Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of Guimaras posted a total population of 162,943 persons as of May 1, 2010.  This is larger by 21,493 persons compared to its total population of 141,450 persons counted in the 2000 CPH. The increase in the population count from 2000 to 2010 translated to an average annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.42 percent.  This is lower than the 1.83 percent annual PGR of the province between the census years 1990 and 2000.

 

If the average annual PGR recorded at 1.42 percent during the period 2000 to 2010 continues, the population of Guimaras would double in about 49 years.

 

Fifty years ago, the population of Guimaras was only 57,560 persons.  This population size is more than one third of the population of the province in the 2010 CPH.

 

 

 

 

Among the five municipalities comprising the province of Guimaras, the municipality of Buenavista was the most populous with a population size making up 28.7 percent of the total provincial population. The municipality of Nueva Valencia was second with 23.2 percent share.  This was followed by the municipality of Jordan, the provincial capital, with 21.4 percent, San Lorenzo with 14.7 percent, and Sibunag with 12.0 percent.

 

In 2000, the least populated municipality was also Sibunag with 14.2 percent share to the total population of the province.

 

 

 

 

Of the 162,734 household population in 2010, males accounted for 51.5 percent while females comprised 48.5 percent. These figures resulted in a sex ratio of 106 males for every 100 females, which is similar to the sex ratio recorded in 2000 (105 males per 100 females).

 

 

 

In 2010, the median age of the population of the province was 24.6 years, which means that half of the population was younger than 24.6 years. This is higher than the median age of 21.7 years that was recorded in 2000.

 

Moreover, 31.1 percent of the household population were under 15 years old.  Children aged 10 to 14 years (10.6 percent) comprised the largest age group, followed by those in the age groups 15 to 19 years (10.4 percent) and 5 to 9 years (10.3 percent).  Males outnumbered females in the age groups 0 to 59 years. On the other hand, there were more females than males in the older age groups (60 years and over).

 

 

 

 

The voting-age population (18 years and over) accounted for 62.6 percent of the household population of the province in 2010, up from 57.1 percent in 2000. There were more males (51.3 percent) than females (48.7 percent) among the voting-age population

 

 

 

In 2010, the young dependents (0 to 14 years) comprised 31.1 percent of the household population while the old dependents (65 years and over) posted a share of 6.2 percent. The working-age population (15 to 64 years) accounted for the remaining 62.7 percent.

           

The overall dependency ratio was 60, which indicates that for every 100 working-age population, there were about 60 dependents (50 young dependents and 10 old dependents). This ratio is lower than the dependency ratio in 2000, which was recorded at 70 dependents per 100 working-age population (61 young dependents and nine old dependents).

 

 

 

Of the household population 10 years old and over, 46.0 percent were married while 45.6 percent were never married. The rest of the population was categorized as follows: widowed (4.6 percent), in common-law/live-in marital arrangement (3.0 percent), and divorced/separated (0.8 percent).

 

Among the never-married persons, 56.5 percent were males while 43.5 percent were females.  For the rest of the categories for marital status, the females outnumbered the males.

 

 

 

Of the household population aged five years and over, 37.8 percent had attended or completed elementary education, about 34.2 percent had reached or finished high school, 6.6 percent were college undergraduates, and 9.4 percent were academic degree holders.  Among those with an academic degree, the females (57.2 percent) outnumbered the males (42.8 percent). Similarly, more females (70.3 percent) than males (29.7 percent) had pursued post baccalaureate courses.

 

 

 

In 2010, around 3,600 persons or 2.2 percent of the 162,734 household population had a disability.  This proportion of persons with disability (PWD) is higher than the proportion in 2000, which was 1.9 percent of the 141,222 household population of the province during that year.  The number of PWD for the same year was around 2,700.

 

 

 

Of the 146,107 household population five years and over, 3.8 percent (or 5,528 persons) had at least one type of functional difficulty either in seeing, hearing, walking or climbing steps, remembering or concentrating, self-caring (bathing or dressing), or communicating. There were more females (53.5 percent) than males (46.5 percent) among those persons with at least one type of functional difficulty.

 

Moreover, of the total 5,528 persons aged five years and over with at least one type of functional difficulty, 61.2 percent reported difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses.  There were 28.4 percent who had difficulty in walking or climbing steps; 20.5 percent had difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid; 15.7 percent had difficulty in remembering or concentrating; 15.4 percent had difficulty in communicating; and 11.3 percent had difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing).

 

 

 

Of the 129,365 household population 10 years old and over in Guimaras, 3.5 percent (or 4,485 persons) were overseas workers.  Male overseas workers outnumbered their female counterparts as they comprised 54.4 percent of all the overseas workers from this province.  Overseas workers aged 30 to 34 years made up the largest age group, comprising 21.8 percent of the total overseas workers from this province, followed by age groups 25 to 29 years (21.7 percent), 45 years and over (19.6 percent), and 35 to 39 years (15.2 percent).

 

           

 

The number of households in 2010 was recorded at 35,462, higher by 7,997 households compared with the 27,465 households posted in 2000. The average household size in 2010 was 4.6 persons, lower than the average household size of 5.1 persons in 2000.

 

 

 

A total of 35,342 occupied housing units were recorded in the province of Guimaras in 2010.  This translates to a ratio of 100 households for every 100 occupied housing units, with 4.6 persons per occupied housing unit.  In 2000, there were 101 households per 100 occupied housing units, and 5.2 persons per occupied housing unit.

 

 

 

 

In 2010, 45.4 percent of the occupied housing units in the province had outer walls made of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa, down from 51.2 percent in 2000.  The proportion of occupied housing units with outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone increased from 15.9 percent in 2000 to 24.5 percent in 2010.  Similarly, those with outer walls made of half concrete/brick/stone and half wood increased from 18.7 percent in 2000 to 20.8 percent in 2010.  Meanwhile, 76.0 percent of the occupied housing units in 2010 had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum, higher than the proportion of 59.0 percent recorded in 2000.  Occupied housing units with roofs made of cogon/nipa/anahaw decreased from 34.1 percent in 2000 to 20.8 percent in 2010.

 

           

In 2010, 59.7 percent of the total 35,462 households owned or amortized the lots that they occupied.  The corresponding figure in 2000 was 45.4 percent of the 27,465 households.

 

Moreover, 34.9 percent of the households occupied lots which were rent-free but with consent of the owner, 2.1 percent rented the lots that they occupied while 1.6 percent occupied lots which were rent-free but without consent of the owner.

 

 

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