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Table 8 Names and demographic distributions of China’s 56 ethnic groups

From: China’s spatial (dis)integration as a multiethnic paradox: what do the interprovincial data say?

Name

Population (thousand persons)

Five major host provinces

Achang*

39.56

Yunnan, Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu

Bai

1933.51

Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Zhejiang

Baonan*

20.07

Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan

Blang

119.64

Yunnan, Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang, Chongqing

Buyi

2870.03

Guizhou, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian

Dai

1261.31

Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong

Daur

131.99

Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Beijing, Liaoning

Deang*

20.56

Yunnan, Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan

Derung*

6.93

Yunnan, Guizhou, Henan, Guangdong, Sichuan

Dong

2879.97

Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong

Dongxiang

621.50

Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guizhou

Ewenki*

30.88

Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Beijing, Shandong

Gaoshan*

4.01

Henan, Fujian, Guangxi, Liaoning, Hebei

Gelao

550.75

Guizhou, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan

Han

1,220,844.52

Guangdong, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Sichuan

Hani

1660.93

Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong

Hezhe*

5.35

Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Jilin, Beijing, Liaoning

Hui

10,586.09

Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Henan, Qinghai

Jing*

28.20

Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Jiangxi

Jingpo

147.83

Yunnan, Guangdong, Shandong, Guizhou, Jilin

Jino*

23.14

Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangsu

Kazak

1462.59

Xinjiang, Henan, Guangdong, Gansu, Hunan

Kirgiz

186.71

Xinjiang, Tibet, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Zhejiang

Korean

1830.93

Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shandong, Beijing

Lahu

485.97

Yunnan, Shandong, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu

Lhoba*

3.68

Tibet, Guizhou, Fujian, Beijing, Liaoning

Li

1463.06

Hainan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guangxi

Lisu

702.84

Yunnan, Sichuan, Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong

Manchu

10,387.96

Liaoning, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia

Maonan

101.19

Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian

Miao

9426.01

Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guangxi

Monba*

10.56

Tibet, Jiangsu, Gansu, Jiangxi, Guangxi

Mongol

5981.84

Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Xinjiang, Jilin

Mulam

216.26

Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hunan

Naxi

326.30

Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, Zhejiang, Beijing

Nu*

37.52

Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong, Tibet, Shandong

Oroqen*

8.66

Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei

Pumi*

42.86

Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong, Chongqing

Qiang

309.58

Sichuan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu

Russian*

15.39

Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Heilongjiang, Shanghai

Salar

130.61

Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang, Shanghai, Guangdong

She

708.65

Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong

Shui

411.85

Guizhou, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan

Tajik*

51.07

Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shandong

Tatar*

3.56

Xinjiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Beijing, Jiangsu

Tibetan

6282.19

Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan

Tu

289.57

Qinghai, Gansu, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou

Tujia

8353.91

Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Chongqing, Zhejiang

Uygur

10,069.35

Xinjiang, Beijing, Hunan, Guangdong, Zhejiang

Uzbek*

5.67

Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Beijing, Hunan

Va

429.71

Yunnan, Shandong, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan

Xibe

190.48

Liaoning, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia

Yao

2796.00

Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou

Yi

8714.39

Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Guangdong

Yugur*

14.38

Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Beijing, Shandong

Zhuang

16,926.38

Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guizhou

  1. The Sixth National Population Census of the People’s Republic of China (conducted at 0:00 a.m. on November 1, 2010)
  2. “*”Denotes that ethnic groups are not analyzed as individual variables in this paper