QUICKSTAT

ILOCOS NORTE
(Monthly Update of Most Requested Statistics)
As of November 2017

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICE INDICES (2006=100) 2016 Oct 2017 Sep 2017 Oct 2016
Consumer Price Index 136.7 140.8 140.5 137.5
Inflation rate 5.0 2.4 2.3 5.5
Purchasing power of the peso 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.73
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meter; value in P1,000) 2015 2nd Qtr 2017 1st Qtr 2017 2nd Qtr 2016
Total number of buildings 2,127 717 1,037 754
Total floor area 196,822 106,515 101,125 75,575
Value 3,289,583 974,644 851,682 832,396
Residential (number) 1,571 559 578 553
Total floor area 146,577 52,271 54,346 48,060
Value 1,320,423 493,648 478,070 432,715
Nonresidential (number) 242 47 99 74
Total floor area 42,355 44,220 36,144 25,658
Value 1,784,584 414,337 210,536 349,852
GEOGRAPHY (Source: Philippine Statistics Authority) 2016 2015 2014
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) 2015 2010 2007 2000
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Total population 593,081 568,017 547,284 514,241
Urban … 26,431 18,578 -
Rural … 541,586 528,706 -
Male 297,930 285,234 275,831 257,628
Female 295,151 282,783 271,453 256,613
Annual growth rate (1990-2000, 2000-2007, 2000-2010, 2010-2015) 0.83 1.00 0.86 1.08
Sex ratio (number of males for every 100 females) … 100.9 101.6 100.4
Household population 591,198 567,006 546,133 513,314
Male 296,536 284,660 275,036 257,086
Female 294,662 282,346 271,097 256,228
Number of households 139,336 128,558 119,402 106,939
Average household size 4.2 4.41 4.57 4.80
Population density (square kilometer) 173 166 160 150
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
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DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) 2015 2010 2007 2000
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 482232 457,481 435,043 405,162
Single 196,789 185,837 178,639 177,722
Married 206,365 213,804 203,704 183,558
Widowed 30586 26,880 25,822 23,203
Divorced/Separated 6538 3,746 3,242 2,715
Common-Law/Live-in 41928 26,934 22,325 15,690
Unknown/Not Stated 26 280 1,311 2,274
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2015 2010 2007 2000
Both sexes 113,788 59,077 54,419 49,978
Male 46,896 25,128 23,539 22,111
Female 66,892 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) 2015 b/ 2010 2007 2000
Both sexes 538,979 512,361 490,724 459,616
No grade completed 11,108 11,361 20,833 17,952
Pre-school 13,198 15,784 11,434 11,703
Special Education 158 - - -
Elementary 161,615 168,387 168,414 185,061
1st-4th Grade 70,552 - 71,153 78,819
5th-6th Grade 20,048 - 19,175 106,242
Graduate 71,015 - 78,086 -
High school 201,205 175,895 166,605 135,062
Undergraduate 60,979 - 56,355 65,068
Graduate 140,226 - 110,250 69,994
Post-secondary 22,014 26,156 21,143 21,887
Undergraduate 259 - 2,011 9,645
Graduate 21,755 - 19,132 12,242
College undergraduate 56,838 51,811 42,684 50,612
Academic degree holder 71,472 60,875 27,612 25,525
Post-baccalaureate 1,214 1,603 1,014 3,504
Not stated 157 489 30,935 8,310
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DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) 2015 c/ 2010 2007 2000
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 23,432 15,049 13,155 11,346
No grade completed - 12 12 56
Pre-school - - 2 7
Elementary 641 855 838 1,613
1st-4th Grade - 151 143 336
5th-6th Grade - 90 1 67 -
5th-7th Grade - - - 1,277
Graduate 641 614 628 -
High school 8,213 4,624 4,253 3,714
Undergraduate 647 626 472 974
Graduate 7,566 3,998 3,781 2,740
Post-secondary 2,312 1,934 1,625 1,710
Undergraduate 19 145 111 710
Graduate 2,293 1,789 1,514 1,000
College undergraduate 3,322 2,137 1,664 2,316
Academic degree holder 8,931 5,444 2,487 1,601
Post-baccalaureate 13 36 22 162
Not stated - 7 2,252 167
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2014 2013 2012
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 8,075 8,396 8,797
Male 4,235 4,431 4,565
Female 3,840 3,965 4,232
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 3,159 3,239 3,421
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 4,465 4,195 4,323
Male 2,562 2,400 2,408
Female 1,903 1,795 1,915
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 a (in years; medium assumption)
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: PSA) 2014 2013 2012

Top five agricultural crops
Palay
Area (harvested/hectares) 66,625 67,435 67,217
Production (metric tons) 308,317 318,444 315,712
Corn
Area (harvested/hectares) 12,448 12,503 12,283
Production (metric tons) 58,382 55,731 53,698
Coconut
Area (planted/hectares) 2,630 2,378 2,200
Production (metric tons) 4,896 4,589 4,438
Mango
Area (planted/hectares) 4,866 4,754 4,462
Production (metric tons) 35,138 34,093 31,966
Banana
Area (planted/hectares) 1,686 1,690 1,706
Production (metric tons) 10,089 9,931 9,676
Top five livestock 2016 2015 2014
Carabao 34,339 33,455 33,089
Cattle 72,526 71,598 70,466
Chicken 1,609,393 1,510,628 1,522,634
Duck 48,792 60,270 45,220
Goat 73,901 70,939 69,015
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: PSA and Human Development Network) 2012 2009 2006
Human development index 5/ 0.731 0.641 0.620
Rank - - -
BANKS (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2015 2014 2013
Total number of banks 64 57 56
Total bank deposit liabilities (millions) 24,858 21,271 19,291
PAWNSHOP (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2012 2011 2010
Total number of pawnshops 77 81 77
REGISTERED VOTERS (Source: Commission on Elections) 2016 2010 2009
Number of registered voters 378,786 355,641 361,977
Rank - 43 43

r-revised p-preliminary
a/
2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Projections.
b/
Total Population 5 Years Old and Over
c/
Overseas Workers 15 Years Old and Over
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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