| - Geographic Distribution of Ethnic Minorities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Figures of population are obtained from the Population Census in ***** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ethnic
Name | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Main Geographic Distribution | Population | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | (person) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mongolian | Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Heilongjiang and Xinjiang | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hui | Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Xinjiang, Qinghai, | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yunnan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Liaoning, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Jilin, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jiangsu and Sichuan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tibetan | Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uygur | Xinjiang | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miao | Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Chongqing, | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hubei and Sichuan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yi | Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhuang | Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong | ******** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bouyei | Guizhou | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Korean | Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Manchu | Liaoning, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, | ******** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Inner Mongolia and Beijing | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dong | Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yao | Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan and Guangdong | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bai | Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tujia | Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hani | Yunnan | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kazak | Xinjiang | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dai | Yunnan | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Li | Hainan | ******* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lisu | Yunnan and Sichuan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Va | Yunnan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| She | Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gaoshan | Taiwan and Fujian | **** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lahu | Yunnan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shui | Guizhou and Guangxi | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dongxiang | Gansu and Xinjiang | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Naxi | Yunnan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jingpo | Yunnan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kirgiz | Xinjiang | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tu | Qinghai and Gansu | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Daur | Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mulam | Guangxi | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Qiang | Sichuan | ****** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blang | Yunnan | ***** | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salar | Qinghai | ****** |
| Maonan | Guangxi | ****** |
| Gelao | Guizhou | ****** |
| Xibe | Liaoning and Xinjiang | ****** |
| Achang | Yunnan | ***** |
| Pumi | Yunnan | ***** |
| Tajik | Xinjiang | ***** |
| Nu | Yunnan | ***** |
| Ozbek | Xinjiang | ***** |
| Russian | Xinjiang and Heilongjiang | ***** |
| Ewenki | Inner Mongolia | ***** |
| De'ang | Yunnan | ***** |
| Bonan | Gansu | ***** |
| Yugur | Gansu | ***** |
| Jing | Guangxi | ***** |
| Tatar | Xinjiang | **** |
| Drung | Yunnan | **** |
| Oroqen | Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia | **** |
| Hezhen | Heilongjiang | **** |
| Moinba | Tibet | **** |
| Lhoba | Tibet | **** |
| Jino | Yunnan | ***** |