 
 
 
| 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 |