Table 1.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers, by Region and by Sex:
          April to September, 1999 and 2000
          (In Thousands)

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Region                                            2000              |              1999
                                       Both       Male      Female  |   Both       Male      Female
                                       Sexes                        |   Sexes
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PHILIPPINES                              978        527        451      1,016        541        475

 National Capital Region                 172        104         68        198        130         68
 Cordillera Administrative Region         25          7         18         26          7         18
 Region I - Ilocos                        99         35         64         95         27         68
 Region II - Cagayan Valley               54         12         42         38          7         32
 Region III - Central Luzon              126         84         42        145         86         59
 Region IV - Southern Tagalog            198        122         77        193        126         67
 Region V - Bicol                         28         15         13         34         19         15
 Region VI - Western Visayas              90         49         41         87         46         41
 Region VII - Central Visayas             52         37         15         54         37         18
 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            19         11          7         18         12          6
 Region IX - Western Mindanao             30         16         14         35         11         23
 Region X - Northern Mindanao             15          7          8         12          4          8
 Region XI - Southern Mindanao            31         11         20         32          9         23
 Region XII - Central Mindanao            21          9         12         20          8         12
 Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao     10          2          8         15          3         12
 Caraga                                    8          5          3         14          9          5

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Note: (1) Estimates are based on the 1995 Census Population Projection.
      (2) Details may not add up to total due to rounding.


Source:  Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines