Table 2.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers by Type and by Region:
          April to September, 1999 and 2000
          (In Thousands)

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                                                 2000            |             1999
          Region                      Total      OCWs     Other  |  Total      OCWs     Other
                                       OFWs                OFWs  |   OFWs                OFWs
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     PHILIPPINES                        978       922        57     1,016       965        51

National Capital Region                 172       161        11       198       190         8
Cordillera Administrative Region         25        24         1        26        25         1
Region I - Ilocos                        99        93         6        95        91         5
Region II - Cagayan Valley               54        53         1        38        38        *
Region III - Central Luzon              126       120         5       145       139         5
Region IV - Southern Tagalog            198       189        10       193       181        12
Region V - Bicol                         28        27        *         34        32         2
Region VI - Western Visayas              90        85         5        87        85         2
Region VII - Central Visayas             52        50         2        54        52         2
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            19        16         3        18        17         1
Region IX - Western Mindanao             30        22         8        35        27         8
Region X - Northern Mindanao             15        15        *         12        11         1
Region XI - Southern Mindanao            31        30         1        32        30         1
Region XII - Central Mindanao            21        21        -         20        20        *
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao     10         7         3        15        14         1
Caraga                                    8         8        -         14        13         1

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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.
      (3) * Less than 500

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