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 30,850,192 7,455,248 9,342,518 19,313,284 21,507,674
NCR 873,555 1,275,809 873,555 1,275,809 - -
CAR 677,955 624,491 68,074 81,527 609,881 542,963
REGION I 1,769,743 1,797,150 411,042 436,274 1,358,701 1,360,876
REGION II 1,074,401 945,615 201,867 190,353 872,534 755,262
REGION III 1,388,292 1,779,815 669,811 936,305 718,481 843,510
REGION IV 2,916,524 3,523,612 955,697 1,425,334 1,960,826 2,098,278
REGION V 2,920,426 3,607,176 575,704 664,253 2,344,722 2,942,923
REGION VI 2,864,967 3,183,746 728,046 766,024 2,136,920 2,417,723
REGION VII 2,029,506 2,441,095 471,865 703,932 1,557,641 1,737,163
REGION VIII 1,797,693 1,867,499 361,693 340,616 1,436,000 1,526,883
REGION IX 1,307,762 1,654,775 250,540 316,829 1,057,222 1,337,946
REGION X 2,243,939 2,313,130 698,910 674,234 1,545,029 1,638,896
REGION XI 2,270,705 2,617,966 631,313 770,960 1,639,392 1,847,007
REGION XII 1,320,859 1,573,968 269,354 420,189 1,051,505 1,153,779
ARMM 1,312,207 1,644,346 287,778 339,879 1,024,429 1,304,467
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Final Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index