| 2-10 Geographic Distribution of Ethnic Minorities | |||
| Figures of population are obtained from the Population Census in 2000. | |||
| Ethnic Name |
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| 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 | |