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 Third class municipality
 
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 Average gross annual income: P30 Million
 
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 67 barangays, the most number in Bohol
 
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 Area: 116.2 square kilometers
 
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 Population: 45,220 (National Statistics Office, 2000)
 
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 Population growth rate: 3.3 percent (NSO, 2000)
 
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 Average household size: 5.69 (NSO, 2000)
 
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 Major Industries: Agriculture, fishery, cottage (ready-to-wear clothes, mats, baskets),
transportation, trading and tourism
 
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 Major Resources:
1. potable water for households and industries;
2. municipal waters, one of Bohol's rich fishing grounds;
3. land, underutilized due to the locals' propensity to find employment elsewhere; and
4. human resources: high literacy rate (91.5%), 4th largest population in Bohol
 
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 Two schools districts: Loon North and Loon South Districts
 
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 Three private and four public secondary schools
 
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 One provincial district hospital, two Rural Health Units, and 12 Barangay Health
Stations
 
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 One private dental clinic, one private medical clinic
 
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 One provincial secondary port and three fish ports
 
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 Two main public markets and four barangay markets
 
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 Two private banks
 
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 Served by all major telecommunications companies by way of a landline telephone
  system, cellular sites, public calling stations and payphones
 
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 Inter-barangay handheld radio system
 
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 Cellsites of three telecommunications network (Islacom, Smart and Globe)
 
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 More than 800 business establishments and entrepreneurs including more than 300
retail stores, 114 fish vendors, 141 registered tricycle and 'habal-habal' operators, 48
garments manufacturers and retailers, 6 pharmacies, 7 rice and corn mills, 2 gas
stations, 3 water refilling stations, 14 bakeshops and 34 multi-service shops.
 
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 More than 3,000 water connections in 42 barangays served by the Loon Waterworks
System
 
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 Three strategically located Level II water systems serving the upland barangays