Republic of the Philippines National Statistics Office R REPORT NO. 1-K E 2010 CENSUS G OF POPULATION I AND HOUSING POPULATION BY PROVINCE O CITY/MUNICIPALITY BARANGAY N EASTERN VISAYAS VIII CITATION: National Statistics Office, 2010 Census of Population and Housing Report No. 1-K REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay April 2012 ISSN 0117-1453 2010 Census of Population and Housing Report No. 1 – K Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay REGION VIII EASTERN VISAYAS REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Honorable Cayetano W. Paderanga Jr. Chairperson NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE Carmelita N. Ericta Administrator Paula Monina G. Collado Deputy Administrator Socorro D. Abejo Director III, Household Statistics Department ISSN 0117-1453 FOREWORD The 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) Report No. 1 is one of several publications designed to disseminate the results of the 2010 CPH. This report presents the population by province, city or municipality and barangay based on the 2010 CPH. This information will be useful for the formulation of the social and economic development policies, plans and programs of the Government. These are also important for purposes of the calculation of Internal Revenue Allocation, determination of number of congressional districts, and creation or conversion of various administrative geographic units. The 2010 CPH is the 13th census of population and the 6th census of housing that was conducted in the country since the first census undertaken in 1903. It was designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the country and collect information about their characteristics as of the reference period May 1, 2010. The 2010 CPH data were gathered through house-to-house visit and interview of a responsible member of every household visited. The data processing of the results of the 2010 CPH utilized a combination of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology and data encoding. The 2010 CPH results on population counts underwent careful evaluation for reasonableness and consistency with expected demographic patterns and trends in accordance with evaluation procedures of international standards. Unusual changes and deviations of 2010 CPH population counts and related indicators from expected patterns and trends were field-verified. The successful completion of the 2010 CPH would not have been possible without the unwavering support and services rendered by the local and national officials, government and private agencies, media, and non-government organizations. We acknowledge with gratitude the census coordinating boards at the national, regional, provincial, city, and municipal levels in ensuring agency logistic support and assistance, the dedication of teachers from the Department of Education, the hired census personnel, and our very own NSO personnel who acted as census enumerators and supervisors, and the cooperation of the general populace. The NSO extends its deep appreciation of their support to this important undertaking. CARMELITA N. ERICTA Administrator Manila, Philippines April 2012 2010 Census of Population and Housing Contents Foreword v Proclamation vii Explanatory Note xi Introduction xi Content and Coverage of this Report xi Authority to Conduct the 2010 CPH xi Coordination for the 2010 CPH xii Definition of Terms and Concepts xiii Method of Enumeration xviii Sampling Scheme xx Map of Region VIII – Eastern Visayas xxi Highlights of the Philippine Population xxiii Highlights of Region VIII – Eastern Visayas Population xxvi Summary Table: A. Population and Annual Growth Rates for the Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses xxix B. Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality Region VIII – Eastern Visayas xxxii C. Total Population, Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size by Region, Province, and Highly Urbanized City: Philippines, 2010 xxxvi Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Barangay: Biliran 1 Eastern Samar 5 Leyte (excluding Tacloban City) 22 Tacloban City 63 Northern Samar 67 Samar (Western Samar) 83 Southern Leyte 109 Appendices A Commonwealth Act No. 591 – An Act Creating a Bureau of the Census and Statistics to Consolidate Statistical Activities of the Government Therein 125 B Batas Pambansa Blg 72 – An Act Providing for the Taking of an Integrated Census Every Ten Years Beginning in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Eighty and for Other Purposes 128 C Executive Order No. 121 – Reorganizing and Strengthening the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) and for Other Purposes 131 D Trainings and Fieldwork for the Conduct of 2010 CPH 140 E Evaluation of Population Counts from the 2010 CPH 143 F List of Report No. 1 – Population by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay 145 EXPLANATORY NOTE Introduction The National Statistics Office conducted the 2010 Census of Population and Housing or 2010 CPH in May 2010. This is the 13th census of population and the 6th census of housing undertaken in the country. Like the previous censuses conducted by the office, the 2010 CPH is designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and to collect information about their characteristics. Content and Coverage of this Report In this report, the population counts by province, city/municipality and barangay are presented. These population counts were declared official for all purposes by His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III under Proclamation No. 362 dated March 30, 2012. Authority to Conduct the 2010 CPH Commonwealth Act (CA) No. 591, approved on August 19, 1940, authorized the then Bureau of the Census and Statistics (now the National Statistics Office or NSO) to collect by enumeration, sampling or other methods, statistics and other information concerning the population and to conduct, for statistical purposes, investigations and studies of social and economic conditions in the country, among others (Section 2 of CA No. 591). Batas Pambansa Blg. 72, approved on June 11, 1980, further accorded the NSO the authority to conduct population censuses every ten years beginning in 1980, without prejudice to the undertaking of special censuses on agriculture, industry, commerce, housing, and other sectors as may be approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Executive Order (EO) No. 121, otherwise known as the Reorganization Act of the Philippine Statistical System, which was issued on January 30, 1987, declared that the NSO shall be the major statistical agency responsible for generating general purpose statistics and for undertaking such censuses and surveys as may be designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) (Section 9 of EO No. 121). Presidential Proclamation No. 2028 “Declaring May 2010 as National Census Month” enjoined all departments and other government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, as well as LGUs, to implement and Explanatory Note 2010 Census of Population and Housing execute the operational plans, directives, and orders of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), through the NSO, relative to this Proclamation. Coordination for the 2010 CPH Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 provides that the National Census Coordinating Board (NCCB) at the national level, and local boards at the regional, provincial, city, and municipal levels shall be created to ensure the successful conduct of the census. For the 2010 CPH, the NSCB was designated as the NCCB pursuant to NSCB’s mandated function specified in Executive Order No. 121 to establish appropriate mechanisms for statistical coordination at the different geographic levels. The Director General of NEDA was the Chairperson of the NCCB, and the Secretaries from other Departments were the Members. The NSO Administrator, who served as the Executive Officer of the NCCB, was mandated to formulate and execute plans for the 2010 CPH. In the field, the NSO Regional Director (RD) was the Executive Officer of the Regional Census Coordinating Board (RCCB). He/she was responsible for the coordination, monitoring, and supervision of the census operations in all provinces within the region. The RCCB was chaired by the Regional Director of the NEDA. The Regional Director of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) served as the Vice Chairperson. The members were the heads of the following: Regional Development Council, National Statistics Coordination Board, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Finance, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Justice, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of National Defense, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Transportation and Communications, Department of Tourism, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Health, Commission on Population, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and Office of Muslim Affairs. Completing the membership of the RCCB was a representative from the private sector. At the local government level, Provincial Census Coordinating Boards (PCCB) and City/Municipality Census Coordinating Boards (C/MCCB) were created.