| 4-19 Registered Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rate in Urban Area by Region | ||||||||
| Region | Unemployed Persons (10 000 persons) | Unemployment Rate (%) | ||||||
| 1990 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | 1990 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Beijing | 1.7 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Tianjin | 8.1 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Hebei | 7.7 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 34.5 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Shanxi | 5.5 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 21.6 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Inner Mongolia | 15.2 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Liaoning | 23.7 | 60.4 | 41.7 | 41.6 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Jilin | 10.5 | 27.6 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Heilongjiang | 20.4 | 31.3 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Shanghai | 7.7 | 27.5 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | |
| Jiangsu | 22.5 | 41.6 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Zhejiang | 11.2 | 29.0 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Anhui | 15.2 | 27.8 | 29.3 | 30.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Fujian | 9.0 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Jiangxi | 10.3 | 22.8 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Shandong | 26.2 | 42.9 | 60.7 | 45.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Henan | 25.1 | 33.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Hubei | 12.7 | 52.6 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Hunan | 15.9 | 41.9 | 47.0 | 47.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Guangdong | 19.2 | 34.5 | 38.1 | 39.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Guangxi | 13.9 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Hainan | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Chongqing | 16.9 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Sichuan | 38.0 | 34.3 | 37.9 | 36.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Guizhou | 10.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Yunnan | 7.8 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Tibet | 2.0 | 3.8 | ||||||
| Shaanxi | 11.2 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Gansu | 12.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Qinghai | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Ningxia | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Xinjiang | 9.6 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 |