4-3 Major Data of  All Previous Provincial Population Census
Item	unit	The First (1953.7.1)	The Secend (1964.7.1)	The Third (1982.7.1)	The Fourth (1990.7.1)	The Fifth (2000.11.1)
Total	person	48876548	55496219	74419054	84392104	89971789
By Sex
Male	person	24311397	27904495	37737424	42913185	45542060
Female	person	24565151	27591724	36681630	41478919	44429729
Total Households	unit	11097668	12770814	17390448	21975648	27320402
Households	unit			17335456	21874449	26709328
Average Household Size	person			4.20	3.75	3.22
Nationalities
The number of Nationalities	unit	17	32	39	54	56
Total Population of  Han Nationality	person	48624003	55200442	74011440	83886204	89339046
Total Population of Minority Nationalities	person	252386	295464	407408	505900	632743
Population of City and Town	person	3579208	7175677	14190511	23076729	34325909
Population by Education
University and Above	person			263176	822863	3000752
Senior Middle Schools	person			4387201	6033615	9946434
Junior Middle Schools	person			13169660	21254691	32973455
Primary Schools	person			25108087	30611980	29469710
Illiterate or Semiliterate Persons	person			20457244	14256068	7654312
(Age 15 and Over)
Economically Active Population	person			40097853	50772124	54774086
Economically Unactive Population	person			11224180	11171614	16171024