12-3 Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroots Units
	Number of		Number	Number of	Rural	Number of
Year	Township	Town	of	Households	Population	Rural Laborers	Male	Female
Region	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
1979	53348		698613	17491.0	80738.7	31024.5
1980	54183		709820	17673.0	81096.0	31835.7	17379.7	14456.2
1981	54371		718022	18016.0	81880.7	32672.3	17839.5	14832.8
1982	54352		719438	18279.0	82798.8	33866.5	18517.4	15349.1
1983	56331		750141	18523.0	83536.0	34689.8	18946.5	15743.3
1984	91420		933485	18793.0	84300.5	35967.6	19663.3	16304.3
1985	91138	7956	940617	19077.0	84419.7	37065.1	20153.2	16911.9
1986	71521	9755	847894	19575.0	85007.2	37989.8	20692.4	17297.4
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	23678.0	91960.1	46432.3	24733.1	21699.2
1999	44741	19184	737429	23810.5	92216.3	46896.5	24995.7	21900.8
2000	43735	19692	734715	24148.7	92819.7	47962.1	25517.8	22444.3
Beijing	215	144	4043	126.8	363.7	165.8	85.3	80.5
Tianjin	220	104	3870	112.1	386.1	168.1	92.2	75.8
Hebei	1973	900	49951	1422.6	5382.4	2707.1	1447.7	1259.4
Shanxi	1834	446	32338	620.8	2322.6	988.6	547.6	441.0
Inner Mongolia	1448	341	13648	349.0	1376.8	631.5	355.6	275.9
Liaoning	1587	653	16192	680.1	2311.5	966.0	538.9	427.0
Jilin	856	455	10107	370.0	1440.5	641.0	368.8	272.2
Heilongjiang	1161	437	14206	458.3	1864.2	913.2	524.4	388.9
Shanghai	153	150	2784	115.6	366.3	255.6	127.7	127.9
Jiangsu	1482	1202	33259	1496.3	5150.6	2688.0	1382.5	1305.5
Zhejiang	1723	971	42226	1076.0	3545.5	2108.4	1135.8	972.6
Anhui	1841	941	30658	1294.6	5089.1	2797.8	1487.9	1309.9
Fujian	943	578	14988	660.0	2689.4	1244.1	669.3	574.8
Jiangxi	1817	746	20738	741.5	3203.2	1547.2	809.6	737.6
Shandong	2207	1426	87817	2026.5	7035.9	3639.6	1934.0	1705.7
Henan	2031	742	48437	1972.3	7826.7	4712.4	2492.8	2219.6
Hubei	1329	853	32400	983.9	3947.3	1781.7	937.7	844.0
Hunan	2353	1039	50068	1444.0	5386.2	2856.1	1549.8	1306.3
Guangdong	1612	1577	22962	1412.0	6017.3	2785.1	1448.1	1337.0
Guangxi	1360	745	14849	914.0	4026.4	2145.4	1129.9	1015.5
Hainan	309	205	2647	105.0	499.1	224.0	116.1	107.9
Chongqing	1472	650	20589	710.3	2420.3	1352.6	723.2	629.4
Sichuan	5062	1788	55020	1959.9	6941.2	3789.0	1997.8	1791.2
Guizhou	1463	692	25692	734.7	3123.5	1802.6	948.0	854.7
Yunnan	1564	462	13433	829.8	3449.6	1948.9	1008.5	940.4
Tibet	720	154	6449	37.8	216.8	100.8	50.8	50.0
Shaanxi	1933	844	31329	689.8	2768.4	1343.2	730.7	612.6
Gansu	1534	219	17825	449.0	2031.3	934.5	490.5	444.0
Qinghai	430	40	4120	69.9	336.6	172.0	88.7	83.3
Ningxia	309	64	2692	85.6	388.4	197.9	103.1	94.9
Xinjiang	794	124	9378	200.9	913.2	354.1	195.1	159.0
a)Total rural population refers to persons residing and registered in rural areas. This indicator is calculated on the basis of the town classification
standards of 1964 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 4.