TABLE 1B.  TOTAL FAMILIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL INCOME AT 1997 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 1,808,141,899  100.0

   NCR                1,992       2,189        539,814,704   30.9   542,425,987   30.0
   CAR                  259         275         29,105,144    1.7    32,177,324    1.8
   ILOCOS               778         808         79,814,082    4.6    79,828,307    4.4
   CAGAYAN VALLEY       587         567         50,975,066    2.9    49,517,760    2.7
   CENTRAL LUZON      1,436       1,517        191,173,438   10.9   190,128,807   10.5
   SOUTHERN TAGALOG   1,938       2,275        256,557,127   14.7   301,479,414   16.7
   BICOL                969       1,097         74,731,309    4.3    78,822,783    4.4
   WESTERN VISAYAS    1,250       1,212        108,460,218    6.2   112,262,589    6.2
   CENTRAL VISAYAS    1,046       1,105         89,148,704    5.1    86,109,783    4.8
   EASTERN VISAYAS      751         737         50,921,314    2.9    55,499,214    3.1
   WESTERN MINDANAO     557         604         48,600,969    2.8    42,900,901    2.4
   NORTHERN MINDANAO    528         536         52,542,497    3.0    48,504,189    2.7
   SOUTHERN MINDANAO    890       1,033         84,059,712    4.8    98,030,006    5.4
   CENTRAL MINDANAO     450         514         36,454,544    2.1    39,614,510    2.2
   A.R.M.M.             356         394         26,665,707    1.5    23,273,055    1.3
   CARAGA               405         409         29,036,234    1.7    27,567,270    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