1-9b   Illiterate population aged 15 and over in towns by sex and region
	Unit: person,%
Region	Population Aged 15 and Over			Illiterate Population			Proportion of Illiterate Population to Population Aged 15 and Over
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Total	221320852	112092607	109228245	8558885	2112017	6446868	3.87	1.88	5.90
Beijing	1171594	618979	552615	30913	7835	23078	2.64	1.27	4.18
Tianjin	1241715	640257	601458	31922	8085	23837	2.57	1.26	3.96
Hebei	14245782	7167793	7077989	367417	88445	278972	2.58	1.23	3.94
Shanxi	6283786	3194473	3089313	100155	27263	72892	1.59	0.85	2.36
Inner Mongolia	4827364	2483126	2344238	163280	42726	120554	3.38	1.72	5.14
Liaoning	4535475	2272355	2263120	84210	21492	62718	1.86	0.95	2.77
Jilin	3923494	1984513	1938981	86686	25444	61242	2.21	1.28	3.16
Heilongjiang	6331845	3191460	3140385	141546	40381	101165	2.24	1.27	3.22
Shanghai	2628907	1388940	1239967	121020	27818	93202	4.60	2.00	7.52
Jiangsu	14783363	7333120	7450243	637584	138076	499508	4.31	1.88	6.70
Zhejiang	11312929	5757285	5555644	605016	150302	454714	5.35	2.61	8.18
Anhui	11077945	5511719	5566226	835717	214618	621099	7.54	3.89	11.16
Fujian	7136277	3601634	3534643	172988	29905	143083	2.42	0.83	4.05
Jiangxi	9484786	4807052	4677734	284141	58982	225159	3.00	1.23	4.81
Shandong	16130430	8129000	8001430	845651	205114	640537	5.24	2.52	8.01
Henan	14328868	7128685	7200183	583495	150780	432715	4.07	2.12	6.01
Hubei	9000797	4570927	4429870	366099	88600	277499	4.07	1.94	6.26
Hunan	12999621	6589034	6410587	297168	71612	225556	2.29	1.09	3.52
Guangdong	13598725	7055939	6542786	368161	70997	297164	2.71	1.01	4.54
Guangxi	8010530	4085873	3924657	185602	35949	149653	2.32	0.88	3.81
Hainan	1600890	837625	763265	72277	14622	57655	4.51	1.75	7.55
Chongqing	5450329	2709609	2740720	209256	54369	154887	3.84	2.01	5.65
Sichuan	13809209	6957218	6851991	534841	146953	387888	3.87	2.11	5.66
Guizhou	4749718	2393782	2355936	325874	75297	250577	6.86	3.15	10.64
Yunnan	7786772	3971479	3815293	437305	118973	318332	5.62	3.00	8.34
Tibet	333773	180993	152780	61136	22483	38653	18.32	12.42	25.30
Shaanxi	6935718	3599207	3336511	205121	54147	150974	2.96	1.50	4.52
Ganxu	3255561	1673139	1582422	185043	50116	134927	5.68	3.00	8.53
Qinghai	921667	484968	436699	100548	31818	68730	10.91	6.56	15.74
Ningxia	750810	389060	361750	45703	13300	32403	6.09	3.42	8.96
Xinjiang	2672172	1383363	1288809	73010	25515	47495	2.73	1.84	3.69