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2021-12
Based on the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN2015), the province of La Union posted a total population of 786,653 persons as of August 1, 2015. This is an increase of 44,747 persons over the total population of 741,906 persons in 2010 CPH. The increase in the population count from 2010 to 2015 translated to an average annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.12 percent. This is lower than the 1.21 percent annual PGR of the province between the census years 2000 and 2010.
Of the 784,646 household population in 2015, men accounted for 50.4 percent while women comprised 49.6 percent. These figures resulted to a sex ratio of 102 men for every 100 women, the same sex ratio recorded in 2010.
The voting age population (18 years and over) accounted for 65.9 percent of the household population of the province in 2015, up from 64.0 percent in 2010. There were more women (50.4 percent) than men (49.6 percent) among the voting age population.
Of the household population 10 years old and over, 42.5 percent were married while 41.5 percent were never married. The rest of the population were categorized as follows: common-law/live-in marital arrangement (9.0 percent), widowed (5.5 percent) and divorced/separated (1.5 percent).
Among the never married persons, 54.9 percent were men while 45.1 percent were women. For the rest of the categories for marital status, the females outnumbered the men.
Of the household population aged five years and over in 2015, 40.6 percent had attended or completed secondary education, 27.8 percent had reached or finished elementary education, 13.8 percent obtained college degree, and 10.5 percent were college undergraduates.
Among those with an academic degree, women (57.3 percent) outnumbered men (42.7 percent). Similarly, more women (63.2 percent) than men (36.8 percent) had pursued post baccalaureate courses.
The literacy rate of La Union in 2015 was recorded at 97.2, 50.3 percent of which were men while the remaining 49.7 were women. Moreover, women (97.3) has higher literacy rate than men (97.2).
Female overseas workers outnumbered their male counterpart
More than fifty percent of the Overseas Filipino Workers in La Union were women with a total number of 20,462, while their men counterpart has a total number of 15,450. This number accounted to 6.4 percent of the total household population ten years old and over in La Union.
One for every five household head was female
Out of 180,675 households in the province 20 percent were headed by a women (36,142), while the remaining 80 percent were headed by a men (144,533). Of the total number of households 15.8 percent were located in the provincial capital (San Fernando City), followed by Bauang (9.5 percent), Agoo (7.6 percent) and Rosario (7.3 percent).
More men were affiliated in Roman Catholic than women. Of the 676, 046 Roman Catholic in La Union, women only accounted for a 49.37 percent share while men have the larger share of 50.63 percent.
Evangelicals (Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches) ranked second with 26,015 affiliates. Women accounted for 51.05 percent of the total while men accounted for 48.95 percent share.
Iglesia ni Cristo ranked third with 21,757 affiliates recorded in 2015. More men were recorded with 10,919 affiliates or 50.19 percent of the total Iglesia ni Cristo while women accounted for 49.81 percent share or 10,838 affiliates.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN)
TECHNICAL NOTES
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Population growth rate |
the rate at which the population is increasing (or decreasing) in a givenperiod due to natural increase and net migration, expressed as a percentage of the base population |
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Household population |
comprises of persons who belong to a household, the basic criterion of which is the usual place of residence or the place where the person usually resides |
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Household |
a social unit consisting of a person living alone or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food |
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Average household size |
the average number of persons who live in the household, computed as the household population in a given area divided by the corresponding total number of households in that area |
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Sex ratio |
the ratio of males to females in a given population, expressed as the number of males per 100 females |
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Age |
the interval of time between a person’s date of birth and the census reference date (1 August 2015). Expressed in completed years (as of last birthday), it is recorded in whole number |
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Marital status |
the personal status of each individual with reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country |
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School attendance rate |
the proportion of persons 5 to 24 years old who were attending school during the School Year June 2015 to March 2016 to school-age population (5 to 24 years old) |
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Simple literacy rate |
the proportion of persons aged 10 years and over who are able to read and write a simple message in any language or dialect |
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Highest grade/year completed |
the highest grade or year completed in school, college or university |
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Usual activity/occupation |
the kind of job or business, which a person aged 15 years and over was engaged in most of the time during the 12 months preceding the census |
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Overseas worker |
a household member (15 years old and over) who is out of the country due to an overseas employment |
The 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) was undertaken by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in August 2015 as mandated by Republic Act No. 10625, otherwise known as the Philippine Statistics Act of 2013. It was the 14th census of population that was undertaken since the first census in 1903. POPCEN 2015 was designed to take an inventory of the total population all over the Philippines and collect information about their characteristics. Census day for the POPCEN 2015 was August 1, 2015 (12:01 a.m.). POPCEN 2015 made use of the de jure concept of enumeration wherein households and persons are enumerated in the area where they usually reside as of the census reference date. Enumeration lasted for about 25 days, from 10 August to 6 September 2015. Enumeration was extended until 15 September 2015 for large provinces and some highly urbanized cities.
SGD. Danites E. Tenido, Ph.D.
Chief Statistical Specialist
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