Philippines: Negros Island Region (NIR) Profile*

POPULATION
2 19 38 1,219
Negros Island Region is the 18th and newest region of the
Philippines, created on 29 May 2015. It comprises the urbanized
city of Bacolod and the provinces of Negros Occidental and Source: PSA 2015 Census
Negros Oriental, along with outlying islands and islets. The
NIR population NIR households
2.17M
PROVINCES CITIES MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS
island is the fourth largest in the country with a total land

4.41 1.01
area of 13,309.60 square kilometres.
49.2%
Visayan Sea million million
Female
Cadiz

60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
65+

5-9
0-4
Population statistics trend
Male

50.8%
Guimaras Strait
4.41M 3.68M
Bacolod 2015 Census 2010 Census 2.24M
Bago
POVERTY LIVELIHOOD
Source: PSA 2015 Source: PSA (QuickStat) 2016

Poverty incidence among population (%)

Negros Occidental province
Labor force
60%

70.3%
45%
32.3%
Negros
Tañon Strait Occidental 30%
NEGROS 30.4%
29.0% Participation
28.2%
OCCIDENTAL Negros
Oriental
15% rate
Panay Gulf 0
2006 2009 2012 2015
18.6%
Poverty incidence among population (%) Under
Negros Oriental province employment
60%
50.1%
rate
45%

30%
42.9%
45.0% 96.0%
Employment
NEGROS 0 - 14 15 - 26 27 - 39 40 - 56 57 - 84 33.2%
rate
ORIENTAL
15%
% Poverty incidence
0
2006 2009 2012 2015

Legend
Provincial capital
Bais HEALTH EDUCATION
Source: DOH (Personnel 2012/Facilities 2016) Source: PSA 2010/DepEd 2016
Major city
Tanjay
Major airport Facilities
Minor airport (Philippines only)
Major port
Active volcano
Region boundary
Province boundary
Bayawan Dumaguete 38 1,661
Primary road Hospitals Primary schools
Secondary road (government/private)
Main river

Population Density (per km2)

1,083 60 382K 345K

0-5
6 - 25
26 - 50 Sulu Sea Apo Island
51 - 100
Barangay Rural
101 - 500
health health Male primary Female primary
501 - 2,500
2,501 - 5,000 stations units school students school students
> 5,000

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. * Data/information on other indicators are still covered under
Creation date: January 2017 Sources: PSA, DSWD (NHTS), DOH, OCD/NDRRMC, DEPED, FNRI, Project NOAH, NAMRIA, GADM, SRTM Feedback: addawe@un.org, mendoza1@un.org, aportol@un.org www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info Regions 6 (Negros Occidental) and 7 (Negros Oriental)