Population of Batangas increased at the rate of 2.24 percent annually
Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of Batangas posted a total population of 2,377,395 persons as of May 1, 2010. This is larger by 472,047 persons compared to its total population of 1,905,348 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 2.24 percent. This is lower than the 2.58 percent annual PGR of the province between the census years 1990 and 2000.
If the average annual PGR recorded at 2.24 percent during the period 2000 to 2010 continues, the population of Batangas would double in 31 years.
Fifty years ago, the population of Batangas was only 681,414 persons. The population size is less than one third of the population of the province in the 2010 CPH.
Among the three cities and 31 municipalities comprising the province of Batangas, Batangas City, the provincial capital, was the most populous with a population size making up 12.9 percent of the total provincial population. Lipa City and the City of Tanauan followed with 11.9 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively. The municipality of Santo Tomas was fourth with 5.2 percent share; followed by the municipality of Nasugbu (5.2 percent) and Rosario (4.4 percent).
The least populated area was the municipality of Tingloy with 0.7 percent share to the total population of the province. It was also the least populated area in 2000.
Sex ratio remained at 101 males per 100 females
Of the 2,374,327 household population in 2010, males accounted for 50.1 percent while females comprised 49.9 percent. These figures resulted in a sex ratio of 101 males for every 100 females, which is similar to the sex ratio recorded in 2000.
Median age increased to 24.4 years
In 2010, the median age of the population of the province was 24.4 years, which means that half of the population was younger than 24.4 years. This is higher than the median age of 22.2 years that was recorded in 2000.
Moreover, nearly one in every three persons (32.1 percent) were under 15 years old. Children aged 5 to 9 years comprised the largest age group (10.8 percent), followed by those in the age groups 0 to 4 years (10.7 percent) and 10 to 14 years (10.6 percent). Males outnumbered females in the age groups 0 to 54 years. On the other hand, there were more females than males in the older age groups (55 years old and over).
More than half of the population were of voting age
In 2010, the young dependents (0 to 14 years) comprised 32.1 percent of the household population while the old dependents (65 years and over) posted a share of 4.8 percent. The working-age population (15 to 64 years) accounted for the remaining 63.2 percent.
Of the household population 10 years old and over, 47.6 percent were married while 42.6 percent were never married. The rest of the population were categorized as follows: widowed, 4.5 percent; common-law/live-in marital arrangement, 3.9 percent; divorced/separated, 1.3 percent.
Among the never-married persons, 53.3 percent were males while 46.7 percent were females. For the rest of the categories for marital status, the females outnumbered the males.
More females had attained higher levels of education
Of the household population aged five years and over, 34.3 percent had attended or completed elementary education, 35.7 percent had reached or finished high school, 8.9 percent were college undergraduates, and 11.2 percent were academic degree holders. Among those with an academic degree, the females (58.3 percent) outnumbered the males (41.7 percent). Similarly, more females (67.3 percent) than males (32.7 percent) had pursued post baccalaureate courses.
Persons with disability comprised 1.8 percent of the population in the province
In 2010, around 1.7 percent (or 41,400 persons) of the 2,374,327 household population had a disability. This proportion of persons with disability (PWD is higher to the proportion in 2000, which was 1.2 percent of the 1,902,241 household population of the province during that year. The number of PWD for the same year was around 22,600.
There were more females than males among those with functional difficulty
Of the 2,120,412 household population five years and over, 2.4 percent (or 50,173 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 (55.4 percent) than males (44.6 percent) among those persons with at least one type of functional difficulty.
Moreover, of the total 50,173 persons aged five years and over with at least one type of functional difficulty, 60.8 percent reported difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses. There were 30.3 percent who had difficulty in walking or climbing steps; 20.3 percent had difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid; 15.9 percent had difficulty in remembering or concentrating; 15.9 percent had difficulty in communicating; and 13.3 percent had difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing).
Male overseas workers outnumbered their female counterparts
Of the 1,864,905 household population 10 years old and over in the province of Batangas, 4.3 percent (or 80,763 persons) were overseas workers. Male overseas workers outnumbered their female counterparts. They comprised 62.8 percent of all the overseas workers from this province. Overseas workers aged 45 years and over made up the largest age group, comprising 22.9 percent of the total overseas workers from this province in 2010, followed by the age groups 30 to 34 years (18.3 percent), 35 to 39 years (17.2 percent), and 25 to 29 years (16.9 percent).
Average household size was 4.6 persons
The number of households in 2010 was recorded at 511,530 higher by 136,763 households compared with the 374,767 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.