2010 Chinese census

The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China with a zero hour of November 1, 2010.

Census procedure Census procedure was governed by the Regulations on National Population Census and the Circular of the State Council on the Conduct of the 6th National Population Census. The census cost 700 million RMB.

Results The main findings of the census were published on April 28, 2011.

Total population

It found the total population of Mainland China to be 1,339,724,852 persons, an increase of 73,899,804 persons from the previous census conducted in 2000.This figure excludes foreign nationals, residents of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau temporarily staying in Mainland China, and Chinese citizens who have permanently settled abroad, but includes Chinese citizens who were temporarily abroad when the census was taken. This represented a growth rate of 5.84% over the decade, and an average annual growth rate of 0.57%. The population undercount rate of the census was estimated at 0.12%. The census also listed the population of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as 7,097,600 persons, the population of Macau Special Administrative Region as 552,300 persons, and the population of Taiwan as 23,162,123 persons.These three figures were obtained from the relevant authorities in each region.

Population composition and demographics

The census found a total of 401,517,330 family households in Mainland China, with an average of 3.10 persons per household, a decrease of 0.34 persons from the 2000 census. 51.27% of the population is male, and 48.73% is female, giving a male to female ratio of 105.20 men for every 100 women, a decrease from the 2000 figure of 106.74. 49.68% of the population resided in urban areas, and 50.32% resided in rural areas, an increase of 13.46% in the proportion of the urban population. 261,386,075 people had lived in a place different from their household registration for at least six months, with 221,426,652 of these living in a different city from their registration.

According to the 2010 census, males account for 51.27% of China's 1.34 billion people, while females made up 48.73% of the total. The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) at birth was 118.06 boys to every 100 girls (54.14%) in 2010.

16.60% of the population was aged 0–14, 70.14% was aged 15–59, and 13.26% were aged 60 or over. This represented a decrease of 6.29% in the share of the population in the youngest age group, and increases of 3.36% and 2.93% for the 15-59 and 60+ shares, respectively. 91.51% of the population was of the Han Chinese nationality, and 8.49% was of other ethnic groups. The Han population increased by 5.74%, and the population of other groups increased by a combined 6.92%.

Name Province Population (2010)HefeiAnhui5,702,000AnqingAnhui5,311,000BengbuAnhui3,164,000BozhouAnhui4,851,000ChizhouAnhui1,403,000ChuzhouAnhui3,938,000FuyangAnhui7,600,000HuaibeiAnhui2,114,000HuainanAnhui2,334,000HuangshanAnhui1,359,000Lu'anAnhui5,612,000Ma'anshanAnhui1,366,000Suzhou, AnhuiAnhui5,353,000TonglingAnhui724,000WuhuAnhui2,263,000XuanchengAnhui2,533,000Fuzhou, FujianFujian7,115,370XiamenFujian3,531,347LongyanFujian2,559,545NanpingFujian2,645,549NingdeFujian2,821,996PutianFujian2,778,508QuanzhouFujian8,128,530SanmingFujian2,503,388ZhangzhouFujian4,809,983JiuquanGansu1,095,947JiayuguanGansu231,853ZhangyeGansu1,199,515JinchangGansu464,050WuweiGansu1,815,054BaiyinGansu1,708,751LanzhouGansu3,616,163LinxiaGansu1,946,677GannanGansu689,132DingxiGansu2,698,622LongnanGansu2,567,718TianshuiGansu3,262,548PingliangGansu2,068,033QingyangGansu2,211,191QingyuanGuangdong3,698,394ShaoguanGuangdong2,826,612HeyuanGuangdong2,953,019MeizhouGuangdong4,240,139ChaozhouGuangdong2,669,844ZhaoqingGuangdong3,918,085YunfuGuangdong2,360,128FoshanGuangdong7,194,311GuangzhouGuangdong12,700,800DongguanGuangdong8,220,237HuizhouGuangdong4,597,002ShanweiGuangdong2,935,717JieyangGuangdong5,877,025ShantouGuangdong5,391,028ZhanjiangGuangdong6,993,304MaomingGuangdong5,817,753YangjiangGuangdong2,421,812JiangmenGuangdong4,448,871ZhongshanGuangdong3,120,884ZhuhaiGuangdong1,560,229ShenzhenGuangdong10,357,938BaiseGuangxi3,466,800HechiGuangxi3,369,200LiuzhouGuangxi3,758,700GuilinGuangxi4,748,000HezhouGuangxi1,954,100ChongzuoGuangxi1,994,300NanningGuangxi6,661,600LaibinGuangxi2,099,700GuigangGuangxi4,118,800WuzhouGuangxi2,882,200FangchenggangGuangxi866,900QinzhouGuangxi3,079,700BeihaiGuangxi1,539,300Yulin, GuangxiGuangxi5,487,400BijieGuizhou6,536,370ZunyiGuizhou6,127,009TongrenGuizhou3,092,365LiupanshuiGuizhou2,851,180AnshunGuizhou2,297,339GuiyangGuizhou4,324,561QianxinanGuizhou2,805,857QiannanGuizhou3,231,161QiandongnanGuizhou3,480,626HaikouHainan2,046,189SanyaHainan685,408SanshaHainan444ShijiazhuangHebei10,163,788BaodingHebei11,194,379CangzhouHebei7,134,053ChengdeHebei3,473,197HandanHebei9,174,679HengshuiHebei4,340,773LangfangHebei4,358,839QinhuangdaoHebei2,987,605TangshanHebei7,577,284XingtaiHebei7,104,114ZhangjiakouHebei4,345,491HarbinHeilongjiang10,635,971DaqingHeilongjiang2,904,532HegangHeilongjiang1,058,665HeiheHeilongjiang1,673,898JiamusiHeilongjiang2,552,097JixiHeilongjiang1,862,161MudanjiangHeilongjiang2,798,723QiqiharHeilongjiang5,367,003QitaiheHeilongjiang920,419ShuangyashanHeilongjiang1,462,626SuihuaHeilongjiang5,416,439Yichun, HeilongjiangHeilongjiang1,148,126Daxing'anlingHeilongjiang511,564ZhengzhouHenan8,626,505AnyangHenan5,172,834HebiHenan1,569,100JiaozuoHenan3,539,860KaifengHenan4,676,159LuoheHenan2,544,103LuoyangHenan6,549,486NanyangHenan10,263,006PingdingshanHenan4,904,367PuyangHenan3,598,494SanmenxiaHenan2,233,872ShangqiuHenan7,362,472XinxiangHenan5,707,801XinyangHenan6,108,683XuchangHenan4,307,199ZhoukouHenan8,953,172ZhumadianHenan7,230,744WuhanHubei9,785,392EzhouHubei1,048,672HuanggangHubei6,162,072HuangshiHubei2,429,318JingmenHubei2,873,687JingzhouHubei5,691,707ShiyanHubei3,340,843SuizhouHubei2,162,222XiangyangHubei5,500,307XianningHubei2,462,583XiaoganHubei4,814,542YichangHubei4,059,686EnshiHubei3,290,294ChangshaHunan7,044,118ChangdeHunan5,747,218ChenzhouHunan4,581,778HengyangHunan7,141,462HuaihuaHunan4,741,948LoudiHunan3,785,627ShaoyangHunan7,071,826XiangtanHunan2,748,552YiyangHunan4,313,084YongzhouHunan5,180,235YueyangHunan5,477,911ZhangjiajieHunan1,476,521ZhuzhouHunan3,855,609XiangxiHunan2,547,833AlxaInner Mongolia231,334BayannurInner Mongolia1,669,915WuhaiInner Mongolia532,902OrdosInner Mongolia1,940,653BaotouInner Mongolia2,650,364HohhotInner Mongolia2,866,615UlanqabInner Mongolia2,143,590XilingolInner Mongolia1,028,022ChifengInner Mongolia4,341,245TongliaoInner Mongolia3,139,153HingganInner Mongolia1,613,250HulunbuirInner Mongolia2,549,278NanjingJiangsu8,004,680ChangzhouJiangsu4,591,972Huai'anJiangsu4,799,889LianyungangJiangsu4,393,914NantongJiangsu7,282,835SuqianJiangsu4,715,553Suzhou, JiangsuJiangsu10,465,994Taizhou, JiangsuJiangsu4,618,558WuxiJiangsu6,372,624XuzhouJiangsu8,580,500YanchengJiangsu7,260,240YangzhouJiangsu4,459,760ZhenjiangJiangsu3,113,384NanchangJiangxi5,042,565Fuzhou, JiangxiJiangxi3,912,312GanzhouJiangxi8,368,440Ji'anJiangxi4,810,340JingdezhenJiangxi1,587,477JiujiangJiangxi4,728,763PingxiangJiangxi1,854,510ShangraoJiangxi6,579,714XinyuJiangxi1,138,873Yichun, JiangxiJiangxi5,419,575YingtanJiangxi1,124,906ChangchunJilin7,677,089BaichengJilin2,033,058BaishanJilin1,296,575JilinJilin4,414,681LiaoyuanJilin1,176,645SipingJilin3,386,325SongyuanJilin2,881,082TonghuaJilin2,325,242YanbianJilin2,271,600ShenyangLiaoning8,106,171DalianLiaoning6,690,432AnshanLiaoning3,645,884BenxiLiaoning1,709,538ChaoyangLiaoning3,044,641DandongLiaoning2,444,697FushunLiaoning2,138,090FuxinLiaoning1,819,339HuludaoLiaoning2,623,541JinzhouLiaoning3,126,463LiaoyangLiaoning1,858,768PanjinLiaoning1,392,493TielingLiaoning2,717,732YingkouLiaoning2,428,534YinchuanNingxia1,993,088ShizuishanNingxia725,482WuzhongNingxia1,273,792ZhongweiNingxia1,080,832GuyuanNingxia1,228,156HaixiQinghai489,338HaibeiQinghai273,304XiningQinghai2,208,708HaidongQinghai1,396,846HainanQinghai441,689HuangnanQinghai256,716YushuQinghai378,439GologQinghai181,682Xi'anShaanxi8,467,837AnkangShaanxi2,629,906BaojiShaanxi3,716,731HanzhongShaanxi3,416,196ShangluoShaanxi2,341,742TongchuanShaanxi834,437WeinanShaanxi5,286,077XianyangShaanxi4,894,834Yan'anShaanxi2,187,009Yulin, ShaanxiShaanxi3,351,437JinanShandong6,814,000QingdaoShandong8,715,100BinzhouShandong3,748,500DezhouShandong5,568,200DongyingShandong2,035,300HezeShandong8,287,800JiningShandong8,081,900LaiwuShandong1,298,500LiaochengShandong5,789,900LinyiShandong10,039,400RizhaoShandong2,801,100Tai'anShandong5,494,200WeifangShandong9,086,200WeihaiShandong2,804,800YantaiShandong6,968,200ZaozhuangShandong3,729,300ZiboShandong4,530,600TaiyuanShanxi4,201,591ChangzhiShanxi3,334,564DatongShanxi3,318,057JinchengShanxi2,279,151JinzhongShanxi3,249,425LinfenShanxi4,316,612LüliangShanxi3,727,057ShuozhouShanxi1,714,857XinzhouShanxi3,067,501YangquanShanxi1,368,502YunchengShanxi5,134,794GarzêSichuan1,091,872NgawaSichuan898,713MianyangSichuan4,613,862GuangyuanSichuan2,484,123NanchongSichuan6,278,622BazhongSichuan3,283,771DazhouSichuan5,468,092Ya'anSichuan1,507,264ChengduSichuan14,047,625DeyangSichuan3,615,759SuiningSichuan3,252,551Guang'anSichuan3,205,476MeishanSichuan2,950,548ZiyangSichuan3,665,064LeshanSichuan3,235,756NeijiangSichuan3,702,847ZigongSichuan2,678,898YibinSichuan4,472,001LuzhouSichuan4,218,426LiangshanSichuan4,532,809PanzhihuaSichuan1,214,121NgariTibet95,465Nagqu PrefectureTibet462,382Qamdo PrefectureTibet657,505Xigazê PrefectureTibet703,292LhasaTibet559,423Lhoka/Shannan PrefectureTibet328,990Nyingchi PrefectureTibet195,109AltayXinjiang603,280BortalaXinjiang443,680TachengXinjiang1,219,212KaramayXinjiang391,008ChangjiXinjiang1,428,592ÜrümqiÜrümqiXinjiang3,110,280TurpanXinjiang622,679KumulXinjiang572,400IliXinjiang2,482,627KizilsuXinjiang525,599KashgarXinjiang3,979,362AksuXinjiang2,370,887Hotan Xinjiang2,014,365BayingolinXinjiang1,278,492KunmingYunnan6,432,000QujingYunnan5,855,000YuxiYunnan2,304,000BaoshanYunnan2,506,000ZhaotongYunnan5,213,000LijiangYunnan1,245,000Pu'erYunnan2,543,000LincangYunnan2,430,000DehongYunnan1,211,000NujiangYunnan534,000DêqênYunnan400,000DaliYunnan3,456,000ChuxiongYunnan2,684,000HongheYunnan4,501,000WenshanYunnan3,518,000XishuangbannaYunnan1,134,000HangzhouZhejiang8,700,400NingboZhejiang7,605,700HuzhouZhejiang2,893,500JiaxingZhejiang4,501,700JinhuaZhejiang5,361,600LishuiZhejiang2,117,000QuzhouZhejiang2,122,700ShaoxingZhejiang4,912,200Taizhou, ZhejiangZhejiang5,968,800WenzhouZhejiang9,122,100ZhoushanZhejiang1,121,300

Educational attainment The census found that, in Mainland China, 119,636,790 people had completed higher education, 187,985,979 had completed only senior secondary education, 519,656,445 had completed only junior secondary education, 358,764,003 had completed only primary education, and 54,656,573 were illiterate. Since 2000, out of every 100,000 people, the number with higher education has increased from 3,611 to 8,930, the number with senior secondary education has increased from 11,146 to 14,032, the number with junior secondary education increased from 33,961 to 38,788, and the number of people with only primary education decreased from 35,701 to 26,779. The illiteracy rate declined from 6.72% to 4.08%.