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Highlights of the 1995
Philippine Population Census
Southern Tagalog
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The total population of Southern Tagalog
(Region IV)
as
of Sep. 1, 1995 is
9,943,096
Aurora 159,621 Oriental
Mindoro 608,616
Batangas 1,658,567 Palawan 640,486
Cavite 1,610,324 Quezon 1,537,742
Laguna 1,631,082 Rizal 1,312,489
Marinduque 199,910 Romblon 244,654
Occ. Mindoro 339,605
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The population of Region IV grew at the rate of 3.53 percent annually
in the first half of the nineties. This is 0.47 percentage
point higher than the annual geometric census growth rate during the eighties (3.05 percent) |
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Among the eleven provinces in Region IV, Batangas
registered the largest population at 1,658,567 persons, and
Aurora, the smallest at 159,621 persons.
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Cavite
was the fastest growing province in the region with an annual growth rate of 6.47 percent,
while Romblon
was the slowest at 1.36 percent.
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Average household size
1990: 5.2
persons/household
1995: 5.0
persons/household
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Number of cities/municipalities: 223
Number of cities: 8
Number of barangays: 5,615
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