Table 1.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers, by Sex and by Region:
          October 2003 and 2004
          (In Thousands)

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                                                2004          |          2003
Region                                  Both    Male  Female  |  Both    Male  Female
                                        Sexes                 |  Sexes
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Philippines                             1,063    524     539       982    508     475

National Capital Region                   194    121      73       182    116      66
Cordillera Administrative Region           24      6      18        20      7      13
    I - Ilocos                             86     25      61        82     31      51
   II - Cagayan Valley                     57     12      45        63     13      50
  III - Central Luzon                     149     90      59       119     65      54
 IV-A - Calabarzon                        191    110      80       170    113      57
 IV-B - Mimaropa                           11      5       6        14      6       8
    V - Bicol                              32     16      16        32     18      14
   VI - Western Visayas                    92     38      53        98     49      50
  VII - Central Visayas                    49     33      16        52     29      23
 VIII - Eastern Visayas                    24      9      14        19     13       7
   IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                22      6      17        18      6      11
    X - Northern Mindanao                  28     13      14        27     16      11
   XI - Davao                              34     10      25        32      9      23
  XII - Soccsksargen                       30     11      19        31     10      21
 XIII - Caraga                             10      3       6        10      5       6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao       31     15      17        13      4       9

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Note:    Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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

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