Republic of the Philippines QUICKSTAT

Philippine Statistics Authority

ILOCOS NORTE
(Monthly Update of Most Requested Statistics)
As of January 2015

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICE INDICES (2006=100) 2014 Dec 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2013
Consumer Price Index 128.3 129.8 129.9 126.0
Inflation rate 4.0 3.0 3.3 4.0
Purchasing power of the peso (2006-2011) 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.79
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meter; value in P1,000) 2013 3rd Qtr 2014 2nd Qtr 2014 3rd Qtr 2013
Total number of buildings 2,037 389 620 452
Total floor area 197,287 33,738 67,806 49,345
Value 1,903,317 309,339 599,560 441,820
Residential (number) 1,493 306 472 300
Total floor area 135,571 25,915 43,865 30,211
Value 1,271,247 234,277 405,697 273,549
Nonresidential (number) 271 45 58 79
Total floor area 54,795 6,813 21,792 16,412
Value 484,661 48,794 153,110 134,329
GEOGRAPHY (Source: Philippine Statistics Authority) 2014 2013 2012
Number of cities 2 2 2
Number of municipalities 21 21 21
Number of barangays 557 557 557
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) 2010 2007 2000
and 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Total population 568,017 547,284 514,241
Urban 26,431 18,578 -
Rural 541,586 528,706 -
Male 285,234 275,831 257,628
Female 282,783 271,453 256,613
Annual growth rate (1990-2000, 2000-2007, 2000-2010) 1.00 0.86 1.08
Sex ratio (number of males for every 100 females) 100.9 101.6 100.4
Household population 567,006 546,133 513,314
Male 284,660 275,036 257,086
Female 282,346 271,097 256,228
Number of households 128,558 119,402 106,939
Average household size 4.41 4.57 4.80
Population density (square kilometer) 166 160 150
Median age 27.0 26.0 24.5
Dependency ratio 56.5 59.7 62.7
Young dependents 44.9 48.3 51.6
Old dependents 11.6 11.4 11.1
Proportion by age group
0- 4 9.6 10.1 10.4
0 - 14 28.7 30.2 31.7
15 - 64 63.9 62.6 61.5
18 and over 65.8 63.9 62.0
60 and over 10.4 10.0 9.7
65 and over 7.4 7.2 6.8
 Proportion of urban population 4.7 3.4 19.0
Proportion of persons with disabilities 1.7 n. a. 1.3

ILOCOS NORTE QUICKSTAT (As of January 2015) 2

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010 2007 2000
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 457,481 435,043 405,162
Single 185,837 178,639 177,722
Married 213,804 203,704 183,558
Widowed 26,880 25,822 23,203
Divorced/Separated 3,746 3,242 2,715
Common-Law/Live-in 26,934 22,325 15,690
Unknown/Not Stated 280 1,311 2,274
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2010 2007 2000
Both sexes 59,077 54,419 49,978
Male 25,128 23,539 22,111
Female 33,949 30,880 27,867
Disabled persons by type of disability 2007 2000 1995
Total - 6,718 9,640
Total blindness - 467 496
Partial blindness - 538 820
Low vision - 1,187 2,486
Total deafness - 276 306
Partial deafness - 380 1,123
Hard of hearing - 609 457
Oral defect - 763 541
Loss of one or both arms/hands - 253 91
Loss of one or both legs/feet - 460 100
Quadriplegic - 513 -
Mentally retarded - 606 460
Mentally ill - 396 480
Multiple impairment - 270 -
Muteness - - 403
Deafness/Muteness - - -
Others - - 1,877
With at least one type of functional disability 2010 Both sexes Male Female
(Household population five years old and over) 18,565 8,341 10,224
Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses 11,643 5,047 6,596
Difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid 4,879 2,180 2,699
Difficulty in walking or climbing steps 5,726 2,543 3,183
Difficulty in remembering or concentrating 2,922 1,211 1,711
Difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing) 2,294 974 1,320
Difficulty in communicating 2,357 1,147 1,210
Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2010 2007 2000
Both sexes 512,361 490,724 459,616
No grade completed 11,361 20,833 17,952
Pre-school 15,784 11,434 11,703
Elementary 168,387 168,414 185,061
1st-4th Grade - 71,153 78,819
5th-6th Grade - 19,175 106,242
Graduate - 78,086 -
High school 175,895 166,605 135,062
Undergraduate - 56,355 65,068
Graduate - 110,250 69,994
Post-secondary 26,156 21,143 21,887
Undergraduate - 2,011 9,645
Graduate - 19,132 12,242
 College undergraduate 51,811 42,684 50,612
Academic degree holder 60,875 27,612 25,525
Post-baccalaureate 1,603 1,014 3,504
Not stated 489 30,935 8,310

ILOCOS NORTE QUICKSTAT (As of January 2015) 3

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH) 2010 2007 2000

Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 15,049 13,155 11,346
No grade completed 12 12 56
Pre-school - 2 7
Elementary 855 838 1,613
1st-4th Grade 151 143 336
5th-6th Grade 90 1 67 -
5th-7th Grade - - 1,277
Graduate 614 628 -
High school 4,624 4,253 3,714
Undergraduate 626 472 974
Graduate 3,998 3,781 2,740
Post-secondary 1,934 1,625 1,710
Undergraduate 145 111 710
Graduate 1,789 1,514 1,000
College undergraduate 2,137 1,664 2,316
Academic degree holder 5,444 2,487 1,601
Post-baccalaureate 36 22 162
Not stated 7 2,252 167
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2005 2004 2003
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 10,911 11,154 10,641
Male 5,661 5,733 5,601
Female 5,250 5,421 5,040
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 3,708 3,951 3,979
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 4,037 3,968 3,769
Male 2,265 2,248 2,071
Female 1,772 1,720 1,698
2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005
Crude birth a (per thousand population) 20.82 22.91 24.67
Crude death (per thousand population)
a
6.38 6.90 7.68
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 14.44 16.01 16.99
Total fertility rate a (number of children per woman) 2.75 2.95 3.17
Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)
a

Male 70.17 68.97 67.77

Female 76.95 75.95 74.75
EDUCATION (Sources: 2000 CPH/1994 Functional Literacy and Mass Media Survey) 2000 1994 1990
Literate (simple literacy in thousands) 384 358 334
Literacy rate (simple literacy) 94.71 94.22 94.77
AGRICULTURE (Source: 2002 Census of Agriculture Vol. I) 2002 1991 1980
Number of farms by land use 2/
49,312 49,480 41,953
Area of farms by land use (in hectares) 37,269 41,027 48,546
Arable lands
Land planted to temporary crops 28,740 34,432 34,437
Lands lying idle 3/
148 354 1,062
 Land planted to permanent crops 2,074 3,005 767
Land under permanent meadows and pasture 161 611 7,732
Lands covered with forest growth 571 1,089 2,639
All other lands 4/
5,327 1,535 1,909

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AGRICULTURE (Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics) 2011 2010 2009

Top five agricultural crops
Palay
Area (hectares) - - -
Production (metric tons) 306,726 301,934 256,582
Corn
Area (hectares) - - -
Production (metric tons) 52,157 53,553 58,368
Coconut
Area (hectares) - - -
Production (metric tons) 4,156 3,933 3,933
Mango
Area (hectares) - - -
Production (metric tons) 32,526 29,329 30,582
Banana
Area (hectares) - - -
Production (metric tons) 9,304 9,098 9,115
Top five livestock 2011 2010 2009
Carabao 25,019 24,461 23,336
Cattle 66,910 68,364 72,927
Chicken 1,448,736 1,402,375 1,505,837
Duck 44,870 45,800 39,128
Goat 65,757 65,353 62,925
INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (Source: Department of Budget and Management) 2011 2010 2009
IRA (million pesos) 662.8 615.3 578.9
Rank 47 47 47
Percentage of IRA to total financial resources 84.0 86.0 85.4
Rank 22 19 34
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (Source: National Statistical Coordination Board) 2009 2006 2003
Human development index 5/ 0.641 0.620 0.602
Rank - - -
BANKS (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2011 2010 2009
Total number of banks 51 52 50
Total bank deposits (millions) 16,247 15,306 14,000
PAWNSHOP (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2011 2010 2009
Total number of pawnshops 81 77 71
REGISTERED VOTERS (Source: Commission on Elections) 2010 2009 2008
Number of registered voters 355,641 361,977 338,135
Rank 43 43 44

r-revised p-preliminary
a/
2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Projections.
1/
5th-6th Grade Level only.
2/
A farm was counted once under "ALL CLASSES" but may be counted under each of the reported land utilization.
3/
Included home lot.
4/
Included lands temporarily fallowed and lands under temporary meadows/pastures.
5/
This attempts to measure the complete concept of human development by tracking the progress of three selected aspects of human life.
Note: The latest provincial figures on Business and Industry, Minimum Basic Needs Indicators, and Family Income and Expenditure
can be found in the December 2008 Provincial Quickstat.

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