Misamis Occidental Posted 9.2-Percent Increase in Both Total and Household Population (Results from the 2007 Census of Population)

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p /p p align="JUSTIFY"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bTotal population grew by 1.23 percent annually/b/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"Misamis Occidental had a total population of 531,680 persons as of August 1, 2007, higher by 9.2 percent compared with the census count of 486,723 persons as of May 1, 2000. This increase translated to an annual population growth rate of 1.23 percent for the period 2000 to 2007./font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Similarly, the household population of Misamis Occidental increased by 9.2 percent from 485,978 persons in 2000 to 530,662 persons in 2007. The number of households, meanwhile, grew by 12.8 percent from 99,901 in 2000 to 112,650 in 2007. The average household size in 2007 was 4.7 persons, lower than the average household size of 4.9 persons in 2000./font/font/p p align="center" /p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bOzamis City remained on top in terms of population size/b/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"In 2007, Ozamis City had the biggest population size compared to the 2 other cities and 14 municipalities of the province. It accounted for 23.2 percent of the total population of Misamis Occidental. It was followed by Oroquieta City (12.3 percent), the provincial capital, and Tangub City (10.7 percent). These were also the top three cities in 2000 in terms of population size. The municipality of Concepcion (1.6 percent) remained the least populated during both census years./font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bSex ratio was 103 males for every 100 females/b/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the 530,662 household population in 2007, males accounted for 50.7 percent while females comprised 49.3 percent. The figures resulted to a sex ratio of 103 males for every 100 females, higher than the sex ratio of 102 males per 100 females recorded in 2000./font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bMedian age remained at 22 years/b/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"In 2007, the median age of the household population in the province was 22 years, which means that half of the household population was below 22 years old. The same median age was computed in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Persons aged 0 to 14 years comprised 34.8 percent of the household population. Children aged 10 to 14 years accounted for 11.9 percent of the household population, followed by those in age groups 5 to 9 years (11.7 percent) and 0 to 4 years (11.2 percent)./font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center" /p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"There were more males than females observed in age groups 0 to 54 years. Females outnumbered males in age groups 55 years and over./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bAbout 59 percent were of voting age/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The size of the voting-age population (18 years old and over) of Misamis Occidental in 2007 was 310,538, accounting for 58.5 percent of the household population. The voting-age population recorded in 2000 was 281,162, or 57.9 percent of the household population. Males (50.2 percent) outnumbered females (49.8 percent) in the total voting-age population in 2007./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bDependency ratio was down to 68/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Nearly three-fifths (59.5 percent) of the household population belonged to the working-age population (15 to 64 years). Young dependents (under 15 years) comprised 34.8 percent while old dependents (65 years and over) accounted for 5.7 percent./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The overall dependency ratio for Misamis Occidental in 2007 was 68. This means that for every 100 persons in the working-age population, there were 68 dependents (58 young and 10 old dependents). This figure was down from the overall dependency ratio of 69 recorded in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bMore males among never-married persons/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the household population 10 years old and over, 47.0 percent were married while 43.1 percent were never married. The remaining 9.9 percent were either widowed, divorced/separated, had common law/live-in marital arrangement, or had unknown marital status. Almost similar proportions of persons by type of marital status were observed in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"A higher proportion of males (54.8 percent) than females (45.2 percent) was observed among never-married persons in 2007. Meanwhile, the proportion of females was higher among married (50.6 percent), widowed (73.4 percent), divorced/separated (54.5 percent), and those persons in common law/live-in marital arrangement (50.4 percent)./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bFemale academic degree holders outnumbered their male counterparts/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Approximately 40 percent of the household population 5 years old and over had attended or completed elementary education, 31.8 percent had reached or finished high school, 7.6 percent were college undergraduates, and 8.6 percent were academic degree holders./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"There were more female academic degree holders (57.0 percent) than males (43.0 percent). Similarly, more females (56.8 percent) than males (43.2 percent) had post baccalaureate courses./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bAbout 66 percent of household population 5 to 24 years old attended school/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"About two-thirds (66.4 percent) of the household population 5 to 24 years old attended school at anytime during School Year 2007 to 2008. School attendance was higher among males (50.7 percent) than females (49.3 percent) during said school year./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bOccupied housing units increased by 13.3 percent/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"In 2007, there were 111,534 occupied housing units in Misamis Occidental. This was 13.3 percent higher than the number of occupied housing units recorded in 2000. A ratio of 101 households per 100 occupied housing units was computed in 2007. The same ratio was observed in 2000. Moreover, the number of persons per occupied housing unit was 4.8 persons in 2007, lower than the ratio of 4.9 persons per occupied housing unit in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bIncreased use of wood for outer walls and galvanized iron/aluminum for roofs were noted/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the 111,534 occupied housing units in Misamis Occidental, 44.0 percent had outer walls made of wood. As to the construction materials of the roof, 68.6 percent had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum. These construction materials were also the most commonly used materials for outer walls and roofs in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica" /font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p style="text-align: -webkit-left; " /p table border="0" width="100%" tbody tr td colspan="80%" /td td align="CENTER" nowrap="nowrap"font face="arial,helvetica" style="text-align: -webkit-left; "font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="Arial" size="-1"(Sgd.) bCARMELITA N. 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