TABLE 1A.  TOTAL FAMILIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES,
           BY REGION: 1997 AND 2000

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                    TOTAL FAMILIES (IN 1,000)|           INCOME  (IN P1,000)
        REGION          1997        2000     |           1997     |           2000
                                             |       TOTAL     %  |    TOTAL        %
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PHILIPPINES           14,192      15,270      1,748,060,769  100.0 2,206,501,353  100.0

   NCR                 1,992       2,189        539,814,704   30.9   657,761,968   29.8
   CAR                   259         275         29,105,144    1.7    39,015,668    1.8
   ILOCOS                778         808         79,814,082    4.6    97,431,803    4.4
   CAGAYAN VALLEY        587         567         50,975,066    2.9    61,161,985    2.8
   CENTRAL LUZON       1,436       1,517        191,173,438   10.9   232,125,130   10.5
   SOUTHERN TAGALOG    1,938       2,275        256,557,127   14.7   371,219,230   16.8
   BICOL                 969       1,097         74,731,309    4.3    97,827,967    4.4
   WESTERN VISAYAS     1,250       1,212        108,460,218    6.2   134,881,971    6.1
   CENTRAL VISAYAS     1,046       1,105         89,148,704    5.1   110,105,343    5.0
   EASTERN VISAYAS       751         737         50,921,314    2.9    67,740,406    3.1
   WESTERN MINDANAO      557         604         48,600,969    2.8    51,882,533    2.4
   NORTHERN MINDANAO     528         536         52,542,497    3.0    59,213,914    2.7
   SOUTHERN MINDANAO     890       1,033         84,059,712    4.8   115,343,370    5.2
   CENTRAL MINDANAO      450         514         36,454,544    2.1    46,985,406    2.1
   A.R.M.M.              356         394         26,665,707    1.5    30,352,243    1.4
   CARAGA                405         409         29,036,234    1.7    33,452,418    1.5

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Source:  Preliminary Results of 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines