Dear eFOI user,
Thank you for your request dated August 9, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You have requested the La Union Demographics
We are pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.
In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:
1. Population and Demographics - Annual population by municiplaity/city in La Union, including age distribution
Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/reports
For our 2024 Census of Population, our data is limited to population by barangay:
2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook Chapter 1: Population and Housing:
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
Population:
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1A__PO/?tablelist=true
2. Functional Literacy and Internet Access - Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Survey (FLEMMS) results for Region I, with provincial breakdown for La Union, and household internet access
Three in Every Four Persons Aged 5-24 Years Are Currently Attending
School (2020 Census of Population and Housing):
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684063635
Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old
and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing):
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059980
Annual Poverty Indicator Survey:
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis
you may refer to our Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were
Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023:
https://psa.gov.ph/content/four-out-five-children-aged-5-24-years-were-attending-school-school-year-2022-2023
Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey:
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media
Apayao and Benguet Topped the Country’s Basic and Functional Literacy Rates in 2024
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/node/1684076281
2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development:
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
You may also refer to our OpenSTAT:
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G04/?tablelist=true
3. ICT Connectivity - Internet coverage mapping and Free Wi-Fi for All programs site iin La Union.
Percentage of Households with Internet Connection Increased to 48.8 percent in 2024; Two in Every Three Individuals Aged 10 Years and Over Used the Internet
https://psa.gov.ph/content/percentage-households-internet-connection-increased-488-percent-2024-two-every-three
More than 50 million have Access to the Internet (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059979
Table A. Households Reporting Presence of Household Conveniences/Devices/Vehicle At Home by Region: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/SR_Statistical%20Tables_Household%20Convenience.xlsx
Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS):
https://psa.gov.ph/content/annual-poverty-indicators-survey-apis
Table 3.8 Families Who Used Internet and Made Online Transactions in the Last 6 months by Region and Residence: Philippines
Functional literacy rate of Filipinos by exposure to different forms of mass media ranges from 92.6 percent to 97.1 percent in 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/content/functional-literacy-rate-filipinos-exposure-different-forms-mass-media-ranges-926-percent
National Information and Communications Technology Household Survey https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/nicths
You may also refer to our OpenSTAT: 17.8.1 Proportion of individuals using the Internet, by sex
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G17/0083I3D178A.px/?rxid=d30294e0-93a0-4026-b16f-7ed84cc5f12f
For other sources, you may also visit the following websites:
(For Time series Data) OpenStat: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/
(For Microdata/PUF) PSADA: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/
(For Online Publication) Digital Library: https://library.psa.gov.ph/
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
Jing B. Jalisan
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge, Assistant National Statistician
Information Technology and Dissemination Service
