3-11  Comparison of Illiterate Population by Region
Region	Illiterate Population  (10 000 persons)		Illiterate Rate  (%)
	2000	2010	2000	2010
National Total	8507	5466	6.72	4.08
Beijing	59	33	4.23	1.70
Tianjin	49	27	4.93	2.10
Hebei	448	188	6.65	2.61
Shanxi	138	76	4.18	2.13
Inner Mongolia	217	101	9.12	4.07
Liaoning	202	84	4.76	1.93
Jilin	125	53	4.57	1.92
Heilongjiang	188	79	5.10	2.06
Shanghai	90	63	5.40	2.74
Jiangsu	469	300	6.31	3.81
Zhejiang	330	306	7.06	5.62
Anhui	602	497	10.06	8.34
Fujian	250	90	7.20	2.44
Jiangxi	214	139	5.16	3.13
Shandong	768	476	8.46	4.97
Henan	543	399	5.87	4.25
Hubei	431	262	7.15	4.58
Hunan	299	175	4.65	2.67
Guangdong	332	204	3.84	1.96
Guangxi	170	125	3.79	2.71
Hainan	55	35	6.98	4.08
Chongqing	215	124	6.95	4.30
Sichuan	636	438	7.64	5.44
Guizhou	490	304	13.89	8.74
Yunnan	488	277	11.39	6.03
Tibet	85	73	32.50	24.42
Shaanxi	263	140	7.29	3.74
Gansu	367	222	14.34	8.69
Qinghai	93	58	18.03	10.23
Ningxia	75	39	13.40	6.22
Xinjiang	107	52	5.56	2.36