Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Central Luzon

San Jose Del Monte City (Bulacan) is the largest of the 130 cities and municipalities in Central Luzon, with 685,688 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 130 cities and municipalities, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Largest cities and municipalities in Central Luzon, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	San Jose Del Monte City	Bulacan	685,688	651,813	+5.2%
2	Angeles City	Pampanga	483,452	462,928	+4.4%
3	Tarlac City	Tarlac	401,892	385,398	+4.3%
4	San Fernando City	Pampanga	377,534	354,666	+6.5%
5	Cabanatuan City	Nueva Ecija	343,672	327,325	+5.0%
6	Santa Maria	Bulacan	322,525	289,820	+11.3%
7	Mabalacat City	Pampanga	306,594	293,244	+4.6%
8	Malolos City	Bulacan	269,809	261,189	+3.3%
9	Olongapo City	Zambales	264,903	260,317	+1.8%
10	Marilao	Bulacan	263,507	254,453	+3.6%
11	Meycauayan City	Bulacan	228,023	225,673	+1.0%
12	Lubao	Pampanga	190,355	173,502	+9.7%
13	Mexico	Pampanga	187,597	173,403	+8.2%
14	San Miguel	Bulacan	179,792	172,073	+4.5%
15	Concepcion	Tarlac	178,549	169,953	+5.1%
16	Baliwag City	Bulacan	174,194	168,470	+3.4%
17	Pandi	Bulacan	162,725	155,115	+4.9%
18	Capas	Tarlac	162,724	156,056	+4.3%
19	San Jose City	Nueva Ecija	156,714	150,917	+3.8%
20	Mariveles	Bataan	156,200	149,879	+4.2%
21	Arayat	Pampanga	150,949	144,875	+4.2%
22	Bocaue	Bulacan	147,755	141,412	+4.5%
23	Porac	Pampanga	147,551	140,751	+4.8%
24	Floridablanca	Pampanga	146,095	135,542	+7.8%
25	Norzagaray	Bulacan	140,697	136,064	+3.4%
26	Guagua	Pampanga	137,948	128,893	+7.0%
27	Talavera	Nueva Ecija	137,444	132,338	+3.9%
28	Hagonoy	Bulacan	136,673	133,448	+2.4%
29	Magalang	Pampanga	133,883	124,188	+7.8%
30	Guimba	Nueva Ecija	131,468	127,653	+3.0%
31	Gapan City	Nueva Ecija	129,610	122,968	+5.4%
32	Dinalupihan	Bataan	124,188	118,209	+5.1%
33	Candaba	Pampanga	124,019	119,497	+3.8%
34	San Ildefonso	Bulacan	123,140	115,713	+6.4%
35	Calumpit	Bulacan	122,187	118,471	+3.1%
36	Apalit	Pampanga	121,057	117,160	+3.3%
37	Plaridel	Bulacan	120,939	114,432	+5.7%
38	Guiguinto	Bulacan	118,173	113,415	+4.2%
39	Subic	Zambales	116,788	111,912	+4.4%
40	Pulilan	Bulacan	111,384	108,836	+2.3%
41	Balanga City	Bataan	109,931	104,173	+5.5%
42	San Rafael	Bulacan	108,256	103,097	+5.0%
43	Paniqui	Tarlac	106,190	103,003	+3.1%
44	Gerona	Tarlac	97,937	94,485	+3.7%
45	Camiling	Tarlac	91,400	87,319	+4.7%
46	Cabiao	Nueva Ecija	89,497	85,862	+4.2%
47	Science City of Muñoz	Nueva Ecija	85,061	84,308	+0.9%
48	San Antonio	Nueva Ecija	84,958	83,060	+2.3%
49	Jaen	Nueva Ecija	83,895	79,189	+5.9%
50	Bulacan	Bulacan	83,101	81,232	+2.3%
51	Macabebe	Pampanga	82,933	78,151	+6.1%
52	Limay	Bataan	81,960	78,272	+4.7%
53	Bamban	Tarlac	81,012	78,260	+3.5%
54	Bustos	Bulacan	80,565	77,199	+4.4%
55	Hermosa	Bataan	80,557	77,443	+4.0%
56	Santa Rosa	Nueva Ecija	80,258	75,649	+6.1%
57	Balagtas	Bulacan	80,221	77,018	+4.2%
58	Orani	Bataan	72,941	70,342	+3.7%
59	Aliaga	Nueva Ecija	72,134	70,363	+2.5%
60	La Paz	Tarlac	71,978	68,952	+4.4%
61	Rizal	Nueva Ecija	71,749	70,196	+2.2%
62	Victoria	Tarlac	71,495	69,370	+3.1%
63	Cuyapo	Nueva Ecija	70,919	68,066	+4.2%
64	Botolan	Zambales	70,340	66,739	+5.4%
65	Castillejos	Zambales	70,105	67,889	+3.3%
66	Bongabon	Nueva Ecija	69,376	66,839	+3.8%
67	San Leonardo	Nueva Ecija	69,180	68,536	+0.9%
68	Angat	Bulacan	67,862	65,617	+3.4%
69	Moncada	Tarlac	66,925	62,819	+6.5%
70	Santa Cruz	Zambales	66,647	63,839	+4.4%
71	San Simon	Pampanga	65,760	59,182	+11.1%
72	San Luis	Pampanga	64,674	58,551	+10.5%
73	Santo Domingo	Nueva Ecija	63,750	61,092	+4.4%
74	Santa Ana	Pampanga	63,431	61,537	+3.1%
75	Orion	Bataan	63,044	60,771	+3.7%
76	Obando	Bulacan	61,073	59,978	+1.8%
77	Iba	Zambales	59,580	55,581	+7.2%
78	Bacolor	Pampanga	59,361	48,066	+23.5%
79	Paombong	Bulacan	58,453	55,696	+5.0%
80	General Tinio	Nueva Ecija	58,093	55,925	+3.9%
81	Masantol	Pampanga	57,207	57,990	−1.4%
82	Masinloc	Zambales	56,579	54,529	+3.8%
83	Zaragoza	Nueva Ecija	55,657	53,090	+4.8%
84	San Isidro	Nueva Ecija	55,108	54,372	+1.4%
85	Santa Ignacia	Tarlac	53,620	51,626	+3.9%
86	Minalin	Pampanga	50,126	48,380	+3.6%
87	Palayan City	Nueva Ecija	47,883	45,383	+5.5%
88	Lupao	Nueva Ecija	47,175	45,917	+2.7%
89	Pilar	Bataan	47,107	46,239	+1.9%
90	Maria Aurora	Aurora	45,972	44,958	+2.3%
91	Abucay	Bataan	44,846	42,984	+4.3%
92	Baler	Aurora	44,684	43,785	+2.1%
93	Llanera	Nueva Ecija	44,620	42,281	+5.5%
94	Sto. Tomas	Pampanga	44,376	42,846	+3.6%
95	General Mamerto Natividad	Nueva Ecija	43,779	44,311	−1.2%
96	Carranglan	Nueva Ecija	43,694	42,420	+3.0%
97	Palauig	Zambales	43,250	39,784	+8.7%
98	San Jose	Tarlac	43,185	41,182	+4.9%
99	Santa Rita	Pampanga	42,915	48,209	−11.0%
100	Quezon	Nueva Ecija	42,621	41,845	+1.9%

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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