| 4-14 Number of Self-employed Individuals at Year-end by Region (2008) | ||||
| (10 000 households, 10 000 persons) | ||||
| Region | Number of | Number of | ||
| Households | Engaged | Urban Area | Rural Area | |
| Persons | ||||
| National Total | 2917.3 | 5776.4 | 3609.4 | 2167.0 |
| Beijing | 77.4 | 106.0 | 65.1 | 41.0 |
| Tianjin | 19.7 | 33.2 | 27.6 | 5.5 |
| Hebei | 132.7 | 276.4 | 108.3 | 168.1 |
| Shanxi | 69.3 | 133.8 | 72.8 | 61.0 |
| Inner Mongolia | 58.3 | 109.8 | 89.6 | 20.1 |
| Liaoning | 130.1 | 314.9 | 216.6 | 98.3 |
| Jilin | 56.3 | 116.2 | 93.3 | 22.9 |
| Heilongjiang | 82.5 | 171.2 | 120.3 | 50.9 |
| Shanghai | 30.5 | 37.4 | 25.0 | 12.4 |
| Jiangsu | 228.0 | 344.6 | 240.9 | 103.7 |
| Zhejiang | 190.0 | 396.6 | 239.9 | 156.7 |
| Anhui | 114.2 | 244.6 | 144.5 | 100.1 |
| Fujian | 58.6 | 128.2 | 80.7 | 47.5 |
| Jiangxi | 73.7 | 190.7 | 113.1 | 77.6 |
| Shandong | 186.3 | 410.0 | 197.0 | 213.0 |
| Henan | 144.9 | 302.6 | 155.6 | 147.1 |
| Hubei | 122.8 | 281.3 | 184.6 | 96.8 |
| Hunan | 110.8 | 202.1 | 135.7 | 66.4 |
| Guangdong | 302.5 | 658.0 | 464.3 | 193.6 |
| Guangxi | 113.7 | 206.6 | 115.9 | 90.7 |
| Hainan | 17.4 | 28.6 | 24.2 | 4.4 |
| Chongqing | 64.1 | 108.3 | 85.1 | 23.3 |
| Sichuan | 186.6 | 326.1 | 188.1 | 138.0 |
| Guizhou | 55.0 | 80.2 | 43.9 | 36.2 |
| Yunnan | 85.8 | 177.7 | 120.6 | 57.1 |
| Tibet | 8.2 | 18.2 | 14.7 | 3.5 |
| Shaanxi | 80.6 | 163.6 | 90.4 | 73.2 |
| Gansu | 41.7 | 75.5 | 50.1 | 25.4 |
| Qinghai | 10.8 | 23.9 | 19.3 | 4.6 |
| Ningxia | 16.0 | 27.8 | 20.6 | 7.2 |
| Xinjiang | 49.0 | 82.3 | 61.5 | 20.8 |