The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco

The Philippine Consulate General is located on the 6th Floor of the Philippine Center Building, 447 Sutter Street in San Francisco. It maintains facilities on the 5th floor of the same building where its attached agencies, the Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Philippine Center Management Board (PCMB) hold offices.

The Philippine Center Building is close to Union Square of San Francisco, near the corner of Sutter and Powell Streets. Housed in the same building are the offices of the Philippine Airlines and a number of travel agencies and law offices mostly owned and managed by Filipino nationals.

The Consulate maintains regular working hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. without noon breaks, Mondays through Fridays. The Consulate observes both national holidays of the Philippines and the U.S.

The Consulate General in San Francisco covers Northern California, Northern Nevada, Washington State, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Alaska.

According to the U.S. Census of 2000, the total estimated number of Filipinos residing in the United States is 1,850,314 representing 0.7 percent of the entire country’s population. Of this total, California alone accounts for an overwhelming majority of 918,675 Filipinos.

Consular Jurisdiction

The Same Census provides a breakdown of the Filipino population in major cities and areas under the Consulate’s jurisdiction as follows:

California
Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Vallejo)	323,605
San Francisco City alone	100,519
Sacramento	29,181
Stockton – Lodi	21,650
Salinas	11,449
Fresno	6,000
Modesto	3,085
Washington State
Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton	58,751
Oregon
Portland-Salem	9,000
Northern Nevada
Reno	6,181
Colorado
Denver-Boulder	5,363
Colorado Springs	2,538
Alaska
Anchorage	5,805
Utah
Salt Lake City	2,396