[3] The town is home to a few speakers of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by UNESCO.

Perez is formerly a barrio named Sangirin, which was part of Mauban and later of Alabat in 1884.

It was named as a token of gratitude to Felimon Perez, the former governor of the province who helped make this place an independent municipality in 1929.

Poverty incidence of Perez Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Municipal council (2019-2022:

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