QUICKSTAT

BENGUET
(Monthly Update of Most Requested Statistics)
As of June 2018

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICE INDICES (2012=100) 2017 May 2018 Apr 2018 May 2017
Consumer Price Index 113.5 117.1 116.4 112.4
Inflation rate 2.0 4.2 3.5 1.5
Purchasing power of the peso 0.88 0.85 0.86 0.89
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meter; value in P1,000) 2016 4 th Qtr 2017 3 rd Qtr 2017 4 th Qtr 2016
Total number of buildings 870 238 203 209
Total floor area 246,920 122,335 44,823 79,893
Value 2,904,409 1,518,090 574,928 1,109,458
Residential (number) 693 179 155 166
Total floor area 169,965 91,208 30,448 40,112
Value 1,770,195 1,052,042 344,011 409,612
Nonresidential (number) 85 23 26 22
Total floor area 72,772 22,672 11,106 38,510
Value 1,012,044 279,009 178,540 669,903
GEOGRAPHY (Source: Philippine Statistics Authority) 2016 2015 2014
Number of cities - - -
Number of municipalities 13 13 13
Number of barangays 140 140 140
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
2015* 2010* 2007* 2000*
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Total population 446,224 403,944 372,533 330,129
Urban … 177,127 142,071 -
Rural … 226,817 230,462 -
Male 231,581 208,930 193,006 170,489
Female 214,643 195,014 179,527 159,640
Annual growth rate (1990-2000, 2000-2007, 2000-2010, 2010-2015) 1.91 2.04 1.68 0.87
Sex ratio (number of males for every 100 females) … 107.1 107.5 106.8
Household population 444,634 403,129 370,946 329,216
Male 230,512 208,350 191,916 169,978
Female 214,122 194,779 179,030 159,238
Number of households 106,838 90,440 82,378 63,123
Average household size 4.2 4.46 4.50 5.22
Population density (square kilometer) 161 146 135 119
Median age … 23.6 22.5 20.2
Dependency ratio … 53.0 58.9 71.6
Young dependents … 46.9 52.7 65.7
Old dependents … 6.1 6.2 5.9
Proportion by age group
0- 4 … 10.3 11.2 12.1
0 - 14 … 30.6 33.2 38.3
15 - 64 … 65.4 62.9 58.3
18 and over … 62.8 59.7 54.7
60 and over … 6.1 5.7 5.5
65 and over … 4.0 3.9 3.4
Proportion of urban population … 43.8 38.1 34.2
Proportion of persons with disabilities … 1.4 n. a. 1.1
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DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH))
2015* 2010* 2007 2000
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 355,531 320,281 288,405 246,411
Single 169,575 153,811 139,528 124,794
Married 159,195 148,677 132,557 105,753
Widowed 13,362 11,714 10,906 9,302
Divorced/Separated 3,132 2,433 1,860 1,790
Common-Law/Live-in 10,267 3,482 2,479 3,058
Unknown/Not Stated - 164 1,075 1,714
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2015* 2010* 2007 2000
Both sexes 49,642 24,533 21,274 18,124
Male 23,082 11,505 10,095 8,885
Female 26,560 13,028 11,179 9,239
Disabled persons by type of disability 2007 2000 1995
Total - 3,572 4,454
Total blindness - 184 151
Partial blindness - 269 398
Low vision - 750 735
Total deafness - 137 160
Partial deafness - 221 600
Hard of hearing - 253 192
Oral defect - 197 168
Loss of one or both arms/hands - 252 34
Loss of one or both legs/feet - 206 64
Quadriplegic - 340 -
Mentally retarded - 308 274
Mentally ill - 326 314
Multiple impairment - 129 -
Muteness - - 207
Deafness/Muteness - - -
Others - - 1,157
With at least one type of functional disability 2010* Both sexes Male Female
(Household population five years old and over) 7,170 3,551 3,619
Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses 3,062 1,393 1,669
Difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid 2,124 1,009 1,115
Difficulty in walking or climbing steps 2,758 1,370 1,388
Difficulty in remembering or concentrating 1,615 774 841
Difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing) 1,231 648 583
Difficulty in communicating 1,236 674 562
Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2015* b/ 2010* 2007 2000
Both sexes 401,597 361,666 329,438 289,230
No grade completed 14,056 13,656 20,196 19,326
Pre-school 9,692 10,103 8,017 6,649
Special Education ### 209 - - -
Elementary 124,174 121,377 114,983 121,100
1st-4th Grade 60,769 - 54,709 60,982
5th-6th Grade 18,518 - 16,444 60,118
Graduate 44,887 - 43,830 -
High school 139,962 115,403 104,878 79,508
Undergraduate 51,860 - 45,119 48,238
Graduate 88,102 - 59,759 31,270
Post-secondary 5,840 9,549 8,869 9,499
Undergraduate 328 - 561 3,287
Graduate 5,512 - 8,308 6,212
College undergraduate 50,070 44,032 33,654 34,781
Academic degree holder 55,845 43,487 34,292 11,665
Post-baccalaureate 1,584 2,028 919 1,892
Not stated 165 2,031 3,630 4,810
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DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH))
2015* c/
2010* 2007 2000
2007 and 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 12,922 7,892 7,600 4,648
No grade completed - 8 12 33
Pre-school - 1 - 4
Special Education ### 2 - - -
Elementary 303 410 352 6,685
1st-4th Grade - 87 72 190
5th-6th grade 34 881 39 -
5th-7th Grade - - 495
Graduate 269 235 241 -
High school 4,053 2,133 2,226 1,544
Undergraduate 430 391 344 585
Graduate 3,623 1,742 1,882 959
Post-secondary 581 578 638 530
Undergraduate 23 61 27 201
Graduate 558 517 611 329
College undergraduate 2,282 1,417 1,209 1,090
Academic degree holder 5,676 3,256 3,026 632
Post-baccalaureate 25 52 12 75
Not stated - 37 125 55
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2016 2015 2014
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 13,891 14,979 17,497
Male 7,146 7,773 9,049
Female 6,745 7,206 8,448
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 4,127 4,254 4,419
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) - 3,465 3,789
Male - 2,049 2,202
Female - 1,416 1,587
2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005
Crude birth a (per thousand population) 23.71 25.48 26.51
Crude death a (per thousand population) 4.81 4.86 5.10
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 18.90 20.62 21.41
Total fertility rate a (number of children per woman) 2.75 2.95 3.17
Life expectancy at birth a (in years; medium assumption)
Male 69.71 68.51 67.01
Female 75.07 73.87 72.67
EDUCATION (Sources: Census of Population and Housing) 2015 2010 *
2007
Literate (Literacy of the Household Population 10 Years Old and Over ) (including Baguio City) 349,692 310,132 ..
Literacy rate (including Baguio City) 98.4 96.8 ..
AGRICULTURE (Source: 2002 Census of Agriculture Vol. I) 2002 1991 1980
Number of farms by land use 2/
27,491 24,515 19,414
Area of farms by land use (in hectares) 29,983 27,770 40,916
Arable lands
Land planted to temporary crops 20,982 21,420 17,528
Lands lying idle 3/ 530 570 6,707
Land planted to permanent crops 5,701 4,001 3,235
Land under permanent meadows and pasture 616 893 8,158
Lands covered with forest growth 316 158 2,404
All other lands 4/ 1,725 728 2,884
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AGRICULTURE (Source: PSA) 2017 2016 2015

Top five agricultural crops
Palay
Area (harvested/hectares) 6,976 6,564 6,284
Production (metric tons) 20,276 18,145 18,144
Corn
Area (harvested/hectares) 39 38 38
Production (metric tons) 40 42 37
Coconut
Area (planted/hectares) ... 9 9
Production (metric tons) ... 15 15
Mango
Area (planted/hectares) ... 238 238
Production (metric tons) ... 1,276 1,592
Banana
Area (planted/hectares) ... 283 284
Production (metric tons) ... 1,854 1,973
Top five livestock/poultry ( Inventory) 2018 2017 2016
Carabao 11,655 11,806 11,300
Cattle 5,797 5,994 6,238
Goat 10,675 10,794 11,550
Duck 7,310 7,044 7,310
Chicken 225,923 188,719 204,700
INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (Source: Department of Budget and Management) 2011 2010 2009
IRA (million pesos) 540.4 501.8 472.1
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (Source: PSA and Human Development Network) 2012 2009 2006
Human development index 5/ 0.842 0.849 0.827
Rank - - -
BANKS (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2015 2014 2013
Total number of banks 120 119 114
Total bank deposit liabilities (millions) 67,833 58,798 53,112
PAWNSHOP (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2012 2011 2010
Total number of pawnshops 72 75 73
REGISTERED VOTERS (Source: Commission on Elections) 2016 2010 2009
Number of registered voters 352,291 328,893 347,414
Rank - 49 46

r-revised p-preliminary * Excluding Baguio City .. Data Not Available ... Data not yet Available
* Figures are based on a 20% sample households
a/
2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Projections.
b/
Total Population 5 Years Old and Over
c/
Overseas Workers 15 Years Old and Over
1/
5th-6th Grade Level only.
2/ A farm was counted once under "ALL CLASSES" but June be counted under each of the reported land utilization.

3/
Included home lot.
4/
Included lands temporarily fallowed and lands under temporary meadows/pastures.
5/
This attempts to measure the complete concept of human development by tracking the progress of three selected aspects of human life.
Note: The latest provincial figures on Business and Industry, Minimum Basic Needs Indicators, and Family Income and Expenditure
can be found in the December 2008 Provincial Quickstat.

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