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Highlights of the 1995
Philippine Population Census
CARAGA
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The total population of CARAGA
as of September 1, 1995 is
1,942,687
Agusan
del Norte 514,485 Surigao
del Norte 442,203
Agusan
del Sur 514,736 Surigao
del Sur 471,263
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 The
population of CARAGA grew at the rate of 1.82 percent annually in
the first half of the nineties. This is 0.73 percentage point lower than
the annual geometric census growth rate during the eighties (2.55 percent)
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Among the four provinces in CARAGA,
Agusan
del Sur registered the largest population
at
514,736 persons, and
Surigao
del Norte, the smallest at 442,203
persons.
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Agusan del Sur
was the fastest growing province in the region with
an
annual growth rate of 3.85 percent,
while Surigao del Norte
was the slowest at 0.70 percent.
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Average household size
1990: 5.6
persons/household
1995: 5.3
persons/household
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Number of cities/municipalities: 73
Number of cities: 2
Number of barangays: 1,304
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