Table 1. Population Distribution by Province/City: Southern , 2000

Province/City Total Population Percent Southern Mindanao 5,189,335 100.00 del Norte (Davao) 743,811 14.36 758,801 14.46 Davao Oriental 446,191 8.61 South 690,728 13.34 410,622 7.93 Compostela Valley 580,244 11.20 1,147,116 22.15 General Santos City 411,822 7.95 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 2. Total Population by Age Group, Sex and Sex Ratio: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Age Group Total Population Male Female Sex Ratio Southern Mindanao 5,189,335 2,648,187 2,541,14 8 104.2 Under 5 655,254 333,064 322,190 103.4 5- 9 675,272 345,040 330,232 104.5 6-14 646,332 327,154 319,178 102.5 15-19 566,474 282,545 283,929 99.5 20-24 485,484 246,225 239,259 102.9 25-29 417,940 214,274 203,666 105.2 30-34 375,178 193,036 182,142 106.0 35-39 327,163 168,977 158,186 106.8 40-44 277,916 144,288 133,628 108.0 45-49 220,420 115,138 105,282 109.4 50-54 163,877 85,843 78,034 110.0 55-59 118,492 61,693 56,799 108.6 60-64 99,098 51,397 47,701 107.7 65-69 65,347 33,064 32,283 102.4 70-74 44,589 22,439 22,150 101.3 75-79 26,334 12,757 13,577 94.0 80 and over 24,165 11,253 12,912 87.2 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 3. Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Literacy and Sex: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Literate Illiterate Age Both Both Group Male Female Male Female Sexes Sexes Southern 3,471,750 1,763,920 1,707,830 379,361 200,611 178,750 Mindanao 10-14 570,591 283,798 286,793 75,385 43,121 32,264 15-19 527,497 260,452 267,045 38,100 21,606 16,494 20-24 452,899 227,940 224,959 31,173 17,287 13,886 25-29 386,239 196,928 189,311 30,382 16,320 14,062 30-34 345,862 177,065 168,797 28,302 15,157 13,145 35-39 297,343 153,453 143,890 29,108 14,952 14,156 40-44 252,996 130,952 122,044 24,377 12,933 11,444 45-49 197,190 103,853 93,337 22,772 10,945 11,827 50-54 143,327 75,200 68,127 20,189 10,370 9,819 55-59 99,608 52,213 47,395 18,660 9,324 9,336 60-64 80,062 42,093 37,969 18,902 9,225 9,677 65-69 50,386 26,246 24,140 14,857 6,754 8,103 70 and over 67,750 33,727 34,023 27,154 12,617 14,537 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 4. Disabled Persons by Type of Disability and Sex: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Type of Disability Both Sexes Male Female Southern Mindanao 57,462 30,076 27,386 Total blindness 2,682 1,401 1,281 Partial blindness 4,479 2,326 2,153 Low vision 21,934 10,275 11,659 Total deafness 2,300 1,234 1,066 Partial deafness 2,380 1,295 1,085 Hard of hearing 2,410 1,319 1,091 Oral defect 3,099 1,671 1,428 Loss of one or both arms/hands 2,066 1,292 774 Loss of one or both legs/feet 2,901 1,861 1,040 Quadriplegic 3,692 2,144 1,548 Mentally retarded 4,524 2,475 2,049 Mentally ill 3,130 1,711 1,419 Multiple impairment 1,865 1,072 793 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Table 5. Average Number of Children Ever Born to Ever-Married Women 15-49 Years Old by Age Group and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Province/City Southern Davao Davao General Age Group Davao South Compostela Davao Mindanao del del Sarangani Santos Oriental Cotabato Valley City Norte Sur City Average Number 2.93 2.94 3.00 3.18 3.04 3.14 3.14 2.63 2.70 of Children Ever-born 15-19 0.68 0.61 0.68 0.66 0.84 0.80 0.55 0.60 0.64 20-24 1.37 1.25 1.49 1.36 1.51 1.58 1.36 1.22 1.23 25-29 2.06 1.98 2.16 2.24 2.24 2.46 2.16 1.79 1.81 30-34 2.90 2.82 2.99 3.17 3.02 3.38 3.09 2.57 2.60 35-39 3.62 3.55 3.74 3.96 3.71 4.05 3.86 3.23 3.46 40-44 4.09 4.10 4.24 4.34 4.25 4.55 4.50 3.58 3.84 45-49 4.36 4.35 4.40 4.54 4.64 4.89 4.83 3.81 4.22 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 6. Ever-Married Women 15-49 Years Old by Age Group and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Province/City Southern Ge neral Age Group Davao Davao Davao South Compostela Davao Mindanao Sarangani Santos del Norte del Sur Oriental Cotabato Valley City City Total Number of Ever-Married 834,410 119,073 123,066 66,947 110,577 67,966 90,174 186,606 70,001 Women 15-19 34,783 4,020 5,771 2,628 5,592 4,643 3,862 5,833 2,434 20-24 111,978 14,631 17,535 8,613 15,801 11,111 11,632 23,406 9,249 25-29 154,720 21,392 22,498 11,724 20,701 13,397 16,756 34,438 13,814 30-34 159,512 22,882 22,721 12,813 20,389 12,371 17,837 36,089 14,410 35-39 146,866 21,813 21,373 12,270 18,898 11,014 15,962 32,970 12,566 40-44 125,788 18,865 18,381 10,497 16,177 8,667 13,544 29,573 10,084 45-49 100,763 15,470 14,787 8,402 13,019 6,763 10,581 24,297 7,444

Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 7. Average Age at First Marriage of Ever-Married Women 15-49 Years Old by Age Group and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Province/City Southern Davao Davao General Age Group Davao South Compostela Davao Mindanao del del Sarangani Santos Oriental Cotabato Valley City Norte Sur City Average Age at First Marriage 21 21 20 20 20 19 20 22 21 of Women 15-49 Years Old 15-19 16 16 15 16 15 15 16 16 16 20-24 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 19 18 25-29 20 20 19 20 20 19 20 21 21 30-34 21 21 20 21 21 19 21 22 22 35-39 21 22 21 21 21 20 21 22 22 40-44 22 22 21 21 22 20 21 22 22 45-49 22 22 21 21 22 20 21 22 22 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 8. Overseas Workers 10 Years Old and Over by Age Group and Sex: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Age Group Both Sexes Male Female Overseas Workers 35,236 14,981 20,255 10 Years Old and Over Below 20 7,627 2,550 5,077 20-24 5,392 1,680 3,712 25-29 5,622 2,289 3,333 30-34 4,890 2,259 2,631 35-39 3,652 1,842 1,810 40-44 3,006 1,637 1,369 45 years old and over 5,047 2,724 2,323 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 9. Language/Dialects Generally Spoken in the Households: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Language/Dialect Number of Hou seholds Percent Southern Mindanao 1,066,199 100.00 Cebuano 428,256 40.17 Bisaya/Binisaya 275,794 25.87 Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 115,493 10.83 Bilaan/B'laan 35,268 3.31 Davaweño 27,315 2.56 Tagalog 18,490 1.73 T'boli 17,699 1.66 Boholano 17,672 1.66 Manobo/Ata-manobo 17,391 1.63 Ilocano 15,868 1.49 Other local language/dialect 96,047 9.01 Other foreign language/dialect 906 0.08 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 10. Households Population by Religious Affiliation and Sex: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Religious Affiliation Both Sexes Male Female Southern Mindanao 5,181,299 2,642,4 25 2,538,874 Roman Catholic 3,768,241 1,928,734 1,839,507 Evangelicals 468,132 236,331 231,801 Islam 192,914 96,834 96,080 Iglesia ni Cristo 106,115 54,034 52,081 Other Protestant 70,902 35,604 35,298 Other Religions 550,895 278,181 272,714 None 7,758 4,130 3,628 Unknown 16,342 8,577 7,765 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 11. Households by Type of Fuel Used for Lighting and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Province/City Type of Fuel Used Southern Davao Compos - General Davao Davao South Saran- Davao for Lighting Mindanao del tela Santos del Sur Oriental Cotabato gani City Norte Valley City Southern 1,066,199 150,844 157,054 86,569 141,418 82,896 120,766 240,057 86,595 Mindanao Electricity 626,927 92,290 66,728 37,010 81,739 30,348 52,621 192,488 73,703 Kerosene 399,447 54,481 83,418 44,931 54,776 48,748 64,848 38,411 9,834 (Gaas) Liquefied 12,483 833 3,242 2,384 1,616 763 789 2,347 509 Petroleum Gas Oil 1,593 237 144 368 214 192 159 179 100 Others 25,749 3,003 3,522 1,876 3,073 2,845 2,349 6,632 2,449 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 12. Households by Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal Dumping Picked in Composting Total Up Feeding Province/City Individual (Later Used Households by Burning Burying to Others Pit as Garbage Animals (Not Fertilizer) Truck Burned) Southern 1,066,199 255,902 155,661 515,106 70,221 47,033 14,553 7,723 Mindanao Davao del 150,844 38,479 20,456 71,133 12,102 4,754 2,936 984 Norte Davao del Sur 157,054 8,574 20,925 106,908 9,416 7,576 2,365 1,290 Davao Oriental 86,569 9,528 10,444 56,051 4,843 3,909 1,469 325 South 141,418 11,582 30,307 74,223 14,475 8,202 1,729 900 Cotabato Sarangani 82,896 4,016 12,496 56,245 3,561 4,951 705 922 Compostela 120,766 8,100 30,874 58,791 14,828 5,082 2,056 1,035 Valley Davao City 240,057 136,803 18,038 66,201 7,391 7,172 2,474 1,978 General 86,595 38,820 12,121 25,554 3,605 5,387 819 289 Santos City Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Table 13. Households by Main Source of Water Supplyfor Drinking and/or Cooking and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Province/City Main Source of Southern Compos Genera Water Supply Davao Davao South Saran Mindana Davao - Davao l for Drinking and/or del Orienta Cotabat - o del Sur tela City Santos Cooking Norte l o gani Valley City 150,84 157,05 240,05 Total households 1,066,199 86,569 141,418 82,896 120,766 86,595 4 4 7 Own use, faucet, 124,87 community 258,006 30,644 26,559 10,328 20,513 6,373 17,896 20,819 4 water system Shared, faucet, community 206,598 22,353 31,583 16,977 21,933 14,382 23,342 55,478 20,550 water system Own use, 71,754 9,688 9,582 6,050 20,796 5,804 5,905 3,865 10,064 tubed/piped deep well Shared,tubed/pipe 179,675 32,385 31,663 18,276 27,489 14,681 22,871 13,020 19,290 d deep well Tubed/piped 75,048 8,816 9,620 7,503 21,543 7,560 7,322 4,073 8,611 shallow well Dug wWell 45,427 10,880 8,275 2,469 3,630 6,584 8,885 4,255 449 Spring, lake, river, 197,365 27,903 36,631 23,559 23,185 25,444 33,534 25,217 1,892 rain, etc. Peddler 11,652 4,392 599 69 172 201 247 4,743 1,229 Bottled water 1,148 511 65 21 49 163 39 231 69 Others 19,526 3,272 2,477 1,317 2,108 1,704 725 4,301 3,622 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 14. Households by Presence of Household Conveniences and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Total Presence of Household Conveniences Households with at Least Refrige Video Province/City Radio/ Telephone Washin Motorize One Tele- - Casette/ Casett / g d Household vision rator/ Recorde e Cellphone Machine Vehicle Convenienc Freezer r e Southern 761,17 439,55 1,066,199 295,900 162,385 88,686 132,991 102,869 Mindanao 8 4 109,51 150,844 69,860 47,352 22,618 9,036 15,919 15,773 3 109,60 Davao del Sur 157,054 42,564 26,036 15,731 7,163 8,790 11,851 0 Davao Oriental 86,569 58,784 19,865 13,296 8,169 2,166 5,000 5,509 141,418 96,563 52,929 35,997 15,262 9,039 19,332 15,054 Sarangani 82,896 53,410 14,010 9,820 4,974 1,268 3,935 3,918 Compostela 120,766 84,784 34,649 20,596 10,511 2,102 6,391 7,614 Valley 187,03 153,93 Davao City 240,057 107,837 68,044 43,164 52,995 29,239 8 8 General Santos 86,595 61,486 51,739 34,966 17,076 14,748 20,629 13,911 City Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Table 15. Households by Land Ownership and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Total Land Ownership Households Agricultural Other Province/City with at Least Agricultural Land Residential Other Land One Land Land Acquired Land Owned through CARP Southern Mindanao 383,658 149,709 269,236 38,174 22,869 Davao del Norte 55,805 24,023 36,609 6,784 3,289 Davao del Sur 63,717 21,549 48,016 4,886 3,312 Davao Oriental 40,746 14,071 30,191 4,129 2,938 South Cotabato 57,463 23,280 42,673 6,039 3,709 Sarangani 32,933 10,347 24,679 2,600 2,671 Compostela valley 54,709 15,818 41,105 6,464 3,296 Davao City 60,913 29,933 36,979 5,635 2,952 General Santos City 17,372 10,688 8,984 1,637 702 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Table 16. Households in Occupied Housing Units by Tenure Status of the Housing Unit and Province/City: Southern Mindanao, 2000

Tenure Status of the Housing Unit Being Total Being Occupied Households Occupied for Free Province/City in Occupied Owned/Being for Free Not Rented with Housing Amortized without Reported Consent Units Consent of the of the Owner Owner Southern 1,066,199 766,205 85,561 166,137 13,173 34,423 Mindanao Davao del Norte 150,844 110,443 13,179 21,958 842 4,422 Davao del Sur 157,054 121,485 7,852 22,421 748 4,548 Davao Oriental 86,569 65,046 3,539 14,470 1,084 2,430 South Cotabato 141,418 105,635 6,428 23,682 1,783 3,890 Sarangani 82,896 56,321 1,985 19,587 857 4,146 Compostela 120,766 88,084 6,665 21,252 1,533 3,232 valley Davao City 240,057 162,042 33,552 31,479 5,043 7,941 General Santos 86,595 57,149 12,361 11,988 1,283 3,814 City