4-13  Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2005)
Data in this table are obtained from the 1% Population Sample Survey in 2005. The sampling fraction is 1.325%.
									(person, %)
Region
		Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
	Population			Illiterate			% to Total
	Aged 15			Population			Aged 15
	and Over						and Over
National Total	13664737	6786677	6878061	1508706	397877	1110828	11.04	5.86	16.15
Beijing	182650	92227	90424	7152	1393	5759	3.92	1.51	6.37
Tianjin	120572	59994	60578	5793	1303	4490	4.80	2.17	7.41
Hebei	746574	369699	376876	53638	13842	39797	7.18	3.74	10.56
Shanxi	349524	175754	173769	19472	5673	13799	5.57	3.23	7.94
Inner Mongolia	262000	133393	128607	29476	8751	20725	11.25	6.56	16.12
Liaoning	479167	238190	240977	22839	5700	17139	4.77	2.39	7.11
Jilin	307428	155105	152323	17994	5436	12558	5.85	3.50	8.24
Heilongjiang	430771	216958	213813	26633	7584	19049	6.18	3.50	8.91
Shanghai	214169	107344	106825	11213	2019	9194	5.24	1.88	8.61
Jiangsu	835732	401541	434191	83702	17528	66174	10.02	4.37	15.24
Zhejiang	545255	274090	271165	65172	16687	48485	11.95	6.09	17.88
Anhui	623028	303519	319509	119875	34197	85678	19.24	11.27	26.82
Fujian	381435	188037	193398	49279	10028	39251	12.92	5.33	20.30
Jiangxi	427446	209866	217579	45038	10308	34730	10.54	4.91	15.96
Shandong	1029220	507409	521811	127449	31741	95707	12.38	6.26	18.34
Henan	979235	483364	495872	95891	26929	68962	9.79	5.57	13.91
Hubei	613088	305444	307644	74114	17902	56212	12.09	5.86	18.27
Hunan	680670	342170	338500	58377	15200	43177	8.58	4.44	12.76
Guangdong	956604	473198	483406	57370	10634	46735	6.00	2.25	9.67
Guangxi	470371	238765	231606	40625	9040	31584	8.64	3.79	13.64
Hainan	83637	43036	40601	8162	1794	6367	9.76	4.17	15.68
Chongqing	293816	145638	148178	34244	9658	24586	11.65	6.63	16.59
Sichuan	849493	415877	433616	141104	40946	100158	16.61	9.85	23.10
Guizhou	353816	178813	175003	75750	19190	56560	21.41	10.73	32.32
Yunnan	446987	228580	218407	89713	27653	62060	20.07	12.10	28.41
Tibet	26656	13064	13592	11953	4374	7579	44.84	33.48	55.76
Shaanxi	396108	195982	200127	40903	12024	28879	10.33	6.14	14.43
Gansu	263000	130485	132515	54780	16601	38180	20.83	12.72	28.81
Qinghai	54595	27343	27252	13143	4101	9042	24.07	15.00	33.18
Ningxia	58454	29123	29330	10935	3271	7664	18.71	11.23	26.13
Xinjiang	203235	102669	100566	16919	6370	10549	8.32	6.20	10.49
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over, who are unable or very difficult to read.