Table 1.  AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES BY REGION AND PROVINCE: 1997 and 2000
          (At Current Prices)

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      Area                      Average Income        |      Average Expenditures
                         1997        2000   % Change  |  1997        2000    % Change
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  PHILIPPINES          123,168     144,039     16.9      99,537     118,002     18.6

      NCR              270,993     300,304     10.8     217,840     244,240     12.1
Manila                 194,455     256,152     31.7     163,896     195,084     19.0
Quezon City            414,029     393,082     -5.1     310,752     354,918     14.2
Caloocan City          174,576     231,876     32.8     145,919     171,030     17.2
San Juan               335,115     359,702      7.3     283,428     289,799      2.2
Makati City            464,406     534,058     15.0     340,461     423,023     24.3
Paranaque City         356,612     354,639     -0.6     296,645     273,313     -7.9
Pasay City             213,220     245,897     15.3     185,235     202,976      9.6
Marikina City          227,885     234,820      3.0     154,868     194,992     25.9
Pasig City             250,943     317,105     26.4     213,752     253,408     18.6
Mandaluyong City       238,175     275,361     15.6     192,902     224,605     16.4
Muntinlupa City        202,266     238,038     17.7     176,011     189,733      7.8
Malabon                157,385     208,391     32.4     146,259     146,787      0.4
Navotas                191,310     156,526   -18. 2     150,763     131,599    -12.7
Las Pinas              276,875     384,341     38.8     250,900     286,637     14.2
Valenzuela             196,071     210,850      7.5     165,749     180,662      9.0
Taguig/Pateros         201,682     230,719     14.4     172,106     182,322      5.9

      CAR              112,361     139,613     24.3      86,924     110,338     26.9
Abra                    86,891     111,185     28.0      74,148      89,183      20.3
Benguet                145,879     184,425     26.4     110,228     147,787      34.1
Ifugao                  87,687      85,245     -2.8      70,000      66,284      -5.3
Kalinga                100,746     111,790     11.0      80,605      85,931       6.6
Apayao                  89,976      92,907      3.3      60,780      67,343      10.8
Mt. Province            68,080      98,369     44.5      54,655      74,292      35.9

  Region I             102,597     120,898     17.8      83,307      95,755      14.9
Ilocos Norte           108,369     140,565     29.7      86,686     110,006      26.9
Ilocos Sur             103,220     119,462     15.7      89,947      98,659       9.7
La Union               104,067     123,379     18.6      81,212      99,781      22.9
Pangasinan             100,452     115,952     15.4      81,098      90,545      11.6

  Region II             86,822     108,427     24.9      68,556      88,655      29.3
Batanes                160,355     153,415     -4.3      95,357     129,865      36.2
Cagayan                 78,067      96,386     23.5      65,070      77,659      19.3
Isabela                 89,706     113,405     26.4      66,413      90,924      36.9
Nueva Vizcaya           97,334     126,295     29.8      83,876     111,095      32.5
Quirino                 84,042      93,683     11.5      68,752      79,512      15.7

  Region III           133,130     151,449     13.8     105,558     120,003      13.7
Bataan                 160,726     183,976     14.5     135,327     155,002      14.5
Bulacan                142,082    179,572      26.4     111,752     136,636      22.3
Nueva Ecija            103,791    121,995      17.5     81,714       98,289      20.3
Pampanga               153,522     160,827      4.8     121,876     125,709       3.1
Tarlac                 115,074    113,087      -1.7      87,881      96,525       9.8
Zambales               128,582    146,214      13.7     103,043     115,253      11.8

  Region IV            132,363     161,963     22.4     104,002     135,043      29.8
Aurora                  97,915     110,544     12.9     85,425       96,209      12.6
Batangas               143,422     149,838      4.5     115,219     130,313      13.1
Cavite                 163,660     196,401     20.0     128,122     160,334      25.1
Laguna                 157,765     189,173     19.9     127,420     157,939      24.0
Marinduque              79,043      84,842      7.3     68,608       74,283       8.3
Occidental Mindoro      81,598     100,607     23.3     71,422       83,353      16.7
Oriental Mindoro        96,749     105,971      9.5     72,485       82,004      13.1
Palawan                 88,856     106,737     20.1     72,537       87,035      20.0
Quezon                  99,907     107,922      8.0     82,010       97,647      19.1
Rizal                  188,639     246,286     30.6     128,776     199,376      54.8
Romblon                 60,166      73,396     22.0     45,499       54,698      20.2

  Region V              77,132      89,227     15.7     67,012       77,287      15.3
Albay                   89,386     110,057     23.1     78,305       99,678      27.3
Camarines Norte         77,548      94,960     22.5     69,210       80,697      16.6
Camarines Sur           77,922     102,349     31.3     69,117       83,563      20.9
Catanduanes             83,605     105,645     26.4     69,786       95,966      37.5
Masbate                 55,882      61,611     10.3     47,593       54,186      13.9
Sorsogon                79,346      87,434     10.2     65,800       78,161      18.8

  Region VI             86,770     109,600     26.3     78,612       94,704      20.5
Aklan                   87,276      99,568     14.1     75,713       89,858      18.7
Antique                 83,005      94,917     14.4     70,750       83,246      17.7
Capiz                   87,905      99,313     13.0     78,805       86,212       9.4
Iloilo                  98,718     144,675     46.6     86,392      118,789      37.5
Guimaras                74,003     101,125     36.6     65,680       85,522      30.2
Negros Occidental       79,859      92,065     15.3     75,974       83,103       9.4

  Region VII            85,215      99,531     16.8     69,569       83,644      20.2
Bohol                   56,940      77,291     35.7     50,754       66,907      31.8
Cebu                   101,474     110,367      8.8     80,266       93,955      17.1
Negros Oriental         71,524      90,459     26.5     61,280       71,481      16.6
Siquijor                53,154      79,119     48.8     42,210       56,390      33.6

  Region VIII           67,772      91,520     35.0     53,039       72,090      35.9
Eastern Samar           55,694      71,527     28.4     47,625       61,742      29.6
Leyte                   72,634     106,567     46.7     58,570       82,218      40.4
Biliran                 69,222      76,838     11.0     46,539       60,018      29.0
Northern Samar          60,081      80,114     33.3     44,939       61,166      36.1
Samar (Western)         72,751      78,409      7.8     53,250       64,411      21.0
Southern Leyte          65,369      85,623     31.0     50,691       68,011      34.2

  Region IX             87,294      86,135     -1.3     67,456       69,452       3.0
Basilan                 95,046      67,497    -29. 0    67,071       57,204     -14.7
Zamboanga del Norte     73,448      87,107     18.6     61,875       66,979       8.2
Zamboanga del Sur       92,240      88,701     -3.8     69,933       72,507       3.7

  Region X              99,486     110,333     10.9     76,715       84,477      10.1
Bukidnon                88,307     106,375     20.5     70,204       80,152      14.2
Camiguin                70,052      87,442     24.8     58,783       76,118      29.5
Misamis Occidental      71,616      80,829     12.9     57,196       63,237      10.6
Misamis Oriental       124,343     128,547      3.4     92,853       98,408       6.0

  Region XI             94,408     112,254     18.9     76,136       90,868      19.3
Davao (del Norte)       76,202      86,499     13.5     62,612       77,310      23.5
Davao del Sur          114,914     126,530     10.1     94,465      103,187       9.2
Davao Oriental          69,777      94,328     35.2     55,156       76,489      38.7
South Cotabato         101,034     140,100     38.7     74,868      102,388      36.8
Sarangani               61,410      73,294     19.4     54,733       62,503      14.2

  Region XII            81,093      90,778     11.9     68,519       74,716       9.0
Lanao del Norte         93,270     101,981      9.3     79,450       79,005      -0.6
Cotabato (North)        68,108      82,098     20.5     59,376       71,978      21.2
Sultan Kudarat          81,928      75,756     -7.5     66,622       63,773      -4.3

  ARMM                  74,885      79,590      6.3     57,546       66,288      15.2
Sulu                    68,289      77,598     13.6     58,878       68,481      16.3
Tawi-Tawi              112,526      85,240   -24. 2     74,590       69,586      -6.7
Lanao del Sur           69,950      83,413     19.2     54,284       66,433      22.4
Maguindanao             67,296      76,438     13.6     51,739       63,594      22.9

  Caraga                71,726      81,519     13.7     61,815       72,108      16.7
Agusan del Norte        74,518      91,821     23.2     68,839       82,735      20.2
Agusan del Sur          67,810      67,104     -1.0     56,902       58,751       3.2
Surigao del Norte       70,577      80,261     13.7     55,661       70,280      26.3
Surigao del Sur         73,089      88,556     21.2     64,759       78,081      20.6

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Source:  1997 and 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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