Population growth rate was registered at 1.97

The province of Antique registered a total population of 472,822 persons in the year 2000, from 431,713 in 1995. This figure gave the province an average annual growth rate of 1.97 percent, from 1.14 percent registered during the 1990 to 1995 period. Similarly, the number of households rose to 93,298, higher by 8,933 households from 1995. This gave an average household size of 5.07 persons, a slight decrease from the 1995 average of 5.11 persons.

San Jose, the provincial capital, was second to the biggest in terms of population size

Among the eighteen municipalities in the province, the municipality of Sibalom which comprised 10.57 percent of the total provincial population, was the largest in terms of population size. This was closely followed by San Jose, the provincial capital, with 10.21 percent. The municipalities of Hamtic (8.09 percent), Culasi (7.35 percent) and Patnongon (6.67 percent) followed next. The municipalities of Belison and Libertad had the least population with 2.46 percent and 2.74 percent, respectively.

Sex ratio was recorded at 102.32

Male population slightly outnumbered their female counterparts with a sex ratio of 102.32 males for every 100 females. There were more males than females in the age bracket 0 to 49 years while there were more females reported in the 50 and above age brackets.

Antique had a median age of 21 years

In 2000, Antique had a median age of 21 years, higher than that of 1995 (20 years). This meant that half of the population were aged 21 years and below.

Dependency ratio was 78

Economically active population aged 15 to 64 years comprised 56 percent of the total population, 37.94 percent for aged 0 to 14 years and 5.97 percent for 65 years and above. Thus, the overall dependency ratio was 78.30, lower than the 1995 ratio of 83.48. This meant that for every 100 economically active persons, there were 78 dependents, 68 persons of which were young dependents and 10 persons were old dependents.

More females pursued higher education

Among the household population aged five years old and over, 47.85 percent had attended/ completed elementary education; 25.06 percent, high school; and 4.97 percent, post secondary education; 3.72 percent, academic degree holders; 6.46 percent, college undergraduates; and less than one percent (0.45) with post-baccalaureate studies. There were more males than females among those who had attended or finished elementary (51.66 percent) and post-secondary courses (54.42 percent). On the other hand, there were more females who had attended/completed high school (50.03 percent), were college undergraduates (52.73 percent), were academic degree holders (63.97 percent), and attended/completed post baccalaureate courses (68.37 percent).

9 in 10 Antiqueños were Hamtikanons

In Antique, 94.5 percent of the household population classified themselves as Hamtikanons. The rest were either Cuyunun/Cuyunan (1.4 percent), Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (1.0 percent), Cebuano (0.9 percent) or belonged to other ethnic groups (2.0 percent).

Proportion of married individuals down by 3.06 percentage points

Of the total population aged 10 years and over, married persons comprised 42.77 percent, lower by 3.06 percentage points than the 1995 figure (45.83). The proportions of single persons, widowed and with other arrangements were 46.83 percent, 5.54 percent and 3.47 percent, respectively. Separated/divorced persons constituted 0.66 percent, higher than the 0.46 percent recorded in 1995.

Majority of the housing units were single houses

Census 2000 recorded a total of 92,436 housing units, of which 92,394 were occupied by 93,298 households. These figures recorded a 99.95 percent occupancy rate, higher by 3.46 percentage points than the 1990 figure (96.49). Of the occupied housing units in Antique, 97.98 percent were single houses, 0.41 percent were duplex while 0.24 percent were multi-residential.

Majority (60.91 percent) of the occupied housing units did not need repair or if needed one with minor repair only. This was lower by 6.22 percentage points from the 1990 figure (67.13 percent). Two out of five occupied housing units were relatively new, built from1996 to 2000.

The proportion of roof made of galvanized iron/aluminum doubled after 10 years

In Antique, the proportion of housing units with roof made of galvanized iron/aluminum doubled, from 23.98 percent recorded in 1990 to 49.32 percent in 2000. On the other hand, the proportion of roof made of cogon/nipa/anahaw declined from 75.96 percent in 1990 to 44.47 percent in 2000. The use of concrete/brick/stone as construction material of the outer walls increased by 11.86 percentage points, from 7.02 percent in 1990 to 18.88 percent in 2000.

 

(Sgd.) CARMELITA N. ERICTA Administrator

Table 1. Population Distribution of Top Five Municipalities by Sex: Antique, 2000