SPECIAL RELEASE

ETHNICITY IN CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO 

(2020 Census of Population and Housing)

About nine in every ten household population has Tagalog as ethnicity

Approximately 93.8 percent (9 out of 10) of Calapan City's 145.18 thousand household population in 2020 identified as Tagalog. Other major ethnicities included Bisaya/Binisaya (2.0%), Ilocano (1.1%), and Bikol/Bicol (0.7%).

Tagalog is the dominant ethnic group in almost all barangays

100.0 percent (62 out of 62) of barangays in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, identified Tagalog as their dominant ethnicity. The barangays of Batino (99.5%), Gulod (99.6%), Maidlang (99.9%), and Wawa (99.2%) exhibited the highest level of ethnic homogeneity, with a very high percentage of residents (almost 10 out of 10) identifying as Tagalog.

Conversely, barangay Bucayao (81.3%) and barangay Bondoc (85.3%) displayed a lower degree of ethnic homogeneity compared to other barangays.

Majority of the household population are Non-Indigenous Peoples

Among the 145.18 thousand household population, 143.72 (or 99.0%) identified as non-Indigenous Peoples (non-IPs). The remaining 1,465 residents belong to the following categories: Indigenous Peoples (IPs) identified by the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP): 889 (0.6%), Foreign ethnicities: 355 (0.3%), Individuals identified as both IPs and Muslim tribes by NCIP and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF): 205 (0.1%), Muslim tribes identified by the NCMF: 15 (0.01%).

Indigenous Peoples comprise less than one percent of the household population

In 2020, IPs identified by NCIP comprised 1.11 thousand or 0.8 percent of the 145.18 thousand household population in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The top five IP groups in the barangay accounted for about 59.8 percent of the total IPs. Mangyan-Alangan ranked first with 199 persons (17.9%), followed by Maranao with 170 persons (15.3%), and Mangyan-Hanunuo with 159 persons (14.3%).

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 220 persons or 0.15 percent of the 145.18 thousand household population in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. Among the Muslim tribes in the barangay, Maranao holds the largest share with 170 persons (77.3%), followed by Tausog/Tausug with 18 persons (8.2%).

About two fifths of the household population with foreign ethnicity are of Chinese descent

Of the 145.18 thousand household population in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, 355 persons or 0.24 percent were reported to have foreign ethnicity. The top five foreign ethnicities accounted for 272 persons or 76.6 percent of the total foreign ethnicity in the barangay. Chinese ranked first with 146 persons (41.1%), followed by those with Indian ethnicity with 46 persons (13.0%).

Statistics presented in this Special Release were based on the information provided by the respondent pertaining to all members of the household.

The 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