Demographics
According to statistics, by the end of 2006,there are 4,181,260 people live in Zibo, of which 2,102,819 are male and 2,078,441 are female. The sex ratio is 101.17. Death rate of 2006 is 5.92‰, while the birth rate is a little higher, saying 8.81‰. Then the natural growth rate of population that year is 2.90‰.The area had a population density of 704.15 per square kilometer.
As most Chinese cities, major nation here is no exception. The fourth nationwide census shows over 99 percent of the total population are Han Chinese. Besides, there are also 44 minority nationality settled, Huis, Manchus, Mongolians and Koreans, etc. Mongolians and Manchurians are the only two minority groups that has more than 1,000 people. Jinling Huis Town,which is located at the junction of Zhangdian and Linzi, in one of only four towns named by an ethnic minority in Shandong Province.
In 2008, the per capital disposable income of urban residents is 17,629 yuan, up 11.2% ;the per capital disposable income of rural residents is 7,364 yuan, up 13.9%. The Engel's coefficients that reflects the consumption structure and level of China's urban and rural residents are 32.1% and 35.6% respectively.
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