Facts and Figures (Part 8)

DID YOU KNOW that there are more never-married males than females?


Attention:  Never-married females!

In 2007, about 46.8 percent of the household population 10 years old and over were married, while never-married persons shared 44.6 percent. The rest (8.6 percent) were either widowed, divorced/separated, in common law/live-in marital arrangement, or had unknown marital status. Moreover, there were more females than males in all categories for marital status, except for those never married.  (Source:  NSO)

Hmm...

Facts and Figures (Part 7)

DID YOU KNOW THAT the overall dependency ratio dropped to 76 dependents per 100 working-age population?

The proportion of household population in the working age group (15 to 64 years) was 56.8 percent, young dependents (0 to14 years) comprised 38.3 percent, while old dependents (65 years and over) accounted for 4.9 percent.

The overall dependency ratio in 2007 was 76, which means that for every 100 persons in the working age group, there were about 76 dependents (67 young dependents and 9 old dependents). In 2000, there were about 78 dependents (70 young dependents and 8 old dependents) for every 100 persons in the working age group.  (Source:  NSO)

Well, the slight drop does not  hide the fact that there is still a significant number of dependents in the province.  :(

Facts and Figures (Part 6)

DID YOU KNOW THAT the number of persons in the voting age group increased by 11.0 percent?

In 2007, household population in the voting age group (18 years and over) totalled 223,236 persons. Of this figure, 112,615 were males while 110,621 were females. In comparison, the voting age group in 2007 was higher by 11.0 percent than the voting age group (201,102 persons) in 2000.

Source:  National Statistics Office

Facts and Figures (Part 5)

DO YOU KNOW THAT Median age increased by one year?

The household population of the province in 2007 had a median age of 20 years, or one year higher than the median age reported in 2000. This means that half of the population of Surigao del Norte in 2007 were younger than 20 years old,

Among the household population, children aged 0 to 4 years accounted for the largest share (13.1 percent). Children in the next age group (5 to 9 years) followed closely with 12.9 percent share. Meanwhile, household population aged 10 to 14 years was the third largest age group (12.3 percent).

In terms of population by age and sex, males outnumbered their female counterparts from age 0 to 59 years. Females outnumbered males at age 60 years and over.

Source: NSO

Facts and Figures (Part 2)

DID YOU KNOW that average household size was down to 4.9 persons?

The number of households in Surigao del Norte was 84,069 in 2007, an increase of 11,988 households from the 2000 figure. The household population, likewise, increased from 373,794 persons in 2000 to 408,693 persons in 2007. In terms of average household size, there were 4.9 persons per household, lower than 5.2 persons per household in 2000. (Source:  National Statistics Office)

Well, that holds true in our case.  Aside from my baby, there are four adults residing in our house at present. :)

Facts and Figures (Part 1)

As promised, here's my first slice of interesting facts and figures about Surigao. Let me begin it with a question,

"DID YOU KNOW?

1. ) that the total population of Surigao del Norte province increased by 35,003 persons?

The total population of Surigao del Norte, was 409,468 persons as of August 1, 2007, representing an increase of 35,003 persons from the total population of 374,465 persons recorded as of May 1, 2000. These figures translated to an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.24 percent for the period 2000 to 2007, or lower than the PGR of 1.98 percent recorded for the period 1995 to 2000.

 

Source:  National Statistics Office

Surigaonons, how much do you know your beloved Surigao?

Starting tomorrow, I will be posting a series of some interesting facts gathered by the National Statistics Office (NSO) from its census of 2007 population. Hope you will learn something about it and perhaps, you could brag it out to your non-Surigaonon friends and/or not-so-well-informed fellow Surigaonons.

Watch out for it! :)