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2010 Census of Population and Housing
Report No. 1 – J
Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay
REGION VII
CENTRAL VISAYAS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HIS EXCELLENCY
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
Carmelita N. Ericta
Administrator
Socorro D. Abejo
Director III, Household Statistics Department
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FOREWORD
The 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) Report No. 1 is one of
several publications designed to disseminate the results of the 2010 CPH. This report
presents the population by province, city or municipality and barangay based on the
2010 CPH. This information will be useful for the formulation of the social and economic
development policies, plans and programs of the Government. These are also important
for purposes of the calculation of Internal Revenue Allocation, determination of number
of congressional districts, and creation or conversion of various administrative
geographic units.
The 2010 CPH is the 13th census of population and the 6th census of housing that
was conducted in the country since the first census undertaken in 1903. It was designed
to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the country and collect
information about their characteristics as of the reference period May 1, 2010.
The 2010 CPH data were gathered through house-to-house visit and interview of
a responsible member of every household visited. The data processing of the results of
the 2010 CPH utilized a combination of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology and
data encoding. The 2010 CPH results on population counts underwent careful
evaluation for reasonableness and consistency with expected demographic patterns
and trends in accordance with evaluation procedures of international standards.
Unusual changes and deviations of 2010 CPH population counts and related indicators
from expected patterns and trends were field-verified.
The successful completion of the 2010 CPH would not have been possible
without the unwavering support and services rendered by the local and national officials,
government and private agencies, media, and non-government organizations. We
acknowledge with gratitude the census coordinating boards at the national, regional,
provincial, city, and municipal levels in ensuring agency logistic support and assistance,
the dedication of teachers from the Department of Education, the hired census
personnel, and our very own NSO personnel who acted as census enumerators and
supervisors, and the cooperation of the general populace. The NSO extends its deep
appreciation of their support to this important undertaking.
CARMELITA N. ERICTA
Administrator
Manila, Philippines
April 2012
2010 Census of Population and Housing
Contents
Foreword v
Proclamation vii
Explanatory Note xi
Introduction xi
Content and Coverage of this Report xi
Authority to Conduct the 2010 CPH xi
Coordination for the 2010 CPH xii
Definition of Terms and Concepts xiii
Method of Enumeration xviii
Sampling Scheme xx
Summary Table:
A. Population and Annual Growth Rates for the Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces,
and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses xxix
B. Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality
Region VII – Central Visayas xxxii
C. Total Population, Household Population, Number of Households, and Average
Household Size by Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City:
Philippines, 2010 xxxv
Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Barangay:
Bohol 1
Cebu (excluding Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City) 32
Cebu City 63
Lapu-Lapu City 66
Mandaue City 67
Negros Oriental 68
Siquijor 84
Appendices
A Commonwealth Act No. 591 – An Act Creating a Bureau of the Census and
Statistics to Consolidate Statistical Activities of the Government Therein 91
Introduction
The National Statistics Office conducted the 2010 Census of Population and
Housing or 2010 CPH in May 2010. This is the 13th census of population and the 6th
census of housing undertaken in the country.
Like the previous censuses conducted by the office, the 2010 CPH is designed to
take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and to
collect information about their characteristics.
Commonwealth Act (CA) No. 591, approved on August 19, 1940, authorized the
then Bureau of the Census and Statistics (now the National Statistics Office or NSO) to
collect by enumeration, sampling or other methods, statistics and other information
concerning the population and to conduct, for statistical purposes, investigations and
studies of social and economic conditions in the country, among others (Section 2 of CA
No. 591).
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72, approved on June 11, 1980, further accorded the NSO
the authority to conduct population censuses every ten years beginning in 1980, without
prejudice to the undertaking of special censuses on agriculture, industry, commerce,
housing, and other sectors as may be approved by the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA).
Executive Order (EO) No. 121, otherwise known as the Reorganization Act of the
Philippine Statistical System, which was issued on January 30, 1987, declared that the
NSO shall be the major statistical agency responsible for generating general purpose
statistics and for undertaking such censuses and surveys as may be designated by the
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) (Section 9 of EO No. 121).
execute the operational plans, directives, and orders of the National Statistical
Coordination Board (NSCB), through the NSO, relative to this Proclamation.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 provides that the National Census Coordinating Board
(NCCB) at the national level, and local boards at the regional, provincial, city, and
municipal levels shall be created to ensure the successful conduct of the census. For
the 2010 CPH, the NSCB was designated as the NCCB pursuant to NSCB’s mandated
function specified in Executive Order No. 121 to establish appropriate mechanisms for
statistical coordination at the different geographic levels.
The Director General of NEDA was the Chairperson of the NCCB, and the
Secretaries from other Departments were the Members. The NSO Administrator, who
served as the Executive Officer of the NCCB, was mandated to formulate and execute
plans for the 2010 CPH.
In the field, the NSO Regional Director (RD) was the Executive Officer of the
Regional Census Coordinating Board (RCCB). He/she was responsible for the
coordination, monitoring, and supervision of the census operations in all provinces
within the region. The RCCB was chaired by the Regional Director of the NEDA. The
Regional Director of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) served as
the Vice Chairperson. The members were the heads of the following: Regional
Development Council, National Statistics Coordination Board, Department of Agrarian
Reform, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Finance, Department of Foreign
Affairs, Department of Justice, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of
National Defense, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Social
Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of
Transportation and Communications, Department of Tourism, Department of Science
and Technology, Department of Health, Commission on Population, National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and Office of Muslim Affairs. Completing
the membership of the RCCB was a representative from the private sector.
The C/MCCB was chaired by the City/Municipal Mayor and co-chaired by the
City Superintendent/District Supervisor of Schools by the DepEd. The members were
composed of the following: The Station Commanders, City/Municipal Planning and
Development Officer, City/Municipal Population Officer, City/Municipal Civil Registrar,
City Assessor (for CCCB), Municipal Agriculture Officer (for MCCB), and a
representative from the private sector. The District Statistics Officer served as Executive
Officer.
The operational definitions and concepts adopted in the 2010 CPH have also
been used in past censuses of population and housing. The use of the same
operational definitions of terms and concepts in our population and housing censuses
ensures comparability of census results. The 2010 CPH enumerators were instructed
to adhere strictly to these operational definitions.
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest political unit in the country. Generally, one enumerator
is assigned to enumerate one barangay. For enumeration purposes, a large barangay is
usually divided into parts, and each part is called an enumeration area (EA).
The official list of barangays of the DILG in the Philippine Standard Geographic
Code as of March 2010 was used for the 2010 CPH.
Enumeration Area
All persons were enumerated in their usual place of residence which refers to the
geographic place (street, barangay, city/municipality or province) where the person
usually resides. As a rule, a person’s usual place of residence is the place where that
person sleeps most of the time. Hence, it may be the same as or different from the
place where he/she was found at the time of the census.
Household
In most cases, a household consists of persons who are related by kinship ties,
like parents and their children. In some instances, several generations of familial ties
are represented in one household while, still in others, even more distant relatives are
members of the household.
A person who shares a housing unit with a household but separately cooks
his/her meals or consumes his/her food elsewhere is not considered a member of the
household he/she shares the housing unit with. This person is listed as a separate
household.
Household Membership
Household Population
Household population refers to all persons who are members of the household.
Institutional Population
Whom to Enumerate
1. Those who are present at the time of visit and whose usual place of residence
is the housing unit where the household lives.
2. Family members who are overseas workers and who have been away at the
time of the census for not more than five years from the date of departure and
are expected to be back within five years from the date of last departure.
3. Those whose usual place of residence is the place where the household lives
but are temporarily away at the time of the census for any of the following
reasons:
7. Persons temporarily staying with the household who have no usual place of
residence or who are not certain to be enumerated elsewhere.
3. Hotel residents who have stayed in the hotel for more than six months at the
time of the census;
5. Patients in hospitals who are confined for more than six months;
7. Wards in orphanages;
3. Priests, who together with their relatives and/or household help, occupy and
regularly use as their place of abode a living quarter in the church or
seminary.
Included in the enumeration were those who were alive as of the census
reference date, that is, 12:01 a.m. of May 1, 2010. Specifically they are the
following:
5. Civilian citizens of foreign countries who have their usual residence in the
Philippines, or foreign visitors who had stayed or are expected to stay for at
least a year from the date of their arrival in this country.
Excluded from the enumeration are the following persons, although they
happened to be within the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines at the time of
the census enumeration:
Method of Enumeration
Population Housing
relationship to household head the type of building/house
sex construction materials of the roof
date of birth and outer walls
age state of repair of the building/house
birth registration year building/house was built
marital status floor area of the housing unit
religion tenure status of the lot
ethnicity
citizenship
disability
functional difficulty
highest grade/year completed
residence 5 years ago
overseas worker
CPH Form 3 contains all the questions found in CPH Form 2, and also questions
on the following items:
Sampling Scheme
As mentioned earlier, the 2010 CPH was carried out by using a combination of
complete enumeration and sampling. The sampling rate or the proportion of households
selected as sample households was either 100 percent or 20 percent, depending on the
size of the city/municipality, as follows:
The sampling rate for the city/municipality is applied to all EAs in the
city/municipality. Each city/municipality was treated as a domain to obtain efficient and
accurate estimates of population and housing at the city/municipality level.
For a city/municipality with 100 percent sampling rate, all households in all the
EAs within this city/municipality were selected as sample households. For municipalities
with a 20 percent sampling rate, systematic cluster sampling was adopted to minimize
the enumerator’s selection bias. In this sampling scheme, an EA was divided into
clusters composed of five households each. Clusters were formed by grouping five
households that had been assigned consecutive numbers as they were listed in CPH
Form 1. A sample selection of one in every five clusters of households was carried out
with the first cluster selected at random. Random start was pre-determined for each EA.
The following municipalities in some provinces of CAR, Region I, Region II, and
Region IV-B had been identified as having a population size of 500 persons or less,
hence assigned a 100 percent sampling rate:
Cebu
Cebu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Negros Mandaue City
Oriental
Bohol
Siquijor
The total population of the Philippines as of May 1, 2010 was 92,337,852, based on
the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.
The 2010 population is higher by 15.83 million compared to the 2000 population of
76.51 million. In 1990, the total population was 60.70 million.
Table 1. Population Count based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses: Philippines
Total Population
Census Year Census Reference Date
(in millions)
2010 May 1, 2010 92.34
2000 May 1, 2000 76.51
1990 May 1, 1990 60.70
The Philippine population increased, on average, at the annual rate of 1.90 percent
during the period 2000 to 2010. By comparison, the rate at which the country’s
population was growing in the period 1990 to 2000 was higher at 2.34 percent.
Among the 17 administrative regions, Region IVA had the largest population with
12.61 million, followed by NCR with 11.86 million and Region III with 10.14 million.
The population of these three regions together comprised about 37.47 percent of the
Philippine population.
Five of the 17 administrative regions had an average annual population growth rate
(PGR) which is higher than the national average for the period 2000 to 2010. These
are Region IVA (3.07 percent), Region XII (2.46 percent), Region III (2.14 percent),
Region X (2.06 percent), and Region XI (1.97 percent). Twelve regions had lower
PGR than the national average.
Among the provinces, Cavite had the largest population with 3.09 million. Bulacan
had the second largest with 2.92 million and Pangasinan had the third largest with
2.78 million.
In addition to Cavite, Bulacan, and Pangasinan, six other provinces surpassed the
two million mark: Laguna had 2.67 million; Cebu (excluding its three highly
urbanized cities Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City) had 2.62 million;
Rizal had 2.48 million; Negros Occidental (excluding Bacolod City) had 2.40 million;
Batangas had 2.38 million; and Pampanga (excluding Angeles City) had 2.01 million.
The provinces with a population of less than 100,000 persons were Batanes
(16,604), Camiguin (83,807), and Siquijor (91,066).
Of the 33 highly urbanized cities (HUC), four surpassed the one million mark. Three
of such HUCs are in NCR: Quezon City (2.76 million), City of Manila (1.65 million),
and Caloocan City (1.49 million). Outside NCR, only Davao City has a population of
more than one million (1.45 million).
The household population of the Philippines in 2010 was 92,097,978 persons, higher
by 15.78 million from the household population of 76.31 million in 2000 and 31.54
million from the household population of 60.56 million in 1990.
Meanwhile, the total number of households in the country in 2010 was recorded at
20.17 million, higher by 4.90 million compared with the 15.28 million posted in 2000.
In 1990, the total number of household was 11.41 million.
The country’s average household size in 2010 was 4.6 persons, lower than the
average household size of 5.0 persons in 2000. In 1990, the average household size
was 5.3 persons.
Among the 17 regions, ARMM had the highest average household size of 6.0
persons followed by Region V with 4.9 persons and Caraga with 4.8 persons. The
average household size in Region VIII, Region IX, and Region X was 4.7 persons;
Region VI, Region VII, and CAR was 4.6 persons; Region I, Region III, Region IVB,
and Region XII was 4.5 persons; and Region II, Region IVA, and Region XI was 4.4
persons. The National Capital Region had the lowest average household size of 4.3
persons.
The total population of Central Visayas as of May 1, 2010 was 6,800,180 based on
the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.
The 2010 population of Central Visayas is higher by 1.09 million compared to the
2000 population of 5.71 million. In 1990, the total population of this region was 4.59
million.
Table 1. Population Count Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses: Central Visayas
Total Population
Census Year Census Reference Date
(in millions)
2010 May 1, 2010 6.80
2000 May 1, 2000 5.71
1990 May 1, 1990 4.59
The population of Central Visayas grew at an average annual population growth rate
(PGR) of 1.77 percent during the period 2000 to 2010. By comparison, the rate at
which the region’s population was growing in the period 1990 to 2000 was higher at
2.19 percent.
If the average annual PGR continues at 1.77 percent, the population of Central
Visayas will double in 40 years.
Among the four provinces in Central Visayas, Cebu (excluding Cebu City, Lapu-
Lapu City, and Mandaue City) had the largest population with 2.62 million, followed
by Negros Oriental with 1.29 million, and Bohol with 1.26 million. Siquijor,
meanwhile, had the least population of 91 thousand.
In terms of PGR, Lapu-Lapu City, a highly urbanized city in the region, was the
fastest growing area with an average annual PGR of 4.91 percent for the period
2000 to 2010 while Bohol was the slowest with 0.97 percent.
Table 4. Annual Population Growth Rate by Province and Highly Urbanized City
Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses: Central Visayas
Population Growth Rate
Province/Highly Urbanized City
1990-2000 2000-2010
Bohol 1.85 0.97
Cebu (excluding cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue) 2.37 1.94
Cebu City 1.65 1.88
Lapu-Lapu City 4.03 4.91
Mandaue City 3.72 2.46
Negros Oriental 2.02 1.31
Siquijor 0.99 1.10
The household population of Central Visayas in 2010 was 6,784,538 persons, higher
by 1.09 million from the household population of 5.69 million in 2000 and 2.20 million
from the household population of 4.58 million in 1990.
Meanwhile, the total number of households in Central Visayas in 2010 was recorded
at 1.49 million, higher by 354 thousand compared with the 1.13 million posted in
2000. In 1990, the total number of households was 874 thousand.
The region’s average household size in 2010 was 4.6 persons, lower than the
average household size of 5.0 persons in 2000 and 5.2 persons in 1990.
Among the four provinces in Central Visayas, Cebu (excluding cities of Cebu, Lapu-
Lapu, and Mandaue) had the largest number of households with 566 thousand,
followed by Negros Oriental with 285 thousand and Bohol with 261 thousand.
Siquijor had the least number of households at 21 thousand.
Bohol had the highest average household size of 4.8 persons, followed by Cebu
(excluding cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue) with 4.6 persons. Mandaue
City, another highly urbanized city in the region, had the lowest average household
size of 4.2 persons.
A. Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities
Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses
a b c
Philippines 60,703,810 76,506,928 92,337,852 2.34 1.90 2.12
Region III – Central Luzon 6,338,590 8,204,742 10,137,737 2.61 2.14 2.37
Aurora 139,573 173,797 201,233 2.22 1.48 1.84
Bataan 425,803 557,659 687,482 2.73 2.11 2.42
Bulacan 1,505,219 2,234,088 2,924,433 4.02 2.73 3.37
Nueva Ecija 1,312,680 1,659,883 1,955,373 2.37 1.65 2.01
Pampanga (excluding Angeles City) 1,295,929 1,618,759 2,014,019 2.25 2.21 2.23
Angeles City 236,686 263,971 326,336 1.10 2.14 1.62
Tarlac 859,708 1,068,783 1,273,240 2.20 1.76 1.98
Zambales (excluding Olongapo City) 369,665 433,542 534,443 1.61 2.11 1.86
Olongapo City 193,327 194,260 221,178 0.05 1.31 0.67
A. Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities
Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses -- continued
Region VII – Central Visayas 4,594,124 5,706,953 6,800,180 2.19 1.77 1.98
Bohol 948,403 1,139,130 1,255,128 1.85 0.97 1.41
Cebu (excluding Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City) 1,709,621 2,160,569 2,619,362 2.37 1.94 2.15
Cebu City 610,417 718,821 866,171 1.65 1.88 1.76
Lapu-lapu City 146,194 217,019 350,467 4.03 4.91 4.47
Mandaue City 180,285 259,728 331,320 3.72 2.46 3.09
Negros Oriental 925,272 1,130,088 1,286,666 2.02 1.31 1.66
Siquijor 73,932 81,598 91,066 0.99 1.10 1.05
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas 3,054,490 3,610,355 4,101,322 1.68 1.28 1.48
Biliran 118,012 140,274 161,760 1.74 1.43 1.59
Eastern Samar 329,335 375,822 428,877 1.33 1.33 1.33
Leyte (excluding Tacloban City) 1,230,925 1,413,697 1,567,984 1.39 1.04 1.22
Tacloban City 1 136,891 178,639 221,174 2.70 2.16 2.43
Northern Samar 383,654 500,639 589,013 2.69 1.64 2.17
Samar (Western Samar) 533,733 641,124 733,377 1.85 1.35 1.60
Southern Leyte 321,940 360,160 399,137 1.13 1.03 1.08
A. Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities
Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses -- concluded
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,108,061 2,803,045 3,256,140 2.89 1.51 2.20
Basilan (excluding City of Isabela) 179,230 259,796 293,322 3.78 1.22 2.49
Lanao del Sur 599,982 800,162 933,260 2.92 1.55 2.23
Maguindanao (excluding Cotabato City) 630,674 801,102 944,718 2.42 1.66 2.04
Sulu 469,971 619,668 718,290 2.80 1.49 2.14
Tawi-Tawi 228,204 322,317 366,550 3.51 1.29 2.40
Sources:
National Statistics Office, 1990 Census of Population and Housing
National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing
National Statistics Office, 2010 Census of Population and Housing
Notes:
a
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,876 homeless population and 2,336 Filipinos in
Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
b
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 18,989 persons residing in the areas disputed by the
City of Pasig (NCR) and the province of Rizal (Region IVA); and 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
c
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates
and Mission Abroad.
1
Converted into a a highly urbanized city under Presidential Proclamation No. 1637; ratified on December 18, 2008.
Region VII – Central Visayas 4,594,124 5,706,953 6,800,180 2.19 1.77 1.98
Cebu (excluding Cebu City, 1,709,621 2,160,569 2,619,362 2.37 1.94 2.15
Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City)
Alcantara 9,559 11,532 13,556 1.89 1.63 1.76
Alcoy 10,485 13,497 14,757 2.56 0.90 1.72
Sources:
National Statistics Office, 1990 Census of Population and Housing
National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing
National Statistics Office, 2010 Census of Population and Housing
Notes:
a
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,876 homeless population and 2,336 Filipinos in
Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
b
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 18,989 persons residing in the areas disputed by the
City of Pasig (NCR) and the province of Rizal (Region IVA); and 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
c
Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates
and Mission Abroad.
C. Total Population, Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size
by Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City: Philippines, 2010
a
Philippines 92,337,852 92,097,978 20,171,899 4.6
C. Total Population, Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size
by Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City: Philippines, 2010 -- continued
C. Total Population, Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size
by Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City: Philippines, 2010 -- concluded
Source:
National Statistics Office, 2010 Census of Population and Housing
Notes:
a
Total population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates
and Mission Abroad.
1
Converted into a a highly urbanized city under Presidential Proclamation No. 1637; ratified on December 18, 2008.
a
Includes population count in part of the barangay being disputed by Barangay Tabalong.
b
With boundary dispute with barangay Bingag.
1
Renamed municipality from Jetape under Republic Act No. 9777, dated November 17, 2009.
Sabang a 84 84 23
Sandugan 1,021 1,021 234
Taculing 425 425 105
a
With boundary dispute with barangay Sabang of the municipality of Siquijor.
b
Includes population count in part of the barangay being disputed by barangay
Sabang, municipality of Larena.
SECTION 2. The powers, functions, and duties of the Bureau of the Census and
Statistics shall be as follows:
(b) To compile and classify all such statistical data and information and to publish the
same for the use of the Government and the people;
(c) To prepare for and undertake all censuses of population, agriculture, industry and
commerce;
(d) To conduct, for statistical purposes, investigations and studies of social and
economic problems and conditions;
(e) To compile and classify statistical and other data for other branches and
dependencies of the government, upon the approval of the President of the
Philippines;
(f) To carry out and administer the provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-seven Hundred
and Fifty-three, entitled “An Act to Establish a Civil Register”;
(g) To make and publish, from time to time, estimates of population, agricultural
production, income and number of livestock.
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may be fixed in accordance with Commonwealth Act Number Four
Hundred and Two, entitled “An Act to Provide for Classification of
Civilian Positions and Standardization of Salaries in the Government”.
SECTION 6. The Bureau of the Census and Statistics shall have one chief and one
assistant chief, who shall be known respectively, as the Director and
Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics. The
Director of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics shall receive the
same compensation as that received by the directors of bureaus
mentioned in sub-paragraph (4), sub-section (a) of section five of
Commonwealth Act Number Four Hundred and Two, and the Assistant
Director of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics, the same
compensation as that received by assistant directors of bureaus
mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) of said sub-section (a) of section five of
the same Act. The Director and Assistant Director of the Bureau of the
Census and Statistics, shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on appointments of the
National Assembly.
SECTION 7. The powers, functions, and duties of the Division of Statistics of the
Department of Agriculture and Commerce, those of the Director of the
National Library under the provision of Act Number Thirty-seven
Hundred Fifty-three, and those of the Statistics Division of the Bureau of
Customs, are transferred to the Bureau of the Census and Statistics.
SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
SECTION 1. A national census of population and other related data shall be taken
every decade beginning in 1980, in accordance with plans prepared by
the National Census and Statistics Office, without prejudice to the
undertaking of special censuses on agriculture, industry, commerce,
housing and other sectors as may be approved by the National
Economic and Development Authority.
SECTION 3. There shall be established a provincial, city and municipal census board
in each province, city and municipality, as the case may be, which shall
provide such facilities and assistance as may be required by the
National Census Coordinating Board. The boards shall be under the
supervision and control of the National Census Coordinating Board.
SECTION 5. The National Census Coordinating Board and the local census board
may call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of
the Government for any assistance in the performance of their duties.
SECTION 6. The first day of May of every regular census year is hereby designated
as the reference date for the census. The collection of data will be by
enumeration and the respondent shall be the head or any responsible
member of the household.
SECTION 7. Public school teachers shall be employed for enumeration work and for
such service shall be paid an honorarium as may be determined by the
National Census Coordinating Board but in no case not less than two
hundred-fifty pesos and shall received service credits equivalent to the
number of days rendered in census work. Other government
employees whose services are engaged for census work shall be
entitled to such allowances as shall be prescribed by the National
Census Coordinating Board payable from census funds. The census
herein taken at the barangay level shall be certified to by the
corresponding barangay captain.
SECTION 8. Before the end of the year 1980 and of every census year thereafter, a
count of the population by province, city, municipality and barangay
shall be published by the National Census and Statistics Office. The
final population count as determined from the processed census returns
shall be considered official for all purposes upon proclamation by the
President (Prime Minister).
SECTION 9. Data gathered pursuant to this Act shall not be used as evidence in any
court or public office or for or against any person, except in a criminal
case for violation of Section 10 of this Act, nor shall such data be
divulged to any person except to authorized employees of the National
Census and Statistics Office, acting in the performance of their duties;
nor shall such data be published except in the form of summaries or
statistical tables in which no reference to an individual shall appear.
Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be punished by
a fine of not more than five hundred pesos or by imprisonment of not
more than six months, or both.
SECTION 10. Any respondent as provided for in Section 6 who unjustifiably refuses to
furnish the information called for in the census questionnaire, or
SECTION 11. The amount necessary for the holding of censuses shall be charged to
the appropriations available for the purpose in the corresponding
Appropriate Act.
SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
RECALLING that the reorganization of the government is mandated expressly in Article II,
Section 1 (1), and Article III of the Freedom Constitution;
HAVING IN MIND that, pursuant to Executive Order No. 5 (1986), there is a need to effect the
necessary and proper changes in the organizational and functional structures of the
government, its agencies and instrumentalities, in order to promote efficiency and effectiveness
in the delivery of public services;
BELIEVING that the present Philippine Statistical System is too decentralized, being
characterized by a single general-purpose statistical agency, a number of agencies in the
production of specialized statistics and other instrumentalities involved in statistical activities
either as their primary functions or as part of their administrative or regulatory functions;
REALIZING that the absence of a strong coordinating mechanism has given rise to the
problems of duplication of activities, conflicting statistics, data gaps as well as unnecessary
burden on respondents;
CONSIDERING that the government needs to rationalize the allocation of resources for the
collection of statistics;
TAKING NOTE that the quality of statistical services is affected by the limited number of
qualified statistical workers;
CONVINCED further that there is also a need for a stronger mechanism to coordinate the
decentralized government statistical service in order to promote the orderly development of a
system capable of providing timely, accurate and useful data for the government and the public,
especially for planning and decision-making;
AFFIRMING that there is a need to ensure the development and maintenance of high-level
statistical manpower in the government;
SECTION 1. Title. This Executive Order shall otherwise be known as the Reorganization
Act of the Philippine Statistical System.
The decisions of the NSCB on statistical matters shall be final and executory.
SECTION 5. Powers and Functions. The NSCB shall have the following powers and
functions:
8. Review and clear, prior to release, all funds for statistical operations;
The NSCB shall not engage directly in any basic data collection activity.
SECTION 6. NSCB Technical Staff. The NSCB shall have a Technical Staff which shall
perform the following functions:
SECTION 9. The National Statistics Office. The National Census and Statistics Office is
hereby renamed the National Statistics Office (NSO). It shall be the major
statistical agency responsible for generating general purpose statistics and
undertaking such censuses and surveys as may be designated by the NSCB.
The NSO shall be headed by an Administrator with the rank of Deputy Minister, who shall be
appointed by the President, and is of recognized stature and proven competence in the field of
statistics.
SECTION 10. The Statistical Research and Training Center. There is hereby created a
Statistical Research and Training Center, hereinafter referred to as SRTC,
which shall have the following functions:
SECTION 11. SRTC Governing Board. The SRTC shall have a Governing Board that shall
formulate policies for its management and operations. The Secretary General
of the NSCB shall be the Chairman of the SRTC Governing Board, with the
following as members: Administrator of the National Statistics Office; Director
of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics; Dean of the University of the
Philippines Statistical Center; Executive Director of the Philippine Social
Science Council; a representative of the NEDA and the Director of the SRTC
as ex-officio member.
SECTION 12. SRTC Executive Director. The SRTC shall have an Executive Director who
shall be appointed by the SRTC Governing Board. He shall receive such
salary and remuneration as may be determined by the SRTC Governing
Board.
SECTION 13. SRTC Endowment Fund. There is hereby established an SRTC Endowment
Fund which shall consist of contributions, donations, bequests, grants and
loans from domestic and/or foreign sources, government appropriations and
other incomes accruing from the operations of SRTC, which Fund is to
finance the carrying out of Subsection (a) to (e) of the preceding Section 10.
There is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury or other
sources not otherwise appropriated the sum of SEVEN MILLION PESOS
(P7,000,000.00) as the initial contribution of the government to the
Endowment Fund.
SECTION 14. SRTC Initial Operating Fund. There is hereby appropriated and
programmed for immediate release out of any unappropriated balances in the
National Treasury or other sources the amount of THREE MILLION PESOS
(P3,000,000.00) as the initial operating fund of the SRTC.
SECTION 15. Other Statistical Agencies. Unless otherwise provided for in this Executive
Order or modified by the NSCB pursuant to its herein authority, all offices,
agencies and instrumentalities of the government including government-
owned or controlled corporations and their subsidiaries engaged in the
production of specialized statistics or otherwise involved in statistical activities
either as their primary function or as part of their administrative or regulatory
functions, shall continue to discharge such statistical functions in accordance
with the provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations.
SECTION 16. Designated Statistics. The NSCB shall designate statistics that should be
collected, compiled, processed and disseminated by agencies in accordance
with the statistical calendar approved by the NSCB. It shall promulgate and
implement the rules and regulations concerning designated statistics and shall
periodically review the list of designated statistics as may be required
appropriate.
SECTION 17. Access to Data of Government Agencies. Subject to existing laws, rules
and regulations on confidentiality of information, any individual, institution or
SECTION 18. Timely Release of Statistics. Agencies conducting statistical inquiries shall
be responsible for ensuring the timely release of the results thereof to the
general public, in compliance with the statistical calendar approved by the
NSCB.
SECTION 19. Statistical Standards. All government agencies shall adopt statistical
standards prescribed by the NSCB, including standard concepts and
definitions, techniques, procedures and classification systems.
SECTION 20. Funds Programming. The NSCB shall be responsible for the review and
prioritization of statistical activities in coordination with appropriate
government agencies, given the budgetary ceiling provided by the MBM. The
NSCB will also be responsible for determining how the available financial
resources will be allocated among the prioritized activities. The MBM shall
release the funds in accordance with the priorities set by the NSCB.
(b) The transfer of functions which results in the abolition of the government
unit that has exercised them shall include the appropriations, funds,
records, equipment, facilities, choses in action, rights, other assets and
personnel as may be necessary to the proper discharge of the
transferred functions. The abolished unit's remaining appropriations and
funds, if any, shall revert to the General Fund and its remaining assets, if
any, shall be allocated to such appropriate units as the Minister shall
determine or shall otherwise be disposed in accordance with the
Government Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules and
regulations. Its personnel shall, in a hold-over capacity, continue to
perform their duties and responsibilities and receive the corresponding
salaries and benefits unless in the meantime they are separated from the
service pursuant to Executive Order No. 17 (1986) or Article III of the
Freedom Constitution. Its personnel, whose positions are not included in
the Philippine Statistical System's new position structure and staffing
pattern approved and prescribed by the NSCB Chairman under Section
23 hereof or who are not reappointed, shall be deemed separated from
the service and shall be entitled to the benefits provided in the second
paragraph of the same Section 23.
(c) The transfer of functions which does not result in the abolition of the
government unit that has exercised them shall include the
appropriations, funds, records, equipment, facilities, choses in action,
rights, other assets and personnel as may be necessary to the proper
discharge of the transferred functions. The liabilities, if any, that may
have been incurred in connection with the discharge of the transferred
functions, shall be treated in accordance with the Government Auditing
Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. Such personnel
shall, in a hold-over capacity, continue to perform their respective duties
and responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits
unless in the meantime they are separated from the service pursuant to
Executive Order No. 17 (1986) or Article III of the Freedom Constitution.
Any personnel, whose position, is not included in the Philippine
Statistical System's new position structure and staffing pattern approved
and prescribed by the NSCB Chairman under Section 23 hereof or who
has not been reappointed, shall be deemed separated from the service
and shall be entitled to the benefits provided in the second paragraph of
the same Section 23.
(d) In case of the abolition of a government unit which does not result in the
transfer of its functions to another unit, the appropriations and funds of
the abolished unit shall revert to the General Fund, while the records,
equipment, facilities, choses in action, rights and other assets, thereof
shall be allocated to such appropriate units as the NSCB Chairman shall
determine or shall otherwise be disposed in accordance with the
Government Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules and
regulations. The liabilities of the abolished unit shall be treated in
accordance with the Government Auditing Code and other pertinent
laws, rules and regulations, while the personnel thereof, whose positions
are included in the Ministry's new position structure and staffing pattern
approved and prescribed by the NSCB Chairman under Section 23
hereof or who have not been reappointed shall be deemed separated
from the service and shall be entitled to the benefits provided in the
second paragraph of the same Section 23.
(f) In case of termination of a function which does not result in the abolition
of the government unit which has performed such function, the
appropriations and funds intended to finance the discharge of such
function shall revert to the General Fund, while the records, equipment,
facilities, choses in action, rights, and other assets used in connection
with the discharge of such function shall be allocated to appropriate units
as the NSCB Chairman shall determine or shall otherwise be disposed in
accordance with the Government Auditing Code and other pertinent
laws, rules and regulations. The liabilities, if any, they may have been
incurred in connection with the discharge of such function shall likewise
be treated in accordance with the Government Auditing Code and other
pertinent laws, rules and regulations. The personnel who have
performed such function, whose positions are not included in the
Philippine Statistical System's new position structure and staffing pattern
approved and prescribed by the NSCB Chairman under Section 23
hereof or who have not been appointed, shall be deemed separated from
the service and shall be entitled to the benefits provided in the second
paragraph of the same Section 23.
SECTION 23. New Structure and Pattern. Upon approval of this Executive Order, the
officers (the term "officer" as used in this Executive Order is intended to be
within the meaning of the term "official" as used in the Freedom Constitution)
and employees of the abolished entities mentioned in Section 21 hereof shall,
in a hold-over capacity, continue to perform their respective duties and
responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits unless in
the meantime they are separated from government service pursuant to
Executive Order No. 17 (1986) or Article III of the Freedom Constitution.
The new position structure and staffing pattern of the Philippine Statistical
System shall be approved and prescribed by the NSCB Chairman within one
hundred twenty (120) days from the approval of this Executive Order and the
authorized positions created thereunder shall be filled with regular
appointments by him or by the President as they case may be. Those
incumbents whose positions are not included therein or who are not
SECTION 25. Periodic Performance Evaluation. The NSCB Chairman is hereby required
to formulate and enforce a periodic system of measuring objectively the
performance of the NSCB, which shall be submitted semi-annually and
annually to the President.
SECTION 27. Funding. Funds needed to carry out the reorganization of any agency or
office as a result of this Executive Order shall be taken from funds available in
said agency or office.
SECTION 28. Implementing Authority of NSCB Chairman. The NSCB Chairman shall
issue such rules, regulations and other issuances as may be necessary to
ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this Executive Order.
SECTION 29. Separability. Any portion or provision of this Executive Order that may be
declared unconstitutional shall not have the effect of nullifying other portions
or provisions hereof, as long as such remaining portions or provisions can still
subsist and be given effect in their entirety.
SECTION 30. Repealing Clause. All laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, other issuances,
or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 31. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon its
approval.
APPROVED in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 30th day of January, in the Year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Seven.
By the President:
The 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) is designed to take an
inventory of the population and housing units in the Philippines and collect information about
their characteristics. All information about the population and living quarters were collected as
of 12:01 AM of May 1, 2010, the census reference date and time.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) is the agency mandated by law to conduct the 2010
CPH. Section 2 of Commonwealth Act No. 591 (CA 591), Section 9 of Executive Order No. 121
and Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 (BP 72) are the legal bases for the conduct of census. CA 591
and BP 72 explicitly provide the basis for the confidentiality of data collected during the census.
The census-taking was from May 17, 2010 to June 14, 2010, except in highly urbanized
cities such as the cities in the NCR, and large provinces in CALABARZON and Central Luzon
where the enumeration period extended beyond 23 days. About 68,146 public school teachers
were employed for the census as enumerators, team supervisors, and census area supervisors.
Their number was augmented by 19,579 hired personnel who were assigned to enumerate in
large and congested areas where enumeration was expected to go beyond 23 days and thus
cannot be handled by teachers who were expected to report for the school opening on June 14.
An enumerator was assigned to enumerate one enumeration area (EA), which has about 350
households. A ratio of one team supervisor to five enumerators was used during the census
operations.
In order to prepare the 84,000 census personnel for enumeration work, four levels of
training were conducted. The first level training for enumeration was participated in by
personnel of NSO central office and officials of NSO regional and selected provincial offices,
who, in turn acted as trainers in succeeding levels. The second level training was for NSO
provincial and regional office officials and staff who served as trainers for the third and fourth
level training. The third level training was participated in by public school teachers who were
assigned as census area supervisors. The enumerators and team supervisors were trained
during the fourth level training. A standard training program covering the concepts, definitions,
procedures, as well as duties and responsibilities of enumerators and supervisors was used.
Census-taking involved going around the whole enumeration area to do the required
census procedures, as follows.
1. Courtesy Call. As a matter of protocol, the census personnel made a courtesy call to
the barangay chairperson. The enumerator informed the official that the census
would be undertaken in his/her barangay and the enumerators would go around the
entire area to ask questions from the residents.
2. Mapping and Canvassing. The enumerator went around the entire EA to familiarize
himself with the place and checked the barangay or EA boundaries and landmarks,
and reflected these on the barangay/EA map.
3. Listing using CPH Form 1 or the Listing Booklet. The enumerator listed buildings
with living quarters, housing units, households and number of household members,
and institutional living quarters, and number of persons staying in institutions.
Structures which are occupied or used as living quarters by households, even though
these are not intended for human habitation were also listed. During the listing, the
names of the household heads and their addresses, and the names and addresses
of institutions were recorded.
4. Interview and Recording of Answers. For every household or institution listed, the
enumerator administered a questionnaire, that is, CPH Form 2 or Form 3 for a
household and CPH Form 4 for an institution. The barangay chairperson or any
official was also interviewed by the enumerator or his team supervisor using CPH
Form 5 or Barangay Questionnaire.
5. Plotting. The enumerator plotted the building with its assigned serial number on the
EA map. Standard cartographic symbols were used in plotting the buildings of the
households and institutions.
6. Posting of sticker. The enumerator posted a sticker on the door, gate or any
conspicuous part of the housing unit or institutional living quarter, to indicate that the
household or institution has been listed and/or interviewed.
Progress monitoring reports were utilized to track the progress of census and field
operations and to evaluate the completeness of census coverage in each EA while enumeration
was still ongoing. The provincial, regional and central offices of NSO monitored the progress
through the Progress Monitoring System (PMS). The PMS generated reports on number of
households, institutions and persons enumerated based on the information sent by area
supervisors through SMS (short messaging system or text messaging).
The 2010 CPH adopted innovations to make the census operations efficient.
1. GPS technology for mapping. For this census round, the use of GPS (Global
Positioning System) was used for mapping selected barangays in five regions of
Caraga, Bicol region, Cordillera, Ilocos region except Pangasinan, and in Eastern
Visayas. This activity provided the enumerators with more accurate maps with
exact boundary information. The use of the GPS technology will be continued by
NSO as part of the rolling program for mapping activities.
2. SMS technology for Progress Monitoring. The NSO made use of the SMS
technology in monitoring the progress of enumeration nationwide. Started in the
2007 census, the enhanced version of the Progress Monitoring System or PMS was
adopted for the current census round. The Philippines is the first country in the Asia
and Pacific to have adopted the SMS technology for progress monitoring.
3. OMR technology for data processing. The use of Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
technology in the Philippine census started in the 2000 CPH. The Philippines is
among the countries to have successfully used this technology. The use of OMR
shortened the data entry phase as only those items with write-in entries were
encoded. Data encoding using the key-from-image was done instead of keying from
the questionnaires.
4. Satellite images for validating census coverage. The Central Office downloaded
satellite images and identified structures (buildings) in specific cities and
municipalities. Counts of households were estimated based on identified structures.
These estimates were used to validate the completeness of census coverage in
these areas.
The NSO implemented strategies to enumerate areas which were hard to reach, remote,
upland, with Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities, under military control or with peace and
order problem, Chinese communities or exclusive villages with low response rate because of
security or other reasons, and areas with boundary disputes. These strategies included the
recruitment of enumerators who are from the area; assignment of IP teachers in IP areas;
seeking the assistance of IP guides; coordination with the AFP and PNP for transport and
escorts; coordination with local officials; and coordination with homeowners associations in
exclusive villages, high-rise condominiums and Filipino-Chinese communities.
Progress monitoring reports were utilized to track the progress of census field operations
and to evaluate the completeness of census coverage in each enumeration area while the
enumeration was still ongoing. The provincial, regional, and central offices of NSO monitored
the progress through the Progress Monitoring System (PMS). It used as inputs the
Enumerator’s Accomplishment/PM Reports (CPH Form 10). The evaluation continued after the
enumeration period using counts from processed questionnaires from the twelve Census
Processing Centers 2010 (CPC 2010) across the country.
The Regional Office (RO) was responsible for the evaluation of the 2010 CPH counts for
the region while the Provincial Office (PO) was responsible for the province. The computerized
reporting through the PMS facilitated the evaluation at the PO and the RO. The PMS generated
various reports which include the Enumeration Area (EA) Progress Enumeration Report (PMS
Report 3). This report shows the counts of population of males and females and number of
households by EA and the status of enumeration in each EA or barangay based on the
information from CPH Form 10. Another PMS report generated at the PO is the Barangay
Coverage Report (PMS Report 4). This report was used to evaluate the acceptability of the
reported counts for the following indicators, computed up to the barangay level:
The field offices investigated areas with demographically implausible growth rates and
questionable values in any of the cited indicators.
Parallel monitoring and evaluation were done at the Central Office particularly at the
Household Statistics Department (HSD). The information used for the evaluation by HSD were:
and for all geographic levels, that is, including barangay level, for the period 2007-
2010;
e. sex ratio for the provinces and cities/municipalities for the year 2007, and for all
geographic levels for the year 2010;
f. average household size for all geographic levels for the years 2000, 2007, and 2010;
g. percent change of population between census years 2000 and 2007, 2000 and 2010,
and 2007 and 2010 for all geographic levels; and
h. difference in the total population, household population, and number of households
between census years 2000 and 2007, 2000 and 2010, and 2007 and 2010 for all
geographic levels.
Below are other sources of information used as inputs for the extrapolation of population
for 2010. Results of extrapolation were compared with the population counts from 2010 CPH,
using the balancing equation assumption:
a. vital registration data on annual births and deaths and estimates of levels of
registration based on 2000 CPH and POPCEN 2007, for the provinces and
cities/municipalities;
b. number of housing units based on satellite images, for selected provinces and
cities/municipalities; and
c. administrative records on membership of households in the community water or
electric cooperatives, for selected provinces and cities/municipalities.