| 4-17 Registered Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rate in Urban Area by Region | |||||||||
| Region | Unemployed Persons (10 000 persons) | Unemployment Rate (%) | |||||||
| 1990 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 1990 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| National Total | 383.2 | 839.0 | 908.0 | 922.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
| Beijing | 1.7 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
| Tianjin | 8.1 | 11.7 | 16.1 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
| Hebei | 7.7 | 27.8 | 35.1 | 36.0 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| Shanxi | 5.5 | 14.3 | 20.4 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | |
| Inner Mongolia | 15.2 | 17.7 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| Liaoning | 23.7 | 60.4 | 38.9 | 39.4 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Jilin | 10.5 | 27.6 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |
| Heilongjiang | 20.4 | 31.3 | 36.2 | 35.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | |
| Shanghai | 7.7 | 27.5 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Jiangsu | 22.5 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 41.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
| Zhejiang | 11.2 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | |
| Anhui | 15.2 | 27.8 | 26.9 | 33.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
| Fujian | 9.0 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |
| Jiangxi | 10.3 | 22.8 | 26.3 | 24.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | |
| Shandong | 26.2 | 42.9 | 59.5 | 45.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
| Henan | 25.1 | 33.0 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
| Hubei | 12.7 | 52.6 | 55.7 | 55.1 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | |
| Hunan | 15.9 | 41.9 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | |
| Guangdong | 19.2 | 34.5 | 39.3 | 38.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| Guangxi | 13.9 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | |
| Hainan | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.7 | |
| Chongqing | 16.9 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | |||
| Sichuan | 38.0 | 34.3 | 34.6 | 36.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | |
| Guizhou | 10.7 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
| Yunnan | 7.8 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | |
| Tibet | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | |||||
| Shaanxi | 11.2 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | |
| Gansu | 12.5 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | |
| Qinghai | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |
| Ningxia | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | |
| Xinjiang | 9.6 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |