Table 2.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers by Type and by Region:
          October 2001 and 2002
          (In Thousands)

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                                                 2002          |           2001
Region                                  Total    OCWs   Other  |   Total   OCWs   Other
                                         OFWs            OFWs  |    OFWs           OFWs
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Philippines                             1,056     990      66     1,029     964      65

National Capital Region                   216     203      13       200     190      10
Cordillera Administrative Region           18      18       1        23      21       2
   I - Ilocos                              90      85       5       104     100       4
  II - Cagayan Valley                      62      60       2        58      56       2
 III - Central Luzon                      142     134       8       135     128       7
  IV - Southern Tagalog                   203     187      16       183     174       9
   V - Bicol                               33      32       1        32      32       *
  VI - Western Visayas                     96      93       3        90      87       3
 VII - Central Visayas                     38      35       3        46      41       5
VIII - Eastern Visayas                     24      20       4        13      12       *
  IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                 28      24       4        28      18      11
   X - Northern Mindanao                   26      24       2        30      28       1
  XI - Davao                               27      27       -        35      34       1
 XII - Soccsksargen                        28      28       1        24      23       1
XIII - Caraga                              11      11       *        10       9       1
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao       15      10       5        18      10       8

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Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         Household Statistics Department
         Philippines National Statistics Office
         Manila, Philippines

Notes:

* Less than 500
Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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