Province	The population of ethnic minorities (The 6^th National Population Census, 10 thousand)	The population of ethnic minorities (The 5^th National Population Census, 10 thousand)	The population of ethnic minorities (The 4^th National Population Census, 10 thousand)	The annual population growth rate from 1990 to 2010 (%)
Inner Mongolia	506	493	416	0.69
Guangxi	1711	1721	1651	0.42
Guizhou	1255	1334	1124	0.34
Yunnan	1534	1433	1234	1.07
Tibet	276	246	211	1.55
Qinghai	264	236	188	1.15
Ningxia	223	194	155	1.5
Xinjiang	1307	1143	946	1.8