NSCB - Philippine Poverty Statistics - Magnitude and Share to the Total Poor Families and Population: 2000, 2003 and 2006

Table 5.

Magnitude and Share to the Total Poor Families and Population:
2000, 2003 and 2006

Region	Families						Population
	Magnitude of Poor			% Share to the Total Poor			Magnitude of Poor			% Share to the Total Poor
	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006

PHILIPPINES	4,146,663	4,022,695	4,677,305	100	100	100	25,472,782	23,836,104	27,616,888	100	100	100

NCR	127,655	110,864	167,316	3.1	2.8	3.6	860,934	742,549	1,156,313	3.4	3.1	4.2
1st District*	19,257	13,530	27,468	0.5	0.3	0.6	120,663	90,446	198,391	0.5	0.4	0.7
2nd District	30,701	29,282	52,673	0.7	0.7	1.1	229,301	202,197	365,169	0.9	0.8	1.3
3rd District	47,206	40,811	51,847	1.1	1.0	1.1	304,583	261,328	325,964	1.2	1.1	1.2
4th District	30,491	27,241	35,327	0.7	0.7	0.8	206,387	188,578	266,789	0.8	0.8	1.0

Region I	237,910	213,846	248,443	5.7	5.3	5.3	1,452,222	1,262,799	1,464,245	5.7	5.3	5.3
Ilocos Norte*	19,466	21,694	20,362	0.5	0.5	0.4	115,116	120,945	112,835	0.5	0.5	0.4
Ilocos Sur	35,189	28,302	35,779	0.8	0.7	0.8	194,881	154,922	184,397	0.8	0.6	0.7
La Union	42,654	33,163	40,641	1.0	0.8	0.9	253,382	198,307	229,739	1.0	0.8	0.8
Pangasinan	140,601	130,687	151,660	3.4	3.2	3.2	888,844	788,625	937,274	3.5	3.3	3.4

Region II	143,421	113,298	126,726	3.5	2.8	2.7	821,294	659,666	721,036	3.2	2.8	2.6
Batanes	348	225	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	2,535	1,459	-	0.0	0.0	-
Cagayan	42,062	33,437	41,175	1.0	0.8	0.9	252,930	196,014	227,454	1.0	0.8	0.8
Isabela	79,001	64,397	69,434	1.9	1.6	1.5	424,580	372,429	396,608	1.7	1.6	1.4
Nueva Vizcaya*	12,501	7,252	10,704	0.3	0.2	0.2	81,696	44,502	61,153	0.3	0.2	0.2
Quirino*	9,508	7,987	5,414	0.2	0.2	0.1	59,555	45,262	35,821	0.2	0.2	0.1

Region III	268,558	242,820	320,109	6.5	6.0	6.8	1,695,227	1,535,784	1,914,590	6.7	6.4	6.9
Aurora*	9,638	10,951	12,826	0.2	0.3	0.3	59,985	66,417	66,701	0.2	0.3	0.2
Bataan*	10,958	12,594	8,679	0.3	0.3	0.2	68,659	79,841	62,022	0.3	0.3	0.2
Bulacan	21,801	44,800	56,008	0.5	1.1	1.2	147,812	307,762	358,012	0.6	1.3	1.3
Nueva Ecija	90,754	81,038	121,010	2.2	2.0	2.6	532,961	484,106	662,742	2.1	2.0	2.4
Pampanga	48,461	40,661	34,405	1.2	1.0	0.7	331,739	289,106	234,820	1.3	1.2	0.9
Tarlac	56,095	34,102	53,338	1.4	0.8	1.1	360,109	208,104	328,428	1.4	0.9	1.2
Zambales	30,852	18,674	33,841	0.7	0.5	0.7	193,962	100,447	201,864	0.8	0.4	0.7

Region IV-A	272,484	316,911	374,952	6.6	7.9	8.0	1,697,033	1,899,827	2,210,756	6.7	8.0	8.0
Batangas	71,045	99,383	108,782	1.7	2.5	2.3	440,603	602,557	618,297	1.7	2.5	2.2
Cavite	38,084	44,707	42,077	0.9	1.1	0.9	244,712	300,636	287,292	1.0	1.3	1.0
Laguna	31,303	39,339	50,689	0.8	1.0	1.1	207,184	236,460	297,648	0.8	1.0	1.1
Quezon	112,630	118,941	146,188	2.7	3.0	3.1	668,237	660,224	829,802	2.6	2.8	3.0
Rizal	19,422	14,542	27,217	0.5	0.4	0.6	136,296	99,950	177,718	0.5	0.4	0.6

Region IV-B	162,668	199,485	238,489	3.9	5.0	5.1	1,032,123	1,163,867	1,400,417	4.1	4.9	5.1
Marinduque	18,311	17,669	20,587	0.4	0.4	0.4	113,553	101,271	118,365	0.4	0.4	0.4
Occidental Mindoro*	28,248	34,557	42,660	0.7	0.9	0.9	176,790	203,741	263,965	0.7	0.9	1.0
Oriental Mindoro	52,623	53,094	74,307	1.3	1.3	1.6	340,690	321,441	422,103	1.3	1.3	1.5
Palawan	35,749	73,049	74,770	0.9	1.8	1.6	230,174	419,389	445,097	0.9	1.8	1.6
Romblon	27,737	21,116	26,165	0.7	0.5	0.6	170,917	118,026	150,889	0.7	0.5	0.5

Region V	407,176	383,625	422,278	9.8	9.5	9.0	2,540,660	2,332,719	2,643,799	10.0	9.8	9.6
Albay	83,398	76,200	88,676	2.0	1.9	1.9	553,629	464,510	552,881	2.2	1.9	2.0
Camarines Norte*	50,670	44,874	39,421	1.2	1.1	0.8	301,147	269,604	256,708	1.2	1.1	0.9
Camarines Sur	120,762	121,936	134,599	2.9	3.0	2.9	765,373	750,674	846,030	3.0	3.1	3.1
Catanduanes*	18,541	13,604	16,999	0.4	0.3	0.4	117,740	76,609	105,075	0.5	0.3	0.4
Masbate	83,660	81,804	80,512	2.0	2.0	1.7	482,818	470,670	487,672	1.9	2.0	1.8
Sorsogon	50,146	45,207	62,071	1.2	1.1	1.3	319,952	300,652	395,434	1.3	1.3	1.4

Region VI	444,172	397,073	425,571	10.7	9.9	9.1	2,773,352	2,374,772	2,491,535	10.9	10.0	9.0
Aklan	31,386	31,068	42,271	0.8	0.8	0.9	190,470	173,340	242,249	0.7	0.7	0.9
Antique	32,393	42,389	46,005	0.8	1.1	1.0	208,169	232,602	255,321	0.8	1.0	0.9
Capiz	53,542	28,711	34,986	1.3	0.7	0.7	328,635	194,558	205,168	1.3	0.8	0.7
Guimaras*	5,900	9,525	11,097	0.1	0.2	0.2	37,838	66,944	59,001	0.1	0.3	0.2
Iloilo	108,241	121,067	100,759	2.6	3.0	2.2	695,280	708,899	609,625	2.7	3.0	2.2
Negros Occidental	212,710	164,313	190,455	5.1	4.1	4.1	1,312,961	998,429	1,120,171	5.2	4.2	4.1

Region VII	348,154	286,478	391,484	8.4	7.1	8.4	2,016,910	1,652,316	2,213,167	7.9	6.9	8.0
Bohol	105,470	65,953	92,354	2.5	1.6	2.0	590,926	375,277	532,711	2.3	1.6	1.9
Cebu	170,929	125,346	184,207	4.1	3.1	3.9	973,490	746,100	1,077,492	3.8	3.1	3.9
Negros Oriental	66,788	89,654	110,724	1.6	2.2	2.4	427,509	502,825	584,695	1.7	2.1	2.1
Siquijor*	4,967	5,525	4,199	0.1	0.1	0.1	24,984	28,114	18,269	0.1	0.1	0.1

Region VIII	276,878	266,423	331,426	6.7	6.6	7.1	1,649,582	1,619,731	1,947,323	6.5	6.8	7.1
Biliran*	9,531	13,709	10,077	0.2	0.3	0.2	58,135	77,193	66,781	0.2	0.3	0.2
Eastern Samar	34,037	25,754	35,403	0.8	0.6	0.8	203,104	159,184	224,755	0.8	0.7	0.8
Leyte	118,200	117,288	147,900	2.9	2.9	3.2	680,536	692,391	846,526	2.7	2.9	3.1
Northern Samar*	37,591	34,696	56,901	0.9	0.9	1.2	240,228	215,859	339,232	0.9	0.9	1.2
Southern Leyte	19,277	24,064	23,634	0.5	0.6	0.5	116,738	147,484	131,172	0.5	0.6	0.5
Western Samar	58,242	50,913	57,510	1.4	1.3	1.2	350,841	327,620	338,857	1.4	1.4	1.2

Region IXa	209,842	258,497	250,696	5.1	6.4	5.4	1,257,210	1,427,722	1,404,098	4.9	6.0	5.1
Zamboanga del Norte	78,059	110,831	115,560	1.9	2.8	2.5	433,091	573,506	614,876	1.7	2.4	2.2
Zamboanga del Surb	131,783	103,323	91,614	3.2	2.6	2.0	824,119	571,833	527,005	3.2	2.4	1.9
Zamboanga Sibugay	c	40,712	36,868	c	1.0	0.8	c	256,705	223,429	c	1.1	0.8
Isabela City*	d	3,630	6,655	d	0.1	0.1	d	25,677	38,788	d	0.1	0.1

Region X	261,501	278,538	285,054	6.3	6.9	6.1	1,582,225	1,567,963	1,663,283	6.2	6.6	6.0
Bukidnon	67,599	79,985	68,973	1.6	2.0	1.5	449,647	460,292	438,293	1.8	1.9	1.6
Camiguin	7,826	5,356	6,619	0.2	0.1	0.1	41,465	29,420	35,265	0.2	0.1	0.1
Lanao del Norte	75,376	73,114	72,484	1.8	1.8	1.5	426,347	404,674	416,532	1.7	1.7	1.5
Misamis Occidental	45,954	50,189	54,247	1.1	1.2	1.2	260,764	263,398	294,806	1.0	1.1	1.1
Misamis Oriental	64,745	69,895	82,730	1.6	1.7	1.8	404,002	410,180	478,387	1.6	1.7	1.7

Region XI	202,121	231,068	257,554	4.9	5.7	5.5	1,231,277	1,346,269	1,450,542	4.8	5.6	5.3
Davao del Nortee	105,169	49,251	62,669	2.5	1.2	1.3	642,900	287,572	353,366	2.5	1.2	1.3
Davao del Sur	68,084	103,963	101,644	1.6	2.6	2.2	412,442	591,886	568,808	1.6	2.5	2.1
Davao Oriental	28,868	33,443	39,088	0.7	0.8	0.8	175,934	210,903	227,287	0.7	0.9	0.8
Compostela Valley	f	44,410	54,153	f	1.1	1.2	f	255,909	301,081	f	1.1	1.1

Region XII	264,301	227,093	253,009	6.4	5.6	5.4	1,595,474	1,319,563	1,482,130	6.3	5.5	5.4
North Cotabato	79,750	52,759	59,940	1.9	1.3	1.3	511,353	317,424	350,178	2.0	1.3	1.3
Saranggani	39,997	41,346	43,750	1.0	1.0	0.9	220,079	241,641	271,713	0.9	1.0	1.0
South Cotabato	78,688	66,792	82,129	1.9	1.7	1.8	469,874	380,204	469,717	1.8	1.6	1.7
Sultan Kudarat	57,817	52,064	53,776	1.4	1.3	1.1	344,172	296,215	309,887	1.4	1.2	1.1
Cotabato City*	8,049	14,132	13,414	0.2	0.4	0.3	49,997	84,079	80,636	0.2	0.4	0.3

CAR	84,717	72,084	87,050	2.0	1.8	1.9	537,975	445,036	506,823	2.1	1.9	1.8
Abra	18,798	17,339	22,484	0.5	0.4	0.5	113,326	100,013	128,614	0.4	0.4	0.5
Apayao	4,543	3,313	12,128	0.1	0.1	0.3	28,770	22,815	67,907	0.1	0.1	0.2
Benguet	17,620	13,472	10,990	0.4	0.3	0.2	122,178	89,132	71,190	0.5	0.4	0.3
Ifugao	18,140	9,069	11,082	0.4	0.2	0.2	113,719	60,226	69,605	0.4	0.3	0.3
Kalinga	12,140	15,151	16,113	0.3	0.4	0.3	83,844	93,693	94,995	0.3	0.4	0.3
Mt. Province	13,476	13,740	14,254	0.3	0.3	0.3	76,137	79,157	74,512	0.3	0.3	0.3

ARMMg	255,879	228,970	295,220	6.2	5.7	6.3	1,652,890	1,373,620	1,778,262	6.5	5.8	6.4
Basilan*g	19,110	17,958	17,477	0.5	0.4	0.4	123,825	101,504	118,183	0.5	0.4	0.4
Lanao del Sur	66,146	48,351	70,544	1.6	1.2	1.5	432,307	301,215	442,338	1.7	1.3	1.6
Maguindanao	86,539	93,501	107,074	2.1	2.3	2.3	536,479	527,225	596,464	2.1	2.2	2.2
Sulu	58,522	48,195	50,701	1.4	1.2	1.1	397,119	315,635	310,140	1.6	1.3	1.1
Tawi-tawi	25,562	20,964	49,423	0.6	0.5	1.1	163,160	128,041	311,137	0.6	0.5	1.1

Caraga	179,226	195,622	201,929	4.3	4.9	4.3	1,076,395	1,111,901	1,168,569	4.2	4.7	4.2
Agusan del Norte	42,992	36,198	40,668	1.0	0.9	0.9	259,475	219,514	236,297	1.0	0.9	0.9
Agusan del Sur	59,948	59,815	58,161	1.4	1.5	1.2	359,215	337,889	334,069	1.4	1.4	1.2
Surigao Del Norte	38,936	52,417	55,510	0.9	1.3	1.2	232,065	277,763	309,540	0.9	1.2	1.1
Surigao Del Sur	37,350	47,192	47,591	0.9	1.2	1.0	225,640	276,735	288,664	0.9	1.2	1.0

a - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
b - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
c - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
d - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
e - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
f - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
g - 2000 estimates include Isabela City

Notes:

1. Zamboanga Sibugay (Region IX) and Compostela Valley (Region XI) are new provinces created under EO 36 and EO 103.
2. Isabela City (Region IX) and Cotabato City (Region XII) have been separated from their respective mother provinces - Basilan and Maguindanao (both ARMM) under the present regional configuration.

* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of 2006 Magnitude of Poor Famlies is greater than 20%.


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