The per capita net income of rural residents was 1,704.98 Yuan . The average wage of staff and workers was 5,124 Yuan , and the per capita annual disposable income of urban households was 3,944.67 Yuan . The number of hospital beds per 10,000 persons was 27.7, and number of doctors per 10,000 persons was 43.6. A feature of education distribution in Inner Mongolia is the increase in the size of the educated population, with the average number of years of schooling increasing annually. The population of Inner Mongolia makes up only a small part of China s total population.
Population density is low with uneven distribution.
There are more residents in the eastern part than the west, and more in rural and pastoral areas than in cities. Wherever transportation is convenient, there are more people. There are a variety of ethnic minorities with rapidly increasing population. There are 49 ethnic minorities according to the statistics of the fourth national census. Age The Autonomous Region was established in 1947.