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
Life Expectancy                                        (year old) 69.2 70.2 73.4
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
   (Aged 15 and Over)
Years of education of Population
    Aged 6 and Over                                         (year) 4.9 6.2 7.5
Economically Active Population               (person)  40097853 50772124 54774086
Economically Unactive Population           (person)      11224180 11171614 16171024