TABLE 2A.  TOTAL FAMILY INCOME AND GROWTH RATE AT CURRENT PRICES,
           BY REGION 1997 AND 2000

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        REGION               INCOME (IN P1,000)    | GROWTH RATE
                          1997             2000    | 1997-2000
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PHILIPPINES          1,748,060,769   2,206,501,353     26.2

   NCR                 539,814,704     657,761,968     21.8
   CAR                  29,105,144      39,015,668     34.1
   ILOCOS               79,814,082      97,431,803     22.1
   CAGAYAN VALLEY       50,975,066      61,161,985     20.0
   CENTRAL LUZON       191,173,438     232,125,130     21.4
   SOUTHERN TAGALOG    256,557,127     371,219,230     44.7
   BICOL                74,731,309      97,827,967     30.9
   WESTERN VISAYAS     108,460,218     134,881,971     24.4
   CENTRAL VISAYAS      89,148,704     110,105,343     23.5
   EASTERN VISAYAS      50,921,314      67,740,406     33.0
   WESTERN MINDANAO     48,600,969      51,882,533      6.8
   NORTHERN MINDANAO    52,542,497      59,213,914     12.7
   SOUTHERN MINDANAO    84,059,712     115,343,370     37.2
   CENTRAL MINDANAO     36,454,544      46,985,406     28.9
   A.R.M.M.             26,665,707      30,352,243     13.8
   CARAGA               29,036,234      33,452,418     15.2

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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