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