| Items |
1990
|
2000
|
|
Demographic
characteristics
|
|
|
|
Total
population ('000)
|
54,548.5
|
60,916.4
|
|
Population
in Municipal Area (%)
|
29.4
|
31.1
|
|
Sex
ratio (males per 100 females)
|
98.5
|
97.1
|
|
Median
age (years)
|
24.6
|
29.2
|
|
Population
by age group
|
|
|
|
0-14 years (%)
|
29.2
|
24.4
|
|
15-59 years (%)
|
63.4
|
66.1
|
|
60 years and over (%)
|
7.4
|
9.5
|
|
Age
dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)
|
|
|
|
Total
|
57.7
|
51.2
|
|
0-14 years
|
46.1
|
36.8
|
|
60 years and over
|
11.6
|
14.4
|
|
Singulate
mean age at first marriage (SMAM)
|
|
|
|
Males
|
25.9
|
27.2
|
|
Females
|
23.5
|
24.0
|
|
Thai
nationalities (%)
|
98.9
|
99.3
|
|
Buddhists
(%)
|
95.2
|
94.2
|
|
Muslims
(%)
|
4.1
|
4.6
|
|
Muslims
in the South (%) (per Southern population)
|
26.0
|
27.9
|
|
Population
speaking Khmer (%)
|
3.1
|
2.3
|
|
Population
speaking Malay (%)
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
|
Population
speaking hill tribe language (%)
|
0.6
|
1.2
|
|
Education
|
|
|
|
Average
years of education attainment of population aged 15 years and over
|
5.7
|
7.2
|
|
Population
aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
|
54.5
|
38.9
|
|
Employment characteristics
of population
|
|
|
|
aged 15 years and over during last year
|
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
|
|
Population
in the agricultural sector (%)
|
66.8
|
56.2
|
|
Work status
(%)
|
|
|
|
Employers
|
0.8
|
1.3
|
|
Own
account workers
|
29.5
|
30.8
|
|
Employees
|
27.0
|
35.9
|
|
Unpaid
family workers
|
42.7
|
31.9
|
|
Members
of producers' cooperatives
|
-
|
0.1
|
|
Fertility
|
|
|
|
Mean
number of children ever born
|
|
|
|
(per ever married woman 15-49 years)
|
2.36
|
1.88
|
|
Mean
number of children still living
|
|
|
|
(per ever married woman 15-49 years)
|
2.28
|
1.83
|
|
Migration
|
|
|
|
Five-years
migration (1995-2000)
|
|
|
|
Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%)
|
6.9
|
6.2
|
|
Lifetime
migration
|
|
|
|
Population who were born outside the province of residence (%)
|
14.4
|
19.4
|
|
Housing characteristics
|
|
|
|
Private
households ('000)
|
12,317.8
|
15,877.2
|
|
One-person
households (%)
|
5.1
|
9.4
|
|
Average
household size
|
4.4
|
3.8
|
|
Female
headed households (%)
|
19.4
|
26.2
|
|
Houses
in non-permanent materials 3/ (%)
|
9.4
|
7.1
|
|
Households
with ownership 4/ (%)
|
87.4
|
82.4
|
|
Households
with sanitation 5/ (%)
|
86.1
|
97.8
|
|
Households
with safe drinking water 6/ (%)
|
80.3
|
92.6
|
|
Households
cooking with gas or electric (%)
|
38.9
|
65.6
|
|
Households
with televisions (%)
|
67.9
|
90.6
|
|
Households
with radios (%)
|
81.3
|
76.7
|
