Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Ilocos Region

San Carlos City (Pangasinan) is the largest of the 125 cities and municipalities in Ilocos Region, with 208,330 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 125 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 Ilocos Region, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	San Carlos City	Pangasinan	208,330	205,424	+1.4%
2	Dagupan City	Pangasinan	174,777	174,302	+0.3%
3	Urdaneta City	Pangasinan	145,935	144,577	+0.9%
4	Malasiqui	Pangasinan	144,344	143,094	+0.9%
5	Bayambang	Pangasinan	129,506	129,011	+0.4%
6	San Fernando City	La Union	124,809	125,640	−0.7%
7	Mangaldan	Pangasinan	113,302	113,185	+0.1%
8	Laoag City	Ilocos Norte	112,117	111,651	+0.4%
9	Lingayen	Pangasinan	108,510	107,728	+0.7%
10	Calasiao	Pangasinan	100,686	100,471	+0.2%
11	Alaminos City	Pangasinan	100,430	99,397	+1.0%
12	Santa Barbara	Pangasinan	92,420	92,187	+0.3%
13	Binmaley	Pangasinan	88,006	86,881	+1.3%
14	San Fabian	Pangasinan	87,714	87,428	+0.3%
15	Bolinao	Pangasinan	84,658	83,979	+0.8%
16	Mangatarem	Pangasinan	79,648	79,323	+0.4%
17	Umingan	Pangasinan	78,940	77,074	+2.4%
18	Bauang	La Union	77,670	78,449	−1.0%
19	Manaoag	Pangasinan	76,606	76,045	+0.7%
20	Bugallon	Pangasinan	76,027	74,962	+1.4%
21	Pozorrubio	Pangasinan	75,143	74,729	+0.6%
22	Rosales	Pangasinan	67,510	66,711	+1.2%
23	Agoo	La Union	65,256	66,028	−1.2%
24	Villasis	Pangasinan	65,086	65,047	+0.1%
25	Candon City	Ilocos Sur	61,315	61,432	−0.2%
26	Rosario	La Union	58,797	60,278	−2.5%
27	Asingan	Pangasinan	58,349	57,811	+0.9%
28	San Manuel	Pangasinan	56,876	54,271	+4.8%
29	Batac City	Ilocos Norte	56,781	55,484	+2.3%
30	Binalonan	Pangasinan	56,560	56,382	+0.3%
31	Urbiztondo	Pangasinan	56,349	55,557	+1.4%
32	Vigan City	Ilocos Sur	54,498	53,935	+1.0%
33	Naguilian	La Union	53,443	52,189	+2.4%
34	Bani	Pangasinan	52,715	52,603	+0.2%
35	Sison	Pangasinan	51,439	52,320	−1.7%
36	Aringay	La Union	50,786	50,380	+0.8%
37	Alcala	Pangasinan	49,479	48,908	+1.2%
38	Narvacan	Ilocos Sur	46,265	46,234	+0.1%
39	Tayug	Pangasinan	45,476	45,241	+0.5%
40	Aguilar	Pangasinan	45,363	45,100	+0.6%
41	Bacnotan	La Union	45,203	44,388	+1.8%
42	San Jacinto	Pangasinan	44,713	44,351	+0.8%
43	Santo Tomas	La Union	42,777	40,846	+4.7%
44	Anda	Pangasinan	42,688	41,548	+2.7%
45	Tagudin	Ilocos Sur	41,606	41,538	+0.2%
46	San Juan	La Union	41,319	40,507	+2.0%
47	Santa Cruz	Ilocos Sur	41,296	41,366	−0.2%
48	Balaoan	La Union	40,440	40,339	+0.3%
49	Dingras	Ilocos Norte	40,176	40,127	+0.1%
50	San Nicolas	Pangasinan	40,144	39,778	+0.9%
51	San Nicolas	Ilocos Norte	39,116	38,895	+0.6%
52	Cabugao	Ilocos Sur	38,981	38,884	+0.3%
53	Sual	Pangasinan	38,625	39,091	−1.2%
54	Mapandan	Pangasinan	38,228	38,058	+0.5%
55	Bangar	La Union	38,190	38,041	+0.4%
56	Luna	La Union	38,076	37,318	+2.0%
57	Basista	Pangasinan	37,840	37,679	+0.4%
58	Bantay	Ilocos Sur	37,088	37,118	−0.1%
59	Bautista	Pangasinan	35,728	35,398	+0.9%
60	Vintar	Ilocos Norte	35,051	33,339	+5.1%
61	Laoac	Pangasinan	34,550	34,128	+1.2%
62	Santa Maria	Pangasinan	34,452	34,220	+0.7%
63	San Quintin	Pangasinan	34,322	33,980	+1.0%
64	Badoc	Ilocos Norte	32,832	32,530	+0.9%
65	Bacarra	Ilocos Norte	32,734	33,496	−2.3%
66	Magsingal	Ilocos Sur	31,970	31,308	+2.1%
67	Tubao	La Union	31,868	31,763	+0.3%
68	Dasol	Pangasinan	31,842	31,355	+1.6%
69	Balungao	Pangasinan	30,678	30,004	+2.3%
70	Pasuquin	Ilocos Norte	30,521	29,678	+2.8%
71	Santa Maria	Ilocos Sur	30,076	30,006	+0.2%
72	Santo Domingo	Ilocos Sur	29,372	29,041	+1.1%
73	Agno	Pangasinan	29,270	29,947	−2.3%
74	Labrador	Pangasinan	26,995	26,811	+0.7%
75	Infanta	Pangasinan	26,837	26,242	+2.3%
76	Natividad	Pangasinan	26,721	25,771	+3.7%
77	San Juan	Ilocos Sur	26,709	26,674	+0.1%
78	Mabini	Pangasinan	26,589	26,454	+0.5%
79	Sarrat	Ilocos Norte	26,294	25,186	+4.4%
80	Solsona	Ilocos Norte	26,249	24,851	+5.6%
81	Santa Lucia	Ilocos Sur	26,200	25,966	+0.9%
82	Sinait	Ilocos Sur	26,059	25,998	+0.2%
83	Pagudpud	Ilocos Norte	25,565	25,098	+1.9%
84	Paoay	Ilocos Norte	24,204	25,001	−3.2%
85	Caba	La Union	23,432	23,119	+1.4%
86	Burgos	Pangasinan	23,240	23,749	−2.1%
87	Piddig	Ilocos Norte	22,781	22,475	+1.4%
88	Cervantes	Ilocos Sur	20,065	19,449	+3.2%
89	Santiago	Ilocos Sur	19,771	19,471	+1.5%
90	Caoayan	Ilocos Sur	19,715	19,574	+0.7%
91	Banna	Ilocos Norte	19,363	19,297	+0.3%
92	Pugo	La Union	19,107	19,337	−1.2%
93	San Gabriel	La Union	18,579	18,943	−1.9%
94	Marcos	Ilocos Norte	18,105	18,010	+0.5%
95	Pinili	Ilocos Norte	17,705	17,626	+0.5%
96	Sudipen	La Union	16,888	17,187	−1.7%
97	Bangui	Ilocos Norte	15,227	15,019	+1.4%
98	Santa	Ilocos Sur	15,164	14,992	+1.2%
99	Santo Tomas	Pangasinan	14,894	14,878	+0.1%
100	Santol	La Union	14,877	14,166	+5.0%

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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