List of Chinese administrative divisions by ethnic group

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.

Taiwan is completely under the administration of the Republic of China, is excluded from this list. 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 *.

Northeast and northern

Ethnic groups	Beijing	Hebei	Heilong- jiang	Henan	Inner Mongolia*	Jilin	Liaoning	Shandong	Shanxi	Tianjin
Daur	-	-	-	-	0.3%	-	-	-	-	-
Han	96%	96%	95%	98.8%	79%	91%	84%	99.3%	99.7%	97%
Hui	2%	0.8%	0.4%	1%	0.9%	0.5%	0.6%	-	0.6%	-
Korean	-	-	1%	-	-	4%	0.6%	-	-	-
Manchu	2%	3%	3%	-	2%	4%	13%	-	-	2%
Mongol	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	-	17%*	0.6%	-	-	-	-
Xibe	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3%	-	-	-
Population (2003)	14,560,000	67,690,000	38,150,000	96,670,000	23,800,000	27,040,000	42,100,000	91,250,000	33,140,000	10,110,000

Northwest

Ethnic groups	Gansu	Ningxia*	Shaanxi	Xinjiang*
Dongxiang	2%	-	-	0.3%
Han	91%	79%	99.5%	41%
Hui	5%	20%*	0.4%	5%
Kazakh	-	-	-	7%
Kyrgyz	-	-	-	0.9%
Manchu	-	0.4%	-	-
Mongol	-	-	-	0.8%
Tajik	-	-	-	0.2%
Tibetan	2%	-	-	-
Uyghur	-	-	-	45%*
Population (2003)	26,030,000	5,800,000	36,900,000	19,340,000

See also

• Autonomous regions of China
• Ethnic groups of China
• Taiwanese aborigine

References

• National Bureau of Statistics