12-3 BASIC CONDITIONS OF RURAL GRASSROOTS UNITS
	Number of		Number	Number of	Rural	Number of
Year Region	Township	Town	of	Households	Population	Rural Laborers	Male	Female
	and Town	Governments	Villagers'	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000
	Governments		Committees	households)	persons)	persons)
1978	52781		690000	17347.0	80320.0	30638.0	16548.4	14089.6
1980	54183		710000	17673.0	81096.0	31835.9	17379.7	14456.2
1985	91138	7956	940617	19077.0	84419.7	37065.1	20153.2	16911.9
1987	68296	10280	830302	20168.0	85713.1	39000.4	21212.5	17787.9
1988	56002	10609	740375	20859.0	83725.4	40066.7	21727.7	18339.0
1989	55764	11060	746432	21504.0	87831.0	40938.8	22218.3	18720.5
1990	55838	11392	743278	22237.0	89590.3	42009.5	22551.8	19457.7
1991	55542	11882	804153	22566.0	90525.1	43092.5	23121.9	19970.6
1992	48250	14135	806032	22849.0	91154.4	43801.6	23449.9	20351.7
1993	48179	15223	802352	22984.0	91333.5	44255.7	23653.1	20602.6
1994	48075	16433	802052	23165.0	91526.2	44654.1	23854.1	20800.1
1995	47136	17282	740150	23282.0	91674.6	45041.8	24037.4	21004.4
1996	45484	17998	740128	23437.6	91941.0	45288.0	24154.9	21133.1
1997	44689	18402	739447	23406.2	91524.7	45961.7	24500.6	21462.1
1998	45462	19060	739980	23692.7	91960.1	46432.2	24733.1	21699.2
Beijing	240	120	4044	125.9	364.4	161.0	81.1	79.9
Tianjin	225	94	3877	112.7	389.7	173.0	92.8	80.2
Hebei	1972	871	50027	1401.6	5325.6	2635.9	1414.1	1221.8
Shanxi	1937	528	32365	612.2	2293.1	969.7	538.4	431.3
Inner Mongolia	1554	301	13993	347.7	1405.4	606.9	349.1	257.8
Liaoning	1678	636	16310	663.8	2289.9	933.2	523.3	410.0
Jilin	898	445	10121	357.8	1433.0	616.3	360.2	256.1
Heilongjiang	1161	426	14387	437.7	1848.1	904.3	527.1	377.2
Shanghai	209	201	2895	131.4	373.2	223.2	109.7	113.5
Jiangsu	1971	1015	35726	1503.1	5245.2	2735.9	1402.4	1333.5
Zhejiang	1832	1006	43108	1073.3	3579.6	2096.5	1136.2	960.3
Anhui	1870	898	30558	1256.5	5007.7	2717.5	1447.6	1269.9
Fujian	980	600	14970	630.2	2669.8	1200.3	647.3	553.0
Jiangxi	1811	671	20677	720.6	3165.5	1541.5	806.5	735.0
Shandong	2366	1432	87750	1993.1	7027.2	3595.8	1918.4	1677.4
Henan	2144	758	48436	1912.1	7739.8	4067.2	2145.2	1921.9
Hubei	1388	856	32662	986.4	3975.4	1770.5	932.8	837.7
Hunan	2351	989	49849	1441.7	5355.1	2786.9	1513.7	1273.2
Guangdong	1707	1578	22945	1319.8	5644.6	2632.9	1367.3	1265.6
Guangxi	1363	703	14816	877.9	3953.3	2068.2	1090.5	977.7
Hainan	308	202	2633	99.9	476.6	210.3	107.8	102.5
Chongqing	1483	653	20647	709.8	2445.1	1317.0	705.1	611.9
Sichuan	5007	1684	55042	1958.9	6947.0	3829.5	2011.4	1818.1
Guizhou	1473	692	25847	708.7	3030.0	1682.7	880.3	802.4
Yunnan	1574	407	13423	806.4	3389.1	1908.6	985.5	923.1
Tibet	914	35	7306	36.7	213.3	97.5	50.4	47.1
Shaanxi	1969	853	31969	686.0	2755.2	1355.8	746.0	609.8
Gansu	1535	184	17803	440.3	2009.0	906.7	476.8	429.9
Qinghai	432	30	4054	67.1	331.1	162.4	83.3	79.1
Ningxia	299	60	2602	81.0	377.8	181.2	95.1	86.1
Xinjiang	811	132	9138	192.3	900.5	343.9	187.6	156.3
a)Total rural population refers to persons residing and registered in rural areas. This indicator is calcu-lated on the basis of the 1964 town classification standards which includes rural population in what are now established towns. Therefore, the population figures shown here are larger than the rural population shown in Chapter 3.

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