| 2-11 Geographic Distribution of Minority Nationalities | ||
| Figures of population are obtained from the Population Census in 2000. | ||
| Nationality | Main Geographic Distribution | Population |
| (person) | ||
| Mongolian | Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, | 5813947 |
| Heilongjiang and Xinjiang | ||
| Hui | Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Xinjiang, Qinghai, | 9816805 |
| Yunnan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Liaoning, | ||
| Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, | ||
| Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Jilin, | ||
| Jiangsu and Sichuan | ||
| Tibetan | Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan | 5416021 |
| Uygur | Xinjiang | 8399393 |
| Miao | Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Chongqing, | 8940116 |
| Hubei and Sichuan | ||
| Yi | Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou | 7762272 |
| Zhuang | Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong | 16178811 |
| Bouyei | Guizhou | 2971460 |
| Korean | Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning | 1923842 |
| Manchu | Liaoning, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, | 10682262 |
| Inner Mongolia and Beijing | ||
| Dong | Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi | 2960293 |
| Yao | Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan and Guangdong | 2637421 |
| Bai | Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan | 1858063 |
| Tujia | Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou | 8028133 |
| Hani | Yunnan | 1439673 |
| Kazak | Xinjiang | 1250458 |
| Dai | Yunnan | 1158989 |
| Li | Hainan | 1247814 |
| Lisu | Yunnan and Sichuan | 634912 |
| Va | Yunnan | 396610 |
| She | Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong | 709592 |
| Gaoshan | Taiwan and Fujian | 4461 |
| Lahu | Yunnan | 453705 |
| Shui | Guizhou and Guangxi | 406902 |
| Dongxiang | Gansu and Xinjiang | 513805 |
| Naxi | Yunnan | 308839 |
| Jingpo | Yunnan | 132143 |
| Kirgiz | Xinjiang | 160823 |
| Tu | Qinghai and Gansu | 241198 |
| Daur | Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang | 132394 |
| Mulam | Guangxi | 207352 |
| Qiang | Sichuan | 306072 |
| Blang | Yunnan | 91882 |
| Salar | Qinghai | 104503 |
| Maonan | Guangxi | 107166 |
| Gelao | Guizhou | 579357 |
| Xibe | Liaoning and Xinjiang | 188824 |
| Achang | Yunnan | 33936 |
| Pumi | Yunnan | 33600 |
| Tajik | Xinjiang | 41028 |
| Nu | Yunnan | 28759 |
| Ozbek | Xinjiang | 12370 |
| Russian | Xinjiang and Heilongjiang | 15609 |
| Ewenki | Inner Mongolia | 30505 |
| De'ang | Yunnan | 17935 |
| Bonan | Gansu | 16505 |
| Yugur | Gansu | 13719 |
| Jing | Guangxi | 22517 |
| Tatar | Xinjiang | 4890 |
| Drung | Yunnan | 7426 |
| Oroqen | Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia | 8196 |
| Hezhen | Heilongjiang | 4640 |
| Moinba | Tibet | 8923 |
| Lhoba | Tibet | 2965 |
| Jino | Yunnan | 20899 |