4-12  Illiterate and Semi-Literate PopulationAged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2004)
Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 2004. The sampling fraction is 0.966‰.
									(person, %)
Region	Population			Illiterate			% to Total
	Aged 15	Male	Female	and Semi-	Male	Female	Aged 15	Male	Female
	and Over			literate			and Over
National Total	1011199	506724	504475	104324	29338	74986	10.32	5.79	14.86
Beijing	12798	6542	6256	573	119	454	4.48	1.81	7.26
Tianjin	8575	4198	4377	462	103	359	5.39	2.45	8.21
Hebei	54547	27558	26989	3690	1061	2629	6.76	3.85	9.74
Shanxi	25501	13049	12451	1466	451	1015	5.75	3.46	8.15
Inner Mongolia	19256	9883	9373	2015	682	1332	10.46	6.90	14.22
Liaoning	35385	17649	17736	1543	372	1171	4.36	2.11	6.60
Jilin	22730	11290	11440	874	300	575	3.85	2.65	5.02
Heilongjiang	31828	16057	15770	1529	492	1037	4.81	3.07	6.58
Shanghai	15233	7469	7764	996	170	826	6.54	2.28	10.63
Jiangsu	60493	29353	31139	7955	1793	6162	13.15	6.11	19.79
Zhejiang	38551	19389	19162	5166	1542	3624	13.40	7.95	18.91
Anhui	49000	24669	24331	7390	2092	5298	15.08	8.48	21.77
Fujian	27488	13553	13935	4192	1017	3175	15.25	7.51	22.78
Jiangxi	32561	16367	16195	2949	742	2207	9.06	4.53	13.63
Shandong	73816	36477	37339	9274	2526	6748	12.56	6.93	18.07
Henan	74339	37263	37076	6006	1741	4265	8.08	4.67	11.50
Hubei	47234	23554	23679	5419	1402	4017	11.47	5.95	16.96
Hunan	52986	26849	26136	3945	1097	2847	7.44	4.09	10.89
Guangdong	58117	29133	28984	4020	826	3194	6.92	2.84	11.02
Guangxi	37473	19170	18302	3030	746	2284	8.09	3.89	12.48
Hainan	6024	3074	2951	443	89	354	7.35	2.91	11.98
Chongqing	24176	11885	12292	2969	906	2063	12.28	7.62	16.78
Sichuan	68253	33996	34257	7873	2450	5423	11.53	7.21	15.83
Guizhou	28140	14360	13780	4777	1444	3334	16.98	10.05	24.19
Yunnan	33119	16594	16525	5423	1699	3723	16.37	10.24	22.53
Tibet	1982	963	1019	873	322	551	44.03	33.46	54.03
Shaanxi	28886	14672	14215	3051	933	2118	10.56	6.36	14.90
Gansu	19797	10086	9711	3844	1323	2521	19.42	13.12	25.96
Qinghai	3997	2027	1971	883	275	608	22.08	13.55	30.86
Ningxia	4200	2106	2094	657	201	456	15.65	9.54	21.79
Xinjiang	14714	7489	7225	1038	422	616	7.05	5.63	8.53
a) Illiterate and semi-illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over, who are unable or very difficult to read.