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The list below outlines the distribution of the nationalities of China among provinces and province-level entities of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) according to the census of 2000. The provinces and province-level entities are listed by region. The classification of ethnic groups follows the official classification of the PRC .
Some ethnic groups, for instance, Mosuo people, although classified as Nakhi , do not regard themselves as part of any of the 56 groups identified by the PRC government. Some scholars made hypothesis that they are descendants of Mongols .
Excluded from this list is the Republic of China , which administers Taiwan and a fraction of Fujian Provinces . Please refer to Demographics of Taiwan for more information. The two special administrative regions (S.A.R.) of the P.R.C., namely Hong Kong and Macau , are not part of mainland China are also excluded. Please refer to Demographics of Hong Kong and Demographics of Macau .
Autonomous regions are marked with an asterisk (*).
Ethnic groups Beijing Tianjin Hebei Shanxi Inner Mongolia * (Western leagues) Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 20,845,166 95.2 13,422,528 96.8 71,389,092 95.7 34,793,761 99.7 11,884,860 88.2 Manchu 469,995 2.1 128,430 0.9 2,269,227 3.0 17,269 125,724 0.9 Mongol 123,340 0.6 41,736 0.3 226,047 0.3 9,434 1,276,842 9.5 Hui (Muslim) 274,112 1.3 166,920 1.2 567,106 0.8 60,803 0.2 145,492 1.1 Miao 18,054 0.1 12,975 0.1 26,976 7,507 5,081 Korean 32,984 0.2 16,257 0.1 16,184 1,041 3,773 Tujia 29,580 0.1 12,554 0.1 18,728 4,845 4,143 Zhuang 21,288 0.1 15,350 0.1 25,552 2,728 2,047 Yi 9,997 7,826 12,113 5,534 3,603 Bouyei 4,572 4,401 12,432 1,111 2,095 2020 Census 21,893,095 13,866,009 74,610,235 34,915,616 13,480,216
Ethnic groups Liaoning Jilin Heilongjiang Inner Mongolia * (4 Eastern leagues) Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 36,169,617 84.9 21,985,839 91.3 30,728,612 96.5 7,050,677 66.7 Manchu 5,085,984 11.9 831,418 3.5 583,807 1.8 344,010 3.3 Mongol 677,760 1.6 169,449 0.7 112,210 0.4 2,970,973 28.1 Korean 229,158 0.5 940,165 3.9 270,123 0.8 14,443 0.1 Hui (Muslim) 216,379 0.5 104,595 0.4 75,464 0.2 69,426 0.7 Xibe 127,561 0.3 4,238 6,259 2,501 Daur 3,240 1,207 33,670 0.1 65,532 0.6 Evenki 688 230 2,560 26,153 0.2 Miao 14,378 5,788 3,852 4,325 Tujia 10,080 4,232 3,709 1,969 2020 Census 42,591,407 24,073,453 31,850,088 10,568,939
Ethnic groups Shanghai Jiangsu Zhejiang Anhui Fujian Jiangxi Shandong Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 24,471,085 98.4 84,126,802 99.3 62,349,874 96.6 60,594,623 99.3 40,418,616 97.3 44,969,369 99.5 100,622,494 99.1 Hui (Muslim) 84,925 0.3 140,119 0.2 84,882 0.1 297,740 0.5 128,591 0.3 15,923 552,215 0.5 Miao 38,916 0.2 87,900 0.1 569,407 0.9 24,975 168,928 0.4 25,489 0.1 29,730 She 4,476 3,179 182,507 0.3 2,141 374,663 0.9 74,072 0.2 964 Tujia 41,807 0.2 63,406 0.1 318,881 0.5 14,981 142,673 0.3 16,527 16,532 Bouyei 9,914 40,073 313,023 0.5 8,052 48,893 0.1 7,519 9,627 Yi 21,952 0.1 47,316 0.1 155,681 0.2 15,844 53,930 0.1 9,335 26,888 Zhuang 27,531 0.1 31,498 122,792 0.2 12,337 53,350 0.1 15,977 12,074 Dong 11,870 24,413 146,773 0.2 6,119 31,784 0.1 7,353 8,722 Manchu 43,197 0.2 35,520 32,159 12,067 14,034 6,785 79,806 0.1 2020 Census 24,870,895 84,748,016 64,567,588 61,027,171 41,540,086 45,188,635 101,527,453
Ethnic groups Henan Hubei Hunan Guangdong Guangxi * Hainan Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 98,210,038 98.8 54,981,458 95.2 59,759,648 89.9 121,260,372 96.2 31,318,824 62.5 8,498,241 84.3 Zhuang 10,758 24,633 45,495 0.1 2,017,275 1.6 15,721,956 31.4 61,000 0.6 Tujia 12,996 2,285,834 4.0 2,713,005 4.1 430,936 0.3 19,105 8,273 0.1 Miao 12,797 214,062 0.4 2,027,034 3.1 612,699 0.5 578,122 1.2 87,733 0.9 Yao 2,121 5,410 749,872 1.1 514,447 0.4 1,683,038 3.4 10,000 0.1 Dong 3,291 62,725 0.1 865,518 1.3 241,790 0.2 362,580 0.7 5,398 0.1 Li 1,191 3,289 3,169 32,382 6,491 1,355,074 13.4 Hui (Muslim) 948,553 1.0 76,423 0.1 82,786 0.1 88,346 0.1 35,347 0.1 17,089 0.2 Bouyei 4,308 7,982 9,578 229,366 0.2 31,303 0.1 6,800 0.1 Mulao 258 772 1,369 29,190 180,185 0.4 411 2020 Census 99,365,519 57,752,557 66,444,864 126,012,510 50,126,804 10,081,232
Ethnic groups Hong Kong [ 1] Number % Chinese 6,793,502 91.6 Filipino 201,291 2.7 Indonesian 142,065 1.9 Mixed 66,732 0.9 White 61,582 0.8 Indian 42,569 0.6 Nepalese 29,701 0.4 Pakistani 24,385 0.3 Thai 12,972 0.2 Japanese 10,291 0.1 Korean 8,700 0.1 2021 Census 7,413,070
Ethnic groups Macau [ 2] Number % Chinese 609,863 89.4 Chinese & Portuguese 6,668 1.0 Portuguese 5,162 0.8 Chinese & non-Portuguese 1,498 0.2 Portuguese & others 1,191 0.2 Others 57,688 8.5 2021 Census 682,070
Ethnic groups Chongqing Sichuan Guizhou Yunnan Tibet * Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 29,883,369 93.2 77,986,638 93.2 24,511,882 63.6 31,573,245 66.9 443,370 12.2 Yi 15,901 3,191,470 3.8 959,302 2.5 5,071,002 10.7 3,238 0.1 Miao 512,933 1.6 182,569 0.2 4,506,912 11.7 1,253,291 2.7 1,307 Tibetan 5,625 1,604,629 1.9 2,901 147,935 0.3 3,137,901 86.0 Tujia 1,546,988 4.8 87,912 0.1 1,696,664 4.4 23,811 0.1 2,019 0.1 Bouyei 9,558 16,829 2,710,606 7.0 68,140 0.1 406 Bai 3,233 13,321 214,802 0.6 1,603,728 3.4 2,287 0.1 Dong 7,757 9,211 1,650,871 4.3 8,341 322 Hani 2,072 4,109 2,539 1,632,981 3.5 149 Zhuang 10,616 23,631 67,845 0.2 1,209,837 2.6 468 Dai 1,393 9,924 2,097 1,259,419 2.7 126 Hui (Muslim) 10,032 111,280 0.1 204,962 0.5 737,548 1.6 25,487 0.7 Lisu 673 23,477 961 705,203 1.5 318 Undistinguished 2,069 1,968 698,234 1.8 23,822 0.1 4,204 0.1 Gelao 7,660 3,972 550,322 1.4 4,933 125 2020 Census 32,054,159 83,674,866 38,562,148 47,209,277 3,648,100
Ethnic groups Shaanxi Gansu Qinghai Ningxia * Xinjiang * Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Han 39,306,255 99.4 22,363,438 89.4 2,993,534 50.5 4,612,964 64.0 10,920,098 42.2 Uyghur 4,722 3,073 312 1,380 11,624,257 45.0 Hui (Muslim) 140,202 0.4 1,342,385 5.4 946,273 16.0 2,523,581 35.0 1,102,928 4.3 Tibetan 9,200 519,927 2.1 1,509,608 25.5 1,481 18,276 0.1 Kazakh 817 4,249 609 275 1,539,636 6.0 Dongxiang 1,115 652,119 2.6 14,459 0.2 1,324 72,036 0.3 Mongol 10,453 11,946 102,447 1.7 9,499 0.1 169,143 0.7 Tu 844 33,691 0.1 200,362 3.4 461 3,827 Kyrgyz 166 119 7 37 199,264 0.8 Salar 937 15,807 0.1 128,779 2.2 138 4,525 2020 Census 39,528,999 25,019,831 5,923,957 7,202,654 25,852,345
National Bureau of Statistics Population Census Office, State Council & Department of Population and Employment Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2022-06-10). China Population Census Yearbook 2020 (in Chinese). Beijing: China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7-5037-9771-2 . {{cite book }}
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