Table 2.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers by Type and by Region:
          October 2003 and 2004
          (In Thousands)

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                                                 2004          |           2003
Region                                  Total    OCWs   Other  |   Total   OCWs   Other
                                         OFWs            OFWs  |    OFWs           OFWs
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Philippines                             1,063     988      76        982    933      49

National Capital Region                   194     184      10        182    172      10
Cordillera Administrative Region           24      23       1         20     18       2
   I - Ilocos                              86      83       3         82     77       5
  II - Cagayan Valley                      57      55       2         63     62       1
 III - Central Luzon                      149     139      10        119    113       6
IV-A - Calabarzon                         191     175      15        170    161       9
IV-B - Mimaropa                            11      11       1         14     13       1
   V - Bicol                               32      31       2         32     30       1
  VI - Western Visayas                     92      86       5         98     95       4
 VII - Central Visayas                     49      47       2         52     48       4
VIII - Eastern Visayas                     24      21       3         19     19       *
  IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                 22      18       4         18     15       2
   X - Northern Mindanao                   28      25       2         27     26       1
  XI - Davao                               34      33       1         32     32       *
 XII - Soccsksargen                        30      28       2         31     31       -
XIII - Caraga                              10       9       *         10     10       *
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao       31      19      12         13     11       1

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

Notes:

Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
* Less than 500
The estimates cover overseas Filipino whose departure occurred within the last five years and who are
   working or had worked abroad during the past six months (April to September) of the survey period.

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