 1%
_#_Religion: nominally Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
_#_Language: Spanish
_#_Literacy: 87% (male 90%, female 85%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)
_#_Labor force: 26,100,000 (1988); services 31.4%, agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing 26%, commerce 13.9%, manufacturing 12.8%, construction 9.5%, transportation 4.8%, mining and quarrying 1.3%, electricity 0.3% (1986)
_#_Organized labor: 35% of labor force
_*Government #_Long-form name: United Mexican States