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Reference Number :
2024-SR-036

 

SPECIAL RELEASE

ETHNICITY IN VICTORIA, ORIENTAL MINDORO (2020 Census of Population and Housing)

 

About seven in every ten household population has Tagalog as ethnicity

Approximately 70.9% (7 out of 10) of Victoria's 52.16 thousand household population in 2020 identified as Tagalog. Other major ethnicities included Ilocano (14.0%), Tadyawan Mangyan (4.6%), and Bisaya/Binisaya (4.3%).

 

 

Tagalog is the dominant ethnic group in almost all barangays

About 88.0 percent (28 out of 32) of barangays in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, identified Tagalog as their dominant ethnicity. The barangays of Mabini (92.8%), and Poblacion I (94.2%) exhibited the highest level of ethnic homogeneity, with a very high percentage of residents identifying as Tagalog.

Two barangays reported Mangyan-Tadyawan as the dominant ethnicity such as Concepcion (48.0%) adn Villa Cerveza (45.0%).

 

 

Majority of the household population are Non-Indigenous Peoples

Among the 52.16 thousand household population, 48.75 (or 93.8%) identified as non Indigenous Peoples (non-IPs). The remaining 3,408 residents belong to the following categories: Indigenous Peoples (IPs) identified by the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP): 3,355 (6.4%), Foreign ethnicities: 36 (0.07%), Individuals identified as both IPs and Muslim tribes by NCIP and National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF): 14 (0.03%), Muslim tribes identified by the NCMF: 3 (0.006%).

 

 

Indigenous Peoples comprise 6.5 percent of the household population

In 2020, IPs identified by NCIP comprised 3.37 thousand or 6.5 percent of the 52.16 thousand household population in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. The top five IP groups in the barangay accounted for about 92.6 percent of the total IPs. Mangyan-Tadyawan ranked first with 2,407 persons (71.4%), followed by Mangyan-Alangan with 308 persons (9.1%), and Mangyan Bangon with 217 persons (6.4%).

 

 

Muslim tribes make up less than one percent of the household population

Muslim tribes identified by NCMF, including the tribes that were also identified as IPs by the NCIP, accounted for 17 persons or 0.03 percent of the 52.16 thousand household population in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. Among the Muslim tribes, Maguindanao holds the largest share with 11 persons (64.7%), followed by T’duray/Teduray with 3 persons (17.6%).

 

 

Around thirty percent of the household population with foreign ethnicity are of Swiss descent

Of the 52.16 thousand household population in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, 36 persons or 0.07 percent were reported to have foreign ethnicity. The top five foreign ethnicities accounted for 24 persons or 66.7 percent of the total foreign ethnicity in the barangay. Swiss ranked first with 11 persons (30.6%), followed by those with Indian ethnicity with 5 persons (13.9%).

 

 

The statistics presented in this Special Release were based on the information provided by the respondent pertaining to all members of the household. Tha categories of ethnicity were provided by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. In the 2020 CPH, data on the ethnicity of all household members were collected by asking the respondent, “What is __________’s ethnicity by descent/blood/ relation/consanguinity?”

 

(SGD) DONNA MARIE D. MOBE
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office