3-3  Major Data of  All Previous Provincial Population Census
Item	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	252386	295464	407408	505900	632743
Nationalities                                             (person)
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