There are two people groups living in Palanan. Approximately 20,000 Paranan people live in the lowland. Their main income is derived from farming and fishing. There are also about 1,500 nomadic Agta- Negritos who speak a closely related dialect. They make their living by hunting, fishing, gathering rattan in the forest and bartering with the more settled lowlanders. They live along the coastal areas of Palanan and in the Sierra Madre Rainforest. The r eligion among the lowlanders is predominantly Catholic. There are also some Methodists as well as other religious groups. Now, there is a steadily growing group of Born-again believers among the lowlanders as well as among the Agtas.
