| Ethnic Group | Population (1,000s) |
Major Areas of Distribution |
| Achang |
|
Yunnan |
| Bai |
|
Yunnan, Guizhou |
| Bao'an |
|
Gansu |
| Bouyei |
|
Guizhou |
| Bulang |
|
Yunnan |
| Dai |
|
Yunnan |
| Daur |
|
Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang |
| De'ang |
|
Yunnan |
| Dong |
|
Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi |
| Dongxiang |
|
Gansu, Xinjiang |
| Drung |
|
Yunnan |
| Ewenki |
|
Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang |
| Hani |
|
Yunnan |
| Hezhen |
|
Heilongjiang |
| Hui |
|
Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Hebei, Qinghai, Shandong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Anhui, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Beijing, Tianjin |
| Gaoshan |
|
Taiwan (population not counted), Fujian |
| Gelo |
|
Guizhou, Guangxi |
| Jing |
|
Guangxi |
| Jingpo |
|
Yunnan |
| Jino |
|
Yunnan |
| Kazak |
|
Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai |
| Kirgiz |
|
Xinjiang, Heilongjiang |
| Korean |
|
Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang |
| Lahu |
|
Yunnan |
| Li |
|
Hainan |
| Lisu |
|
Yunnan, Sichuan |
| Loba |
|
Tibet |
| Manchu |
|
Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia |
| Maonan |
|
Guangxi |
| Miao |
|
Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan, Hubei |
| Mongba |
|
Tibet |
| Mongolian |
|
Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Qinghai |
| Mulam |
|
Guangxi |
| Naxi |
|
Yannan, Sichuan |
| Nu |
|
Yunnan |
| Oroqen |
|
Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang |
| Ozbek |
|
Xinjiang |
| Pumi |
|
Yunnan |
| Qiang |
|
Sichuan |
| Russian |
|
Xinjiang |
| Salar |
|
Qinghai, Gansu |
| She |
|
Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong |
| Shui |
|
Guizhou, Guangxi |
| Tajik |
|
Xinjiang |
| Tartar |
|
Xinjiang |
| Tibetan |
|
Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunan |
| Tu |
|
Qinghai, Gansu |
| Tujia |
|
Hunnan, Hubei |
| Uygur |
|
Xinjiang |
| Va |
|
Yunnan |
| Xibo |
|
Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin |
| Yao |
|
Guangxi, Hunan, Ynnan, Guangdong, Guizhou |
| Yi |
|
Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi |
| Yugu |
|
Gansu |
| Zhuang |
|
Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou |