[3] San Jose was created into a municipality pursuant to Republic Act No.

[5] San Jose is the largest municipality of the province in terms of land area.

Monasterio de Tarlac is located in this municipality.

In the 2020 census, the population of San Jose, Tarlac, was 41,182 people,[3] with a density of 69 inhabitants per square kilometre or 180 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of San Jose Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]