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
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