| Name | Distribution | Total population |
| Manchu | Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Chengdu, Xian, Guangzhou | 9821180 |
| Korean | Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning | 1920597 |
| Hezhen | Northeastern China | 4245 |
| Mongolia | Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Liaoning, Jilin | 4806849 |
| Daur | Inner Mongolia, Heilong-jiang | 121357 |
| Ewenki | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang | 26315 |
| Oroqen | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang | 6965 |
| Hui | Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xingjiang, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Yunnan | 8602978 |
| Dongxiang | Gansu | 373872 |
| Salar | Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang | 87697 |
| Bao'an | Gansu | 12212 |
| Yugur | Gansu | 12297 |
| Tu | Qinghai | 191624 |
| Uygur | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hunan | 7214431 |
| Kazak | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Qinghai, Gansu | 1111718 |
| Kirgiz | Western Xinjiang, Heilongjiang | 141549 |
| Uzbek | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region | 14502 |
| Tajik | Xinjiang | 33538 |
| Tatar | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region | 4873 |
| Russian | Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang | 13504 |
| Xibe | Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia | 172847 |
| Tibetan | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | 4593330 |
| Monba | Tibet | 7475 |
| Lhoba | southeastern Tibet | 2312 |
| Qiang | Sichuan | 198252 |
| Bai | Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou | 1594827 |
| Yi | Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi | 6572173 |
| Hani | Yunnan | 1253952 |
| Dai | Yunnan | 1025128 |
| Lisu | Yunnan, Sichuan | 574856 |
| Va | southwestern Yunnan | 351974 |
| Lahu | Qinghai, Tibet | 411476 |
| Naxi | Yunnan | 278009 |
| Jingpo | Yunnan | 119209 |
| Blang | Yunnan | 82280 |
| Achang | Yunnan | 27708 |
| Primi | western Yunnan, western Sichuang | 29657 |
| Nu | Yunnan | 27123 |
| De'ang | Yunnan | 15462 |
| Drung | Yunnan | 5816 |
| Jino | Yunnan | 18021 |
| Miao | Guizhou | 7398035 |
| Bouyi | Guizhou, Sichuan | 2545059 |
| Dong | Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi | 2514014 |
| Shui | Guizhou, Guangxi | 345933 |
| Gelao | Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan | 437997 |
| Zhuang | Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong | 15489630 |
| Yao | Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangxi | 2134013 |
| Mulam | Guangxi | 159328 |
| Maonan | Guangxi | 71968 |
| Gin | Guangxi | 18915 |
| Tujia | Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou | 5704223 |
| Li | Hainan | 1110900 |
| She | Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui | 630378 |
| Gaoshan | Taiwan | 400000 |
Last Updated on 10/23/98
By China Data Center