TABLE 4. MAGNITUDE OF POPULATION BELOW THE POVERTY THRESHOLD BY REGION, URBAN-RURAL: 1997 & 2000
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REGION TOTAL | URBAN | RURAL
1997 2000 | 1997 2000 | 1997 2000
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PHILIPPINES 26,768,532 31,297,405 7,455,248 9,593,977 19,313,284 21,703,428
NCR 873,555 1,409,642 873,555 1,409,642 - -
CAR 677,955 626,136 68,074 84,197 609,881 541,939
REGION I 1,769,743 1,792,773 411,042 434,526 1,358,701 1,358,247
REGION II 1,074,401 981,240 201,867 192,081 872,534 789,160
REGION III 1,388,292 1,781,782 669,811 916,908 718,481 864,874
REGION IV 2,916,524 3,605,432 955,697 1,466,632 1,960,826 2,138,801
REGION V 2,920,426 3,659,816 575,704 719,479 2,344,722 2,940,338
REGION VI 2,864,967 3,192,148 728,046 765,168 2,136,920 2,426,981
REGION VII 2,029,506 2,449,060 471,865 702,885 1,557,641 1,746,175
REGION VIII 1,797,693 1,863,919 361,693 346,116 1,436,000 1,517,803
REGION IX 1,307,762 1,654,614 250,540 308,934 1,057,222 1,345,680
REGION X 2,243,939 2,311,748 698,910 681,775 1,545,029 1,629,973
REGION XI 2,270,705 2,689,118 631,313 799,938 1,639,392 1,889,181
REGION XII 1,320,859 1,572,028 269,354 414,054 1,051,505 1,157,974
ARMM 1,312,207 1,707,950 287,778 351,646 1,024,429 1,356,304
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index