Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental

Bacolod City (Negros Occidental) is the most crowded of the 32 cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental: 3,888 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 32 cities and municipalities, ordered by people for every km² of land, 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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Densest cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental, top 32
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Bacolod City	Negros Occidental	624,787	600,783	+4.0%	3,888
2	Pulupandan	Negros Occidental	31,942	30,117	+6.1%	1,728
3	Valladolid	Negros Occidental	40,487	39,996	+1.2%	1,012
4	San Enrique	Negros Occidental	24,424	24,177	+1.0%	873
5	Victorias City	Negros Occidental	90,290	90,101	+0.2%	739
6	Hinigaran	Negros Occidental	90,403	88,909	+1.7%	585
7	Manapla	Negros Occidental	55,882	55,083	+1.5%	576
8	Silay City	Negros Occidental	136,802	130,478	+4.9%	523
9	Talisay City	Negros Occidental	109,204	108,909	+0.3%	521
10	La Carlota City	Negros Occidental	67,740	66,664	+1.6%	520
11	Bago City	Negros Occidental	192,993	191,210	+0.9%	519
12	Escalante City	Negros Occidental	97,050	96,159	+0.9%	515
13	Sagay City	Negros Occidental	152,543	148,894	+2.5%	501
14	Pontevedra	Negros Occidental	54,941	54,502	+0.8%	495
15	Enrique B. Magalona	Negros Occidental	65,730	64,290	+2.2%	448
16	La Castellana	Negros Occidental	82,500	79,492	+3.8%	392
17	Toboso	Negros Occidental	44,973	43,445	+3.5%	371
18	Binalbagan	Negros Occidental	72,594	71,407	+1.7%	350
19	Isabela	Negros Occidental	65,399	64,516	+1.4%	343
20	Moises Padilla	Negros Occidental	44,864	43,462	+3.2%	321
21	San Carlos City	Negros Occidental	133,175	132,650	+0.4%	313
22	Cadiz City	Negros Occidental	161,558	158,544	+1.9%	312
23	Himamaylan City	Negros Occidental	117,286	116,240	+0.9%	306
24	Kabankalan City	Negros Occidental	210,893	200,198	+5.3%	302
25	Murcia	Negros Occidental	90,123	88,868	+1.4%	276
26	Calatrava	Negros Occidental	83,813	82,540	+1.5%	260
27	Cauayan	Negros Occidental	110,899	108,480	+2.2%	226
28	Ilog	Negros Occidental	63,444	59,855	+6.0%	197
29	Sipalay City	Negros Occidental	73,847	72,448	+1.9%	190
30	Salvador Benedicto	Negros Occidental	28,231	26,922	+4.9%	166
31	Hinoba-an	Negros Occidental	64,364	60,865	+5.8%	159
32	Candoni	Negros Occidental	22,083	23,751	−7.0%	100

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. Areas are the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist.

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
2.Philippine Statistics Authority, from the Land Management Bureau (DENR). Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 2015, 2020, and 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0221A6DLPD0). 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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