Table 2.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers by Type and by Region:
April to September 2000 and 2001
(In Thousands)

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                                                    2001           |           2000
Region                                    Total     OCWs    Other  |    Total    OCWs    Other
                                          OFWs               OFWs  |    OFWs              OFWs
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PHILIPPINES                               1,029      964      65          978      922      57

    National Capital Region                 200      190      10          172      161      11
    Cordillera Administrative Region         23       21       2           25       24       1
    Region I - Ilocos                       104      100       4           99       93       6
    Region II - Cagayan Valley               58       56       2           54       53       1
    Region III - Central Luzon              135      128       7          126      120       5
    Region IV - Southern Tagalog            183      174       9          198      189      10
    Region V - Bicol                         32       32       *           28       27       *
    Region VI - Western Visayas              90       87       3           90       85       5
    Region VII - Central Visayas             46       41       5           52       50       2
    Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            13       12       *           19       16       3
    Region IX - Western Mindanao             28       18      11           30       22       8
    Region X - Northern Mindanao             20       19       1           15       15       *
    Region XI - Southern Mindanao            43       42       1           31       30       1
    Region XII - Central Mindanao            25       24       1           21       21       -
    Region XIII - Caraga                     10        9       1            8        8       -
    Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao     18       10       8           10        7        3

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Source: National Statistics Office, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Note:   (1) Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
        (2) *  Less than 500