Philippines: Additional Three Persons Per Minute

Number: 2003-23
Date Released: February 18, 2003

PHILIPPINES:
ADDITIONAL THREE PERSONS PER MINUTE
(Results from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, NSO)

Population growth rate at 2.34 percent

The total population of the Philippines as of May 1, 2000, was 76,504,077 persons, an increase of 7,887,541 persons (11.50 percent) over the 1995 figure of 68,616,536 persons and of 15,800,871 (26.03 percent) over the 1990 census count of 60,703,206.

The population of the Philippines grew at the rate of 2.34 percent annually in the 1990-2000 intercensal period while 2.36 percent annually from the 1995-2000 intercensal period. If the current annual population growth rate continues at 2.36 percent, the population, on the average, will increase by around 1.8 million persons a year, or roughly 4,947 persons per day, 206 persons per hour, or three persons per minute.

The number of households in the country rose to 15,278,808 households in 2000, an increase of 13.11 percent over the 1995 census figure of 13,508,055 households. The average household size in 2000 was five persons, a slight decrease from 1995 (5.07 persons). NCR recorded the lowest average household size of 4.63 persons. Other regions with less than 5 persons per household were Southern Mindanao (Region XI) with 4.86 persons; Southern Tagalog (Region IV) with 4.88 persons; and Central Luzon (Region III) with 4.91 persons. The highest average household size of 6.13 persons was recorded in ARMM.

Table A. Distribution of Households and Average Household Size by Region: 2000

Region	Number of Households	Average Household Size
Philippines	15,278,808	5.00
NCR	2,132,989	4.63
CAR	263,851	5.16
I – Ilocos	831,549	5.05
II – Cagayan Valley	554,491	5.07
III – Central Luzon	1,632,047	4.91
IV – Southern Tagalog	2,413,043	4.88
V – Bicol	893,833	5.24
VI – Western Visayas	1,211,804	5.12
VII – Central Visayas	1,133,767	5.02
VIII – Eastern Visayas	715,070	5.04
IX – Western Mindanao	595,831	5.18
X – Northern Mindanao	542,071	5.06
XI – Southern Mindanao	1,066,199	4.86
XII – Central Mindanao	501,870	5.16
XIII – Caraga	393,362	5.32
ARMM	393,269	6.13

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Most Filipinos were Roman Catholics

Eight out of ten of the household population in the Philippines were Roman Catholics (81.04 percent). Islam (5.06 percent) and Evangelicals (2.82 percent) followed. The remaining 11.08 percent were either Aglipayan, Iglesia ni Cristo, and others.

Close to one million persons with disability

There were about 942,098 persons or 1.23 percent of the total population reported to have some types of disability.

Persons with low vision constituted the highest percentage (37.41 percent), followed by partial blindness (8.14 percent), mental illness (7.14 percent), mental retardation (7.02 percent) and quadriplegic (5.93 percent).

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Nine out of ten were literate

Among household population 10 years and over, 92.28 percent were literate or able to read and write a simple message. Females’ (92.47 percent) literacy rate was almost the same as that of the males’ (92.10 percent).

Across regions, the NCR had the highest literacy rate at 98.14 percent. Other regions with higher literacy rate than the national level were Ilocos (Region I), 95.23 percent; Central Luzon (Region III), 94.80 percent; Southern Tagalog (Region IV), 94.01 percent; Bicol (Region V), 92.69 percent; and Western Visayas (Region VI), 93.02 percent.

Table B. Literacy Rate of Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Region and Sex: 2000

Region	Literacy Rate
Region	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Philippines	92.28	92.10	92.47
NCR	98.14	98.17	98.11
CAR	90.51	90.90	90.11
I – Ilocos	95.23	95.41	95.04
II – Cagayan Valley	91.75	91.43	92.08
III – Central Luzon	94.80	94.83	94.76
IV – Southern Tagalog	94.01	93.95	94.07
V – Bicol	92.69	92.38	93.01
VI – Western Visayas	93.02	92.45	93.58
VII – Central Visayas	91.65	91.47	91.83
VIII – Eastern Visayas	89.92	88.79	91.08
IX – Western Mindanao	85.25	85.30	85.21
X – Northern Mindanao	91.40	90.73	92.09
XI – Southern Mindanao	90.15	89.79	90.52
XII – Central Mindanao	87.03	87.05	87.01
XIII – Caraga	91.99	91.40	92.61
ARMM	68.73	69.75	67.74

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

On the average, ever-married women had three children

Of the total ever-married women (15-49 years), the average number of children ever-born was 2.82. In 1990, the average was 3.27 children. Moreover, about 19 percent had two children while 16.67 percent had three children and 16.44 percent with no child at all.

Nearly one million overseas workers

The number of overseas workers increased to 992,397 overseas workers in 2000 as compared to 782,297 overseas workers recorded in 1995. There was an almost 50-50 percent distribution by sex, with the males (50.27 percent) outpacing slightly the females with (49.73 percent). One in five of these overseas workers were in the age group 45 years and over. Male overseas workers had a median age of 35 years, higher than that of the female overseas workers (29 years). This meant that half of male overseas workers below 35 years while half of the female overseas workers were 29 years.

The proportion of overseas workers with academic degree holders was higher for males (14.11 percent) than for females (10.42 percent). On the contrary, for high school graduates/undergraduates, the proportion was higher for females (33.26 percent) than for males (25.26 percent).

Electricity was the main source of lighting

Electricity (68.21 percent) was the common type of fuel used for lighting by most households in the Philippines. This proportion was higher by 13.15 percentage points from the 1990 figure. About 27.19 percent used kerosene, lower by 15.45 percentage points ten years ago. About 1.23 percent utilized Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for lighting.

More than three out of four households in four regions used electricity as the main source of lighting. These were, National Capital Region (NCR), 92.67 percent; Central Luzon (Region III), 87.38 percent; Ilocos (Region I), 79.30 percent; and Southern Tagalog (Region IV), 77.70 percent. On the other hand, majority of the households in two regions used kerosene (gaas) as their fuel for lighting. These were Western Mindanao (Region IX), 52 percent and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), 60.12 percent.

Households get water in own used faucet from community water system

The main sources of water supply for drinking and/or cooking of households were own used faucet from community water system (27.34 percent), shared faucet from community water system (19.31 percent) and shared tubed/piped deepwell (15.75 percent).

The same is true for the main source of water supply for laundry and/or bathing, i.e., community water system (27.15 percent), shared faucet from community water system (16.58 percent) and shared tubed/piped deepwell (14.90 percent).

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was the main source of fuel for cooking

Almost half (42.64 percent) of the households used liquefied petroleum gas as fuel for cooking. This was higher by 25.51 percentage points ten years ago. A large proportion still used wood (38.57 percent), although lower by 21.95 percentage points from the 1990 figure. Kerosene (gaas) on the other hand, was used by 9.68 percent of the total households.

Across regions, the use of LPG dominated in five regions. These were in NCR (71.80 percent), Region III (67.94 percent), Region IV (58.28 percent), CAR, and Region I (53.09 percent). Region II (Cagayan Valley) had 46.74 percent of households using LPG and 45.11 percent, wood. At least 50 percent of the households in the remaining regions used wood for cooking.

Two out of five households used water-sealed with sewer/septic tank as the toilet facility

The proportion of households with water sealed sewer/septic used exclusively by the households was 42 percent. Water-sealed with other depository used exclusively by households (16.52 percent) and closed pit (8.88 percent) followed. Households which did not have any toilet facility accounted for 8.70 percent.

Of the regions comprising the Philippines, at least one out of four of the households in each of the 14 regions had water sealed with sewer/septic tank used exclusively by the households. The remaining two regions used water sealed with other depository used exclusively by the households (Region II, 34.49 percent) and open pit toilet facility (ARMM, 34.03 percent).

Burning was the usual manner of garbage disposal

The most common manner of garbage disposal was burning (46.06 percent). Picked up by garbage truck (32.46 percent) and dumping in individual pit (10.35 percent) followed. The remaining 11.13 percent of households either buried their garbage, feed the garbage to animals, composted or other types of garbage disposal.

In all regions except National Capital Region (NCR), burning was the usual manner of garbage disposal. In NCR, garbage was picked-up mostly by garbage truck (89.55 percent).

Seven out of ten households owned/amortized their housing units

Of the 15.3 million households, majority (71.12 percent) owned or amortized their housing units. Households which occupied their housing units for free with consent of owner constituted 13.40 percent, while 10.10 percent rented their housing units.

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Table 1. Total Population Distribution by Region by Sex: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Population	Percent	Male	Female
Philippines	76,504,077	100.00	38,524,267	37,979,810
CAR	1,365,412	1.78	695,838	669,574
National Capital Region	9,932,560	12.98	4,877,842	5,054,718
I – Ilocos	4,200,478	5.49	2,108,238	2,092,240
II – Cagayan Valley	2,813,159	3.68	1,440,762	1,372,397
III – Central Luzon	8,030,945	10.50	4,045,882	3,985,063
IV – Southern Tagalog	11,793,655	15.42	5,933,436	5,860,219
V – Bicol	4,686,669	6.13	2,392,601	2,294,068
VI – Western Visayas	6,211,038	8.12	3,128,863	3,082,175
VII – Central Visayas	5,706,953	7.46	2,859,723	2,847,230
VIII – Eastern Visayas	3,610,355	4.72	1,844,572	1,765,783
IX – Western Mindanao	3,091,208	4.04	1,566,743	1,524,465
X – Northern Mindanao	2,747,585	3.59	1,397,684	1,349,901
XI – Southern Mindanao	5,189,335	6.78	2,648,187	2,541,148
XII – Central Mindanao	2,598,210	3.40	1,313,149	1,285,061
XIII – Caraga	2,095,367	2.74	1,071,249	1,024,118
ARMM	2,412,159	3.15	1,189,804	1,222,355

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 2. Household Population of Top 8 Religious Affiliations by Sex: Philippines, 2000

Religious Affiliation	Household Population	Male	Female
Philippines	76,332,470	38,416,929	37,915,541
Roman Catholic	61,862,898	31,197,055	30,665,843
Islam	3,862,409	1,907,721	1,954,688
Evangelicals	2,152,786	1,067,708	1,085,078
Iglesia ni Cristo	1,762,845	889,774	873,071
Aglipayan	1,508,662	765,799	742,863
Seventh Day Adventist	609,570	301,699	307,871
United Church of Christ in the Philippines	416,681	209,647	207,034
Jehovah’s Witnesses	380,059	184,489	195,570
Others	3,776,560	1,893,037	30,594,678

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 3. Disabled Persons by Type of Disability and Sex: Philippines, 2000

Type of Disability	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Philippines	942,098	468,766	473,332
Low vision	352,398	154,053	198,345
Oral defect	50,862	27,100	23,762
Partial blindness	76,731	38,157	38,574
Mentally ill	67,294	34,818	32,476
Mentally retarded	66,113	35,194	30,919
Quadriplegic	55,889	31,297	24,592
Hard of hearing	44,725	22,251	22,474
Others	228,086	125,896	102,190

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 4. Literacy of Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Sex and Age Group: Philippines, 2000

Age Group	Literate			Illiterate
Age Group	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Philippines	52,579,156	26,254,321	26,324,835	4,395,661	2,252,180	2,143,481
10 - 14	8,096,256	4,070,379	4,025,877	840,905	465,144	375,761
15 - 19	7,574,225	3,766,751	3,807,474	416,854	237,972	178,882
20 - 24	6,716,760	3,325,891	3,390,869	321,105	178,144	142,961
25 - 29	5,739,427	2,871,027	2,868,400	308,211	166,790	141,421
30 - 34	5,223,180	2,629,245	2,593,935	302,139	159,168	142,971
35 - 39	4,567,076	2,321,739	2,245,337	319,250	163,971	155,279
40 - 44	3,868,041	1,965,040	1,903,001	283,518	146,147	137,371
45 - 49	3,059,364	1,558,658	1,500,706	263,141	132,454	130,687
50 - 54	2,370,798	1,194,344	1,176,454	246,221	120,766	125,455
55 - 59	1,671,762	831,203	840,559	228,736	110,007	118,729
60 - 64	1,396,959	676,434	720,525	233,707	108,362	125,345
65 - 69	939,510	446,365	493,145	197,668	86,322	111,346
70 and over	1,355,798	597,245	758,553	434,206	176,933	257,273

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 5. Ever-Married Women 15 to 49 Years Old by Number of Children Ever-Born and Age Group of Women:
Philippines, 2000

Number of Children Ever Born	Total	Age Group
Number of Children Ever Born	Total	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39	40 - 44	45 - 49
Total	12,011,870	407,071	1,523,981	2,158,283	2,333,563	2,174,533	1,888,338	1,526,101
0	1,974,165	223,073	429,626	386,031	312,421	244,770	202,713	175,531
1	1,847,082	134,252	526,871	469,998	298,466	182,393	133,539	101,563
2	2,278,637	36,706	374,335	581,390	501,243	354,818	248,665	181,480
3	2,002,315	6,288	135,919	385,474	471,148	420,742	337,409	245,335
4	1,472,014	2,910	38,323	203,493	342,970	349,569	301,219	233,530
5	957,835	1,042	10,869	85,398	205,236<	246,433	224,111	184,746
6	659,331	710	3,826	32,373	121,362	181,946	173,099	146,015
7	327,364	307	1,283	7,854	46,074	87,282	97,272	87,292
8 or more	488,570	92	2,200	5,687	34,173	106,209	170,027	170,182
Not reported	4,557	1,691	729	585	470	371	284	427

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 6. Overseas Workers 10 Years Old and Over by Age Group and Sex: Philippines, 2000

Age Group	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Philippines	992,397	498,843	493,554
Below 20	167,870	57,990	109,880
20-24	119,577	44,655	74,922
25-29	149,748	71,760	77,988
30-34	147,616	77,129	70,487
35-39	126,012	73,429	52,583
40-44	109,819	68,791	41,028
45 Years old and over	171,755	105,089	66,666

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 7. Overseas Workers 10 Years Old and Over by Highest Educational Attainment and Sex:
Philippines, 2000

Highest Educational Attainment	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Philippines	992,397	498,843	493,554
No grade completed	16,521	6,739	9,782
Preschool	1,295	416	879
Elementary	190,530	76,701	113,829
High School	290,171	126,000	164,171
Postsecondary	145,608	95,929	49,679
College undergraduate	187,878	103,090	84,788
Academic degree holder	121,836	70,408	51,428
Postbaccalaureate	8,692	5,018	3,674
Not stated	29,866	14,542	15,324

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 8. Households by Type of Fuel Used for Lighting and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Households	Type of Fuel Used for Lighting
Region	Total Households	Electricity	Kerosene	LPG	Oil	Others
Philippines	15,278,808	10,421,197	4,153,917	188,109	21,384	494,201
NCR	2,132,989	1,976,739	32,304	37,051	920	85,975
CAR	263,851	162,477	86,695	4,574	346	9,759
I	831,549	659,464	142,397	8,219	1,008	20,461
II	554,491	349,995	188,175	5,774	860	9,687
III	1,632,047	1,426,030	143,857	16,433	944	44,783
IV	2,413,043	1,875,057	429,735	30,317	2,422	75,512
V	893,833	486,640	377,884	6,552	1,022	21,735
VI	1,211,804	691,538	457,873	9,690	1,931	50,772
VII	1,133,767	683,407	401,273	9,288	1,643	38,156
VIII	715,070	339,931	335,115	9,605	1,851	28,568
IX	595,831	255,965	309,807	10,905	1,758	17,396
X	542,071	315,747	209,525	3,403	521	12,875
XI	1,066,199	626,927	399,447	12,483	1,593	25,749
XII	501,870	248,033	233,824	6,232	1,493	12,288
Caraga	393,362	211,172	169,389	3,544	287	8,970
ARMM	393,269	108,769	236,450	13,992	2,785	31,273

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 9. Households by Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total House- holds	Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal
Region	Total House- holds	Picked- Up by Garbage Truck	Dumping in Individual Pit	Burning	Composting	Burying	Feeding to Animals	Others
Philippines	15,278,808	4,958,967	1,580,937	7,037,621	601,061	468,416	520,559	111,247
NCR	2,132,989	1,910,139	65,181	112,380	8,646	11,677	7,839	17,127
CAR	263,851	71,956	48,711	95,182	13,564	5,312	27,305	1,821
I	831,549	91,435	103,680	552,444	40,666	25,905	15,818	1,601
II	554,491	54,937	61,770	365,664	27,298	17,360	26,709	753
III	1,632,047	593,266	116,638	832,738	24,096	44,091	16,830	4,388
IV	2,413,043	995,845	142,288	1,134,021	45,007	58,476	29,819	7,587
V	893,833	122,161	89,201	517,172	30,617	50,706	79,216	4,760
VI	1,211,804	174,331	126,762	701,117	55,017	54,614	94,463	5,500
VII	1,133,767	252,241	126,249	609,406	62,251	32,544	45,655	5,421
VIII	715,070	99,739	139,304	313,645	39,029	23,188	90,331	9,834
IX	595,831	72,477	116,305	307,466	52,104	22,458	12,788	12,233
X	542,071	104,687	69,921	298,329	35,262	17,296	12,552	4,024
XI	1,066,199	255,902	155,661	515,106	70,221	47,033	14,553	7,723
XII	501,870	80,962	76,967	271,454	32,337	19,779	15,986	4,385
Caraga	393,362	61,860	64,527	186,595	43,727	15,738	15,166	5,749
ARMM	393,269	14,401	77,666	224,085	21,210	22,057	15,529	18,321

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 10. Households by Main Source of Water Supply for Drinking and/or Cooking and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total House- holds	Main Source of Water Supply for Drinking and/or Cooking
Region	Total House- holds	Own Use Faucet, Commu- nity Water System	Shared Faucet, Commu- nity Water System	Own Use Tubed/ Piped Deep Well	Shared Tubed/ Piped Deep Well	Tubed/ Piped Shallow Well	Dug Well	Spring, Lake, River, Rain, etc.	Peddler	Bottled Water	Others
Philippines	15,278,808	4,177,722	2,950,891	1,389,768	2,406,228	1,098,552	1,209,319	1,350,735	348,636	55,226	291,731
NCR	2,132,989	1,083,072	518,091	84,776	206,709	13,057	13,049	3,629	135,205	27,603	47,798
CAR	263,851	90,530	70,764	13,066	25,930	10,528	10,613	32,392	4,241	1,038	4,749
I	831,549	140,063	73,907	193,572	213,053	124,099	57,572	18,763	1,047	819	8,654
II	554,491	66,290	37,534	95,076	145,290	100,300	78,458	25,335	937	221	5,050
III	1,632,047	501,778	206,151	326,077	329,056	185,431	23,682	22,674	11,511	4,072	21,615
IV	2,413,043	830,837	426,823	243,191	356,855	174,097	135,034	125,774	66,923	9,636	43,873
V	893,833	180,152	194,593	66,835	125,117	74,051	124,445	91,051	25,099	1,035	11,455
VI	1,211,804	171,247	167,301	104,999	269,305	105,183	209,662	118,912	25,836	3,426	35,933
VII	1,133,767	244,798	279,702	38,918	177,454	47,597	132,739	155,397	26,344	3,965	26,853
VIII	715,070	126,063	239,451	31,322	103,863	41,315	82,998	64,919	7,097	319	17,723
IX	595,831	114,368	147,063	17,390	55,206	30,332	93,874	117,138	10,131	470	9,859
X	542,071	160,458	156,867	13,399	47,925	16,066	27,665	108,297	4,283	488	6,623
XI	1,066,199	258,006	206,598	71,754	179,675	75,048	45,427	197,365	11,652	1,148	19,526
XII	501,870	90,581	76,947	52,917	79,977	48,252	54,186	83,404	8,424	438	6,744
Caraga	393,362	79,087	115,575	18,036	60,779	22,352	26,117	63,511	3,487	175	4,243
ARMM	393,269	38,469	32,693	18,345	29,311	30,844	93,798	122,156	6,419	346	20,888

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 11. Households by Main Source of Water Supply for Laundry and/or Bathing and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total House- holds	Main Source of Water Supply for Laundry and/or Bathing
Region	Total House- holds	Own Use Faucet, Community Water System	Shared Faucet, Community Water System	Own Use Tubed/ Piped Deep Well	Shared Tubed/ Piped Deep Well	Tubed/ Piped Shallow Well	Dug Well	Spring, Lake, River, Rain, etc.	Peddler	Others
Philippines	15,278,808	4,148,824	2,533,199	1,425,213	2,276,588	1,091,700	1,452,579	1,839,753	236,810	274,142
NCR	2,132,989	1,099,356	515,796	95,664	226,662	17,278	18,396	4,507	112,699	42,631
CAR	263,851	89,062	66,389	12,859	22,818	9,032	9,236	45,274	4,184	4,997
I	831,549	133,761	65,291	195,258	210,560	127,138	62,443	27,891	679	8,528
II	554,491	65,343	36,361	92,293	132,801	96,522	75,785	49,868	491	5,027
III	1,632,047	502,411	191,663	332,296	325,578	192,261	27,466	29,752	9,940	20,680
IV	2,413,043	838,502	382,751	252,509	344,495	174,431	148,791	186,710	47,278	37,576
V	893,833	173,033	136,511	72,384	111,470	73,451	151,532	156,596	7,283	11,573
VI	1,211,804	159,791	118,808	113,282	253,571	107,700	262,299	154,010	7,486	34,857
VII	1,133,767	243,641	238,400	38,964	167,321	44,717	158,423	198,304	18,002	25,995
VIII	715,070	120,535	166,116	30,875	84,519	38,500	111,599	142,613	2,979	17,334
IX	595,831	109,190	118,550	17,123	49,184	27,052	105,760	153,610	6,106	9,256
X	542,071	155,798	129,282	13,317	41,371	13,988	37,603	140,743	2,855	7,114
XI	1,066,199	253,059	182,884	72,366	158,982	74,341	75,587	226,388	5,394	17,198
XII	501,870	89,156	64,985	51,992	69,879	47,028	63,664	103,658	5,237	6,271
Caraga	393,362	78,115	90,666	17,199	51,166	20,003	44,497	86,669	982	4,065
ARMM	393,269	36,050	28,007	16,716	25,479	28,249	99,498	133,160	5,215	20,895

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 12. Households by Presence of Household Conveniences and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Households with at Least One Household Convenience	Presence of Household Conveniences
Region	Total Households with at Least One Household Convenience	Radio/ Cassette	Television	Refrigerator/ Freezer	Video Cassette/ Recorder	Telephone/ Cellphone	Washing Machine	Motorized Vehicle
Philippines	15,278,808	11,490,718	8,056,985	5,020,011	3,163,362	2,164,512	3,120,718	1,866,210
NCR	2,132,989	1,757,128	1,761,920	1,261,652	846,332	727,590	917,424	348,698
CAR	263,851	204,848	104,678	70,717	42,356	30,778	43,509	27,927
I	831,549	664,810	518,466	286,209	169,610	115,839	137,404	140,785
II	554,491	421,419	218,668	125,702	72,712	41,585	80,655	73,725
III	1,632,047	1,302,561	1,237,432	659,260	423,269	288,763	560,653	291,676
IV	2,413,043	1,848,924	1,540,967	982,395	620,096	428,172	704,778	347,648
V	893,833	629,288	310,891	164,758	106,011	48,724	71,645	66,447
VI	1,211,804	915,444	511,350	288,864	186,297	111,372	114,319	103,529
VII	1,133,767	846,090	468,264	268,332	187,153	109,824	88,316	116,685
VIII	715,070	467,439	200,819	119,935	83,407	34,102	49,464	51,674
IX	595,831	405,701	162,137	111,584	61,181	27,703	47,243	50,404
X	542,071	386,270	217,140	151,591	73,760	41,139	71,185	48,813
XI	1,066,199	761,178	439,554	295,900	162,385	88,686	132,991	102,869
XII	501,870	359,742	169,872	112,832	58,717	32,570	50,389	42,084
Caraga	393,362	252,240	127,201	87,776	45,012	22,919	36,894	29,939
ARMM	393,269	264,740	64,699	30,226	23,324	13,189	12,065	22,281

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 13. Households by Land Ownership and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Households with at least One Land Owned	Land Ownership
Region	Total Households with at least One Land Owned	Other Residential Land	Agricultural Land	Agricultural Land Acquired through CARP Agrarian Reform Beneficiary	Other Land
Philippines	4,547,849	2,118,185	2,932,872	459,489	353,443
NCR	356,457	264,629	136,951	24,478	34,603
CAR	146,317	76,282	112,930	8,059	21,097
I	294,320	135,985	210,893	24,482	20,937
II	274,685	125,183	198,536	34,558	15,195
III	376,508	183,151	188,400	69,605	23,554
IV	570,030	313,380	310,404	54,147	46,137
V	250,041	102,457	169,172	28,622	12,694
VI	287,995	122,766	181,931	46,041	19,302
VII	337,292	156,902	234,866	25,403	21,839
VIII	247,990	91,393	192,860	18,379	17,284
IX	245,831	90,875	178,631	17,900	19,363
X	199,485	92,250	140,496	17,945	13,045
XI	383,658	149,709	269,236	38,174	22,869
XII	218,687	81,728	156,219	21,363	16,775
Caraga	165,073	62,765	123,415	16,567	15,673
ARMM	192,705	68,101	127,674	13,733	33,015

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 14. Households in Occupied Housing Units by Tenure Status of the Housing Unit
and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Households in Occupied Housing Units	Tenure Status of the Housing Unit
Region	Total Households in Occupied Housing Units	Owned/Being Amortized	Rented	Being Occupied for free with Consent of the Owner	Being Occupied for free without Consent of the Owner	Not Reported
Philippines	15,278,808	10,866,001	1,542,638	2,047,970	190,748	631,451
NCR	2,132,989	1,025,823	687,048	238,346	71,268	110,504
CAR	263,851	205,476	24,796	25,612	977	6,990
I	831,549	693,227	23,813	86,516	3,680	24,313
II	554,491	479,165	15,013	47,734	2,445	10,134
III	1,632,047	1,236,623	137,028	177,428	12,251	68,717
IV	2,413,043	1,720,320	245,510	314,710	26,499	106,004
V	893,833	693,145	34,908	133,367	6,985	25,428
VI	1,211,804	866,453	41,308	232,163	12,780	59,100
VII	1,133,767	849,320	90,536	142,058	8,181	43,672
VIII	715,070	540,976	31,398	108,953	4,630	29,113
IX	595,831	434,671	31,658	99,254	5,026	25,222
X	542,071	405,387	36,914	77,295	4,077	18,398
XI	1,066,199	766,205	85,561	166,837	13,173	34,423
XII	501,870	366,538	27,743	85,708	6,032	15,849
Caraga	393,362	304,943	21,301	51,798	5,245	10,075
ARMM	393,269	275,220	7,396	59,994	7,400	43,259

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 15. Total Households by Kind of Toilet Facility and Region: Philippines, 2000

Region	Total Households	Kind of Toilet Facility
Region	Total Households	Water- sealed, Sewer/ Septic Tank, Used Exclu- sively by House- holds	Water- sealed, Sewer/ Septic Tank, Shared with Other House- holds	Water- sealed, Other Depository, Used Exclu- sively by House- Holds	Water- sealed, Other Depository, Shared with Other House- holds	Closed Pit	Open Pit	Others (Pail System, and the like)	None
Philippines	15,278,808	6,416,937	1,286,100	2,523,571	941,444	1,356,010	1,152,806	272,828	1,329,112
NCR	2,132,989	1,446,920	351,752	154,459	96,313	23,183	13,717	25,356	21,289
CAR	263,851	96,578	23,330	28,580	11,972	38,891	53,377	1,764	9,359
I	831,549	290,590	51,065	269,406	97,770	69,642	35,989	4,699	12,388
II	554,491	147,192	29,996	191,258	73,412	51,198	47,048	2,866	11,521
III	1,632,047	794,465	134,720	360,982	133,727	92,676	34,382	24,808	56,287
IV	2,413,043	1,216,449	192,467	354,770	130,855	167,577	115,274	40,438	195,213
V	893,833	301,565	54,918	144,228	50,208	99,869	80,638	23,060	139,347
VI	1,211,804	349,447	48,725	212,496	56,197	188,770	161,003	21,449	173,717
VII	1,133,767	402,845	96,917	159,842	61,780	81,398	72,842	18,779	239,364
VIII	715,070	261,730	45,225	105,900	30,081	40,293	45,209	15,613	171,019
IX	595,831	152,407	36,505	103,111	28,121	94,133	83,542	16,007	82,005
X	542,071	220,020	43,770	72,531	23,244	81,696	61,416	5,472	33,922
XI	1,066,199	405,366	102,109	167,320	75,443	138,786	106,332	10,879	59,964
XII	501,870	135,524	33,389	88,384	37,399	75,727	83,017	10,987	37,443
Caraga	393,362	153,614	27,181	82,327	18,303	42,003	25,204	5,794	38,936
ARMM	393,269	39,445	13,525	27,662	16,509	70,148	133,816	44,857	47,307

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

TECHNICAL NOTES
Average Household Size – average number of people who live in the household
Growth Rate – the rate at which the population is increasing (or decreasing) in a given year due to natural increase and net migration, expressed as a percentage of the base population
Median Age – the age at which exactly half of the population is young and half is old
Sex Ratio – the ratio of males to females in a given population expressed as the number of males per 100 females
Age-Dependency Ratio – the ratio of persons in the "dependent" ages (under 15 years and over 64 years) to those in the "economically productive" ages (15 to 64 years old) in the population
Household – a social unit consisting of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have common arrangements in the preparation and consumption of food
Literacy Rate – the proportion of literates to the total population in a given group
The 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000) was undertaken by the National Statistics Office (NSO) in May 2000, as mandated by Commonwealth Act No. 591, Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 and Executive Order No. 121. It was the 11^th census of population and 5^th census of housing undertaken in this country since the first census in 1903. It was designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units all over the Philippines and to collect information about their characteristics. Census day for the Census 2000 was May 1, 2000 (12:01 a.m.). Enumeration started on May 1, 2000 and lasted for about 30 days.

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