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Fastest-growing cities and municipalities in Nueva Ecija

Santa Rosa (Nueva Ecija) grew fastest of the 32 cities and municipalities in Nueva Ecija that can be compared: up 6.1%, from 75,649 people in 2020 to 80,258 in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 32 cities and municipalities, ordered by how many more people they had in 2024 than in 2020, in percent, 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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Fastest-growing cities and municipalities in Nueva Ecija, top 32
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020
1Santa RosaNueva Ecija80,25875,649+6.1%
2JaenNueva Ecija83,89579,189+5.9%
3NampicuanNueva Ecija15,29714,471+5.7%
4LlaneraNueva Ecija44,62042,281+5.5%
5Palayan CityNueva Ecija47,88345,383+5.5%
6Gapan CityNueva Ecija129,610122,968+5.4%
7LaurNueva Ecija40,18538,263+5.0%
8Cabanatuan CityNueva Ecija343,672327,325+5.0%
9TalugtugNueva Ecija26,46925,236+4.9%
10ZaragozaNueva Ecija55,65753,090+4.8%
11Santo DomingoNueva Ecija63,75061,092+4.4%
12CabiaoNueva Ecija89,49785,862+4.2%
13CuyapoNueva Ecija70,91968,066+4.2%
14General TinioNueva Ecija58,09355,925+3.9%
15TalaveraNueva Ecija137,444132,338+3.9%
16San Jose CityNueva Ecija156,714150,917+3.8%
17BongabonNueva Ecija69,37666,839+3.8%
18GabaldonNueva Ecija40,22338,958+3.3%
19CarranglanNueva Ecija43,69442,420+3.0%
20GuimbaNueva Ecija131,468127,653+3.0%
21PantabanganNueva Ecija32,69431,763+2.9%
22LupaoNueva Ecija47,17545,917+2.7%
23AliagaNueva Ecija72,13470,363+2.5%
24PeñarandaNueva Ecija33,04332,269+2.4%
25San AntonioNueva Ecija84,95883,060+2.3%
26RizalNueva Ecija71,74970,196+2.2%
27QuezonNueva Ecija42,62141,845+1.9%
28San IsidroNueva Ecija55,10854,372+1.4%
29LicabNueva Ecija29,59029,269+1.1%
30San LeonardoNueva Ecija69,18068,536+0.9%
31Science City of MuñozNueva Ecija85,06184,308+0.9%
32General Mamerto NatividadNueva Ecija43,77944,311−1.2%

How the comparison is kept fair

32 of the 32 cities and municipalities in Nueva Ecija can be compared. The other 0 are left out.

  • Only places with at least 1,000 people in the 2020 census are ranked, so a village that gained a few families does not top the list.
  • A place is ranked only if the same place was counted in both censuses. Scene leaves out a place the PSA's list of changes shows as created, divided, merged or given a new code since the 2020 census, a place another one was carved out of, and a place with no 2020 count.
  • The PSA's data carries no field that flags a changed border by itself; Scene reads the change list and the notes to each count, so a border change the PSA has not listed cannot be seen here.

The change is the percent difference between the two counts, as Scene works it out.

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. 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. 2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Summary of Changes, every change to a place since 1977. Published June 30, 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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