Population growth rate decreased to 2.31 percent

The City of Baguio registered a total population of 252,386 persons in the year 2000 up from 226,883 in 1995, giving the city an average annual growth rate of 2.31 percent, a decrease of 1.79 percentage points from the 1990 to 1995 period

The number of households rose to 52,302, higher by 4,231 households compared to the 1995 figure. This gave an average household size of 4.8 persons, a slight increase from 1995 (4.6) and lower than the national average of five persons.

Baguio City ranked second in CAR

Baguio City ranked second in terms of population size compared to the six provinces (Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province), in CAR. This city contributed 18.5 percent to the 1.4 million population of the region.

At the national level, Baguio City shared 0.33 percent to the Philippine population of 76.5 million as recorded in the Census 2000.

Barangay Irisan was the largest in terms of population size

Baguio City had a total of 129 barangays in 2000.

Barangay Irisan registered the largest population with 17,677 persons. It accounted for seven percent of the population of the entire city. Asin Road and Fairview Village followed with 2.85 and 2.80 percent, respectively. Magsaysay Upper registered the lowest population with 87 persons, or 0.03 percent of the population of the city.

Baguio City had a median age of 22 years

Baguio City had a median age of 22 years. This meant that in 2000, half of the population were below 22 years old. The median age in 1995 was 21 years.

Female population outnumbered their male counterparts with a sex ratio of 97 males for every 100 females.

Overall dependency ratio was 57% in 2000

The overall dependency ratio in 2000 was 57%. This meant that for every 100 persons aged 15 to 64 years, there were about 57 dependents (53 persons aged 0 to 14 years - young dependents; and 4 persons aged 65 years and over - old dependents). The 2000 ratio was higher than the 54.75 ratio reported in 1995.

More females than males in all levels of education

Of the total population 5 years old and over almost one out of three persons (28.4 percent) reached or completed high school education.

Twenty three percent had either attended or finished elementary education.

The proportion of persons who were academic degree holders was 13 percent while 19.7 percent had attended college.

There were more females (51.41 percent) than males (48.59 percent) in the city in all levels of education, except in post secondary level.

Almost half were Ilocanos

Almost half (44.5 percent) of the household population in Baguio City classified themselves as Ilocano. About 20.4 percent considered themselves as Tagalog, and 11 percent as Kankanai/Kankaney/Kankanaey. Other ethnic groups included Pangasinan/Pangalatok (4.8 percent), and Ibaloi (3.9 percent).

More widowed females than males

Almost one out of two persons 10 years old and over (47.8 percent) were single, while 44.9 percent were married. The remaining seven percent were either widowed, divorced/ separated, others or with unknown marital status.

Single persons were slightly higher among females (50.8 percent) than among males (49.2 percent).

The proportion of widowed females was noticeably higher (79.2 percent) compared to males (20.8 percent).

Housing occupancy rate was 95 percent

There were 53,870 housing units in Baguio City, of which 51,158 were occupied, or 95 percent occupancy rate.

This registered an increase of 52.7 percentage points from 1990 and a ratio of 1.02 household per occupied housing unit or a ratio of 4.88 persons per occupied housing unit.

Single houses were most preferred

Majority (65.8 percent) of the occupied housing units were single houses.

Three out of five occupied housing units needed no repair or with minor repair only.

One-eight of the total occupied housing units were relatively new (built from 1996 to 2000).

One-fourth of the total occupied housing units were multi-unit residential (3 or more).

Almost all of the housing units were made of concrete materials

As to the construction materials used for housing units, almost all (94 percent) of the occupied housing units had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum.

Forty one percent of the occupied housing units had walls made of concrete/brick /stone.

Table 1. Total Population Distribution of Top Ten Barangays in Baguio City: 2000