Guizhou

Guizhou

Guizhou 贵州
		POPULATION						CHRISTIANS					Total
							Evangelicals			Catholics			Christians
		Census	Census			Estimate			TOTAL			TOTAL		% of 2020
Location [1]		2000	2010	Growth		2020	TSPM	House church	Evangelicals	CPA	House church	Catholics	TOTAL	Population

Anshun Prefecture	安顺市
Guanling County	关岭布依族苗族自治县	280,755	301,363	20,608	7.34%	321,971	8,403	14,566	22,969	795	1,591	2,386	25,355	7.87%
Pingba District	平坝区	323,959	297,990	-25,969	-8.02%	272,021	7,100	12,306	19,406	672	1,344	2,016	21,421	7.87%
Puding County	普定县	353,803	378,452	24,649	6.97%	403,101	10,521	18,236	28,757	996	1,991	2,987	31,744	7.87%
Xixiu District	西秀区	767,307	765,399	-1,908	-0.25%	763,491	19,927 [2]	34,540	54,467	1,886	3,772	5,657	60,124	7.87%
Zhenning County	镇宁布依族苗族自治县	308,569	284,063	-24,506	-7.94%	259,557	6,774	11,742	18,517	641	1,282	1,923	20,440	7.87%
Ziyun County	紫云苗族布依族自治县	297,348	270,345	-27,003	-9.08%	243,342	6,351	11,009	17,360	601	1,202	1,803	19,163	7.87%
		2,331,741	2,297,612	-34,129	-1.46%	2,263,483	59,077	102,398	161,475	5,591	11,182	16,772	178,247	7.87%

Bijie Prefecture	毕节市
Dafang County	大方县	851,729	776,324	-75,405	-8.85%	700,919	92,521 [3]	160,367	252,888	1,731	3,463	5,194	258,082	36.82%
Hezhang County	赫章县	611,243	649,357	38,114 [4]	6.24%	687,471	56,373 [5]	97,711	154,083	1,698	3,396	5,094	159,177	23.15%
Jinsha County	金沙县	496,063	560,575	64,512	13.00%	625,087	51,257	88,844	140,101	1,544	3,088	4,632	144,733	23.15%
Nayong County	纳雍县	661,772	670,272	8,500	1.28%	678,772	55,659	96,474	152,134	1,677	3,353	5,030	157,163	23.15%
Qianxi County	黔西县	697,075	695,947	-1,128	-0.16%	694,819	56,975	98,755	155,730	1,716	3,432	5,149	160,879	23.15%
Qixingguan District	七星关区	1,128,230	1,137,383	9,153	0.81%	1,146,536	94,016 [6]	162,958	256,974	2,832	5,664	8,496	265,470	23.15%
Weining County	威宁彝族回族苗族自治县	1,056,009	1,263,521	207,512	19.65%	1,471,033	120,625 [7]	209,079	329,704	3,633	7,267	10,900	340,604	23.15%
Zhijin County	织金县	825,350	784,119	-41,231	-5.00%	742,888	60,917	105,587	166,504	1,835	3,670	5,505	172,009	23.15%
		6,327,471	6,537,498	210,027	3.32%	6,747,525	588,343	1,019,775	1,608,118	16,666	33,333	49,999	1,658,117	24.57%

Guiyang Prefecture	贵阳市
Baiyun District	白云区	187,695	264,496	76,801	40.92%	341,297	2,770	4,801	7,571	1,399	2,799	4,198	11,769	3.45%
Guanshanhu District	观山湖区	167,256	167,256	0	0.00%	167,256	1,357	2,353	3,710	686	1,371	2,057	5,768	3.45%
Huaxi District	花溪区	480,164	607,051	126,887	26.43%	733,938	5,957	10,325	16,281	3,009	6,018	9,027	25,309	3.45%
Kaiyang County	开阳县	389,252	358,248	-31,004	-7.97%	327,244	2,656	4,603	7,259	1,342	2,683	4,025	11,285	3.45%
Nanming District	南明区	687,804	829,326	141,522	20.58%	970,848	7,879	13,657	21,537	3,980	7,961	11,941	33,478	3.45%
Qingzhen City	清镇市	471,305	467,790	-3,515	-0.75%	464,275	8,821 [8]	15,290	24,111	1,904	3,807	5,711	29,822	6.42%
Wudang District	乌当区	209,715	209,715	0	0.00%	209,715	1,702	2,950	4,652	860	1,720	2,579	7,232	3.45%
Xifeng County	息烽县	221,583	212,897	-8,686	-3.92%	204,211	1,657	2,873	4,530	837	1,675	2,512	7,042	3.45%
Xiuwen County	修文县	262,039	248,926	-13,113	-5.00%	235,813	1,914	3,317	5,231	967	1,934	2,900	8,132	3.45%
Yunyan District	云岩区	698,988	956,906	257,918	36.90%	1,214,824	9,860	17,089	26,949	4,981	9,962	14,942	41,891	3.45%
		3,718,449	4,322,611	546,810	14.71%	4,869,421	44,573 [9]	77,259	121,832	19,965 [10]	39,929	59,894 [11]	181,726	3.73%

Liupanshui Prefecture	六盘水市
Liuzhi District	六枝特区	541,762	495,162	-46,600	-8.60%	448,562	2,243	3,887	6,130	1,108	2,216	3,324	9,454	2.11%
Pan County	盘县	1,070,802	1,035,345	-35,457	-3.31%	999,888	15,098	26,170	41,268	2,470	4,939	7,409	48,677	4.87%
Shuicheng County	水城县	678,228	704,615	26,387	3.89%	731,002	11,111	19,259	30,370	1,806	3,611	5,417	35,787	4.90%
Zhongshan District	钟山区	453,293	616,210	162,917	35.94%	779,127	20,959 [12]	36,327	57,286 [13]	1,924	3,849	5,773	63,059	8.09%
		2,744,085	2,851,332	107,247	3.91%	2,958,579	49,411 [14]	85,644	135,055	7,308	14,615	21,923	156,978	5.31%

Qiandongnan Prefecture	黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Cengong County	岑巩县	187,734	162,444	-25,290	-13.47%	137,154	1,564	2,710	4,274	339	678	1,016	5,290	3.86%
Congjiang County	从江县	301,513	290,960	-10,553	-3.50%	280,407	3,197	5,541	8,737	693	1,385	2,078	10,815	3.86%
Danzhai County	丹寨县	135,400	122,430	-12,970	-9.58%	109,460	1,248	2,163	3,411	270	541	811	4,222	3.86%
Huangping County	黄平县	292,121	263,363	-28,758	-9.84%	234,605	2,674	4,636	7,310	579	1,159	1,738	9,049	3.86%
Jianhe County	剑河县	189,085	180,624	-8,461	-4.47%	172,163	1,963	3,402	5,365	425	850	1,276	6,640	3.86%
Jinping County	锦屏县	190,429	154,869	-35,560	-18.67%	119,309	1,360	2,358	3,718	295	589	884	4,602	3.86%
Kaili City	凯里市	433,236	479,011	45,775	10.57%	524,786	7,347 [15]	12,735	20,082	1,296	2,592	3,889	23,970	4.57%
Leishan County	雷山县	132,004	117,190	-14,814	-11.22%	102,376	1,167	2,023	3,190	253	506	759	3,949	3.86%
Liping County	黎平县	458,533	391,047	-67,486	-14.72%	323,561	3,689	6,393	10,082	799	1,598	2,398	12,480	3.86%
Majiang County	麻江县	203,481	167,641	-35,840	-17.61%	131,801	1,503	2,604	4,107	326	651	977	5,084	3.86%
Rongjiang County	榕江县	300,369	286,322	-14,047	-4.68%	272,275	3,104	5,380	8,484	673	1,345	2,018	10,502	3.86%
Sansui County	三穗县	170,167	155,735	-14,432	-8.48%	141,303	1,611	2,792	4,403	349	698	1,047	5,450	3.86%
Shibing County	施秉县	137,171	130,464	-6,707	-4.89%	123,757	1,411	2,445	3,856	306	611	917	4,773	3.86%
Taijiang County	台江县	142,386	112,319	-30,067	-21.12%	82,252	938	1,625	2,563	203	406	609	3,172	3.86%
Tianzhu County	天柱县	348,302	263,850	-84,452	-24.25%	179,398	2,045	3,545	5,590	443	886	1,329	6,919	3.86%
Zhenyuan County	镇远县	222,766	203,622	-19,144	-8.59%	184,478	2,103	3,645	5,748	456	911	1,367	7,115	3.86%
		3,844,697	3,481,891	-362,806	-9.44%	3,119,085	36,922	63,997	100,919	7,704	15,408	23,112	124,031	3.98%

Qiannan Prefecture	黔南布依族苗族自治州
Changshun County	长顺县	226,235	191,129	-35,106	-15.52%	156,023	1,779	3,083	4,862	385	771	1,156	6,018	3.86%
Dushan County	独山县	317,910	265,212	-52,698	-16.58%	212,514	2,423	4,199	6,622	525	1,050	1,575	8,197	3.86%
Duyun City	都匀市	463,426	443,721	-19,705	-4.25%	424,016	8,480 [16]	14,699	23,179	1,047	2,095	3,142	26,321	6.21%
Fuquan City	福泉市	292,720	283,904	-8,816	-3.01%	275,088	6,602 [17]	11,443	18,046	679	1,359	2,038	20,084	7.30%
Guiding County	贵定县	267,809	231,118	-36,691	-13.70%	194,427	2,216	3,842	6,058	480	960	1,441	7,499	3.86%
Huishui County	惠水县	388,896	342,647	-46,249	-11.89%	296,398	3,379	5,857	9,236	732	1,464	2,196	11,432	3.86%
Libo County	荔波县	171,366	144,865	-26,501	-15.46%	118,364	1,349	2,339	3,688	292	585	877	4,565	3.86%
Longli County	龙里县	192,436	180,865	-11,571	-6.01%	169,294	1,930	3,345	5,275	418	836	1,254	6,530	3.86%
Luodian County	罗甸县	293,994	257,236	-36,758	-12.50%	220,478	2,513	4,357	6,870	545	1,089	1,634	8,504	3.86%
Pingtang County	平塘县	267,368	228,560	-38,808	-14.51%	189,752	2,163	3,749	5,913	469	937	1,406	7,319	3.86%
Sandu County	三都水族自治县	297,442	283,139	-14,303	-4.81%	268,836	3,065	5,312	8,377	664	1,328	1,992	10,369	3.86%
Weng'an County	瓮安县	390,245	380,318	-9,927	-2.54%	370,391	4,222	7,319	11,541	915	1,830	2,745	14,286	3.86%
		3,569,847	3,232,714	-337,133	-9.44%	2,895,581	40,122	69,544	109,666	7,152	14,304	21,456	131,122	4.53%

Qianxinan Prefecture	黔西南布依族苗族自治州
Anlong County	安龙县	399,384	356,255	-43,129	-10.80%	313,126	3,570	6,187	9,757	773	1,547	2,320 [18]	12,077	3.86%
Ceheng County	册亨县	215,030	190,413	-24,617	-11.45%	165,796	1,890	3,276	5,166	410	819	1,229	6,395	3.86%
Pu'an County	普安县	259,881	254,247	-5,634	-2.17%	248,613	2,834	4,912	7,747	614	1,228	1,842	9,589	3.86%
Qinglong County	晴隆县	258,031	246,809	-11,222	-4.35%	235,587	2,686	4,655	7,341	582	1,164	1,746	9,087	3.86%
Wangmo County	望谟县	273,113	251,966	-21,147	-7.74%	230,819	2,631	4,561	7,192	570	1,140	1,710	8,903	3.86%
Xingren County	兴仁县	425,091	417,919	-7,172	-1.69%	410,747	4,683	8,116	12,799	1,015	2,029	3,044	15,842	3.86%
Xingyi City	兴义市	719,605	783,120	63,515	8.83%	846,635	10,160 [19]	17,610	27,769	2,091	4,182	6,274	34,043	4.02%
Zhenfeng County	贞丰县	314,785	303,883	-10,902	-3.46%	292,981	3,340	5,789	9,129	724	1,447	2,171	11,300	3.86%
		2,864,920	2,804,612	-60,308	-2.11%	2,744,304	31,793	55,107	86,900	6,778	13,557	20,335	107,235	3.91%

Tongren Prefecture	铜仁市
Bijiang District	碧江区	308,583	361,670	53,087	17.20%	414,757	5,558 [20]	9,633	15,191	1,024	2,049	3,073	18,264	4.40%
Dejiang County	德江县	388,639	367,920	-20,719	-5.33%	347,201	4,652	8,064	12,717	858	1,715	2,573	15,289	4.40%
Jiangkou County	江口县	189,288	172,761	-16,527	-8.73%	156,234	2,094	3,629	5,722	386	772	1,158	6,880	4.40%
Shiqian County	石阡县	334,508	304,387	-30,121	-9.00%	274,266	3,675	6,370	10,045	677	1,355	2,032 [21]	12,078	4.40%
Sinan County	思南县	543,389	499,336	-44,053	-8.11%	455,283	6,101	10,575	16,675	1,125	2,249	3,374	20,049	4.40%
Songtao County	松桃苗族自治县	547,488	486,748	-60,740	-11.09%	426,008	5,709	9,895	15,603	1,052	2,104	3,157	18,760	4.40%
Wanshan District	万山区	54,674	47,818	-6,856	-12.54%	40,962	549	951	1,500	101	202	304	1,804	4.40%
Yanhe County	沿河土家族自治县	474,331	449,819	-24,512	-5.17%	425,307	5,699	9,878	15,577	1,051	2,101	3,152	18,729	4.40%
Yinjiang County	印江土家族苗族自治县	335,263	284,220	-51,043	-15.22%	233,177	3,125	5,416	8,540	576	1,152	1,728	10,268	4.40%
Yuping County	玉屏侗族自治县	126,462	118,525	-7,937	-6.28%	110,588	1,482	2,569	4,050	273	546	819	4,870	4.40%
		3,302,625	3,093,204	-209,421	-6.34%	2,883,783	38,643	66,979	105,622	7,123	14,246	21,369	126,991	4.40%

Zunyi Prefecture	遵义市
Bozhou District	播州区	1,243,193	942,904	-300,289	-24.15%	642,615	5,655 [22]	9,802	15,457 [23]	1,587	3,175	4,762	20,219	3.15%
Chishui City	赤水市	251,780	237,052	-14,728	-5.85%	222,324	4,891 [24]	8,478	13,369	549	1,098	1,647	15,016	6.75%
Daozhen County	道真仡佬族苗族自治县	286,715	244,159	-42,556	-14.84%	201,603	1,774	3,075	4,849	498	996	1,494	6,343	3.15%
Fenggang County	凤冈县	370,253	313,128	-57,125	-15.43%	256,003	2,253	3,905	6,158	632	1,265	1,897	8,055	3.15%
Honghuagang Distict	红花岗区	656,592	656,592	0	0.00%	656,592	5,778	10,015	15,793	1,622	3,244	4,865	20,658	3.15%
Huichuan District	汇川区	438,279	438,279	0	0.00%	438,279	3,857	6,685	10,542	1,083	2,165	3,248	13,790	3.15%
Meitan County	湄潭县	411,613	377,358	-34,255	-8.32%	343,103	3,019	5,233	8,253	847	1,695	2,542	10,795	3.15%
Renhuai City	仁怀市	520,759	546,477	25,718	4.94%	572,195	11,444 [25]	19,836	31,280	1,413	2,827	4,240	35,520	6.21%
Suiyang County	绥阳县	457,104	380,083	-77,021	-16.85%	303,062	2,667	4,623	7,290	749	1,497	2,246	9,535	3.15%
Tongzi County	桐梓县	575,580	521,840	-53,740	-9.34%	468,100	4,119	7,140	11,259	1,156	2,312	3,469	14,728	3.15%
Wuchuan County	务川仡佬族苗族自治县	386,164	321,657	-64,507	-16.70%	257,150	2,263	3,922	6,185	635	1,270	1,905	8,091	3.15%
Xishui County	习水县	591,208	523,180	-68,028	-11.51%	455,152	4,005	6,942	10,948	1,124	2,248	3,373	14,320	3.15%
Yuqing County	余庆县	252,965	234,739	-18,226	-7.20%	216,513	1,905	3,302	5,208	535	1,070	1,604	6,812	3.15%
Zheng'an County	正安县	504,832	389,634	-115,198	-22.82%	274,436	2,415	4,186	6,601	678	1,356	2,034	8,635	3.15%
		6,543,860	6,127,082	-819,955	-12.53%	5,307,127	56,046	97,144	153,190	13,109	26,217	39,326	192,516	3.63%

Totals		35,247,695	34,748,556	-499,139	-1.42%	34,249,417	944,930 [26]	1,637,847 [27]	2,582,778 [28]	91,396	182,791	274,187 [29]	2,856,965	8.34%
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[1]

Note: Significant changes were made to the administrative regions of Guizhou between the 2000 and 2010 census. Borders were redrawn, counties and cities incorporated into new districts, and others were disolved altogether. As a result several new districts were counted in 2010 which didn't exist in 2000. The 2000 population figure for those districts have been listed at their 2010 levels.

[2]

20,000 TSPM believers in Anshun City: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.213. In 34 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Anshun City was incorporated into the new Xixiu District in 2000.

[3]

70,000: Amity News Service (January-February 2001).

[4]

The administrative borders of Hezhang were redrawn before the 2010 census to include several neighboring areas.

[5]

26,000: Global Chinese Ministries (April 2003). There were 4,000 Christians in Hezhang in 1951.

[6]

18,000 believers in 60 churches in Bijie City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. An earlier source listed just "400 in city, 800 in suburbs": Bridge (September 1994). There were more than 70,000 believers in Bijie Prefecture in 1987: Bridge (July-August 1987). This figure grew to 150,000 in 1991: Tianfeng (March 1991); and 170,000 in 1995: Amity News Service (June 1995). More than 2,000 Communist Party members in Bijie were known to be Christians in 1995, up from 150 in 1991: Advance (October 1995).

[7]

70,000: Amity News Service (September 1998). The article erroneously said Weining was in Jiangsu Province, but there is no Weining in Jiangsu. Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.213, listed 20,000 believers in Weining, including 9,000 Miao and 7,000 Yi believers.

[8]

6,700 believers in 22 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[9]

Guiyang City had 18,300 TSPM members in 61 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002; Tianfeng said there were 15,000 TSPM believers in Guiyang in 2008: Tianfeng (January 2008).

[10]

10,000 registered Catholics in Guiyang City: UCAN (6 March 2003). UCA Dispatch (27 October 1995), gave a figure of 8,000. An earlier source listed just 1,300 Catholics in Guiyang: Bridge (July-August 1987). Guiyang City is part of the large Guiyang Diocese. Estimates for the number of Catholics in Guiyang Diocese range from 30,000: UCA News (23 April 1999) to 70,000: ZGTZY (January 1995).

[11]

In 1950 there were 24,713 Catholics in Guiyang Diocese, in 30 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[12]

12,700 believers in 42 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[13]

39,000 Christians in Liupanshui: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.1 (1999), p.56.

[14]

2,800 believers in 24 churches and meeting points: Amity News Service (January 1993). Tianfeng (February 1988) listed 30,000 TSPM Christians in Liupanshui without giving specific figures for each county. A later source listed a lower figure of "more than 23,000" in Liupanshui: Bridge (September 1994).

[15]

5,300 believers in 18 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[16]

5,800 believers in 19 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[17]

4,200 believers in 14 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[18]

In 1950 there were 11,403 Catholics in Anlong Diocese, in 18 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[19]

6,400 believers in 21 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[20]

4,300 believers in 14 churches in Tongren City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Tongren was later incorporated into Bijiang District.

[21]

In 1950 there were 5,697 Catholics in Shiqian Diocese, in 20 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[22]

There were 6,400 believers in 21 churches of Zunyi City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Zunyi City was later divided into the three districts of Bozhou, Honghuagang, and Huichuan.

[23]

13,000 Christians in Zunyi City: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.110.

[24]

3,900 believers in 13 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[25]

8,300 believers in 28 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[26]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.234, listed a percentage which amounts to 696,500 TSPM believers in Guizhou.

[27]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.234, listed a percentage which amounts to 1,896,100 house church believers in Guizhou.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.171, listed a percentage which amounts to 814,000 house church believers in Guizhou.

[28]

Evangelicals in Guizhou
            70 (1893 - China Mission Handbook , 1896, p.145)
          123 (1904 - China's Millions , November 1905)
     20,873 (1919 - Stauffer, Christian Occupation of China , p.183 - only 9,446 communicants p.181)
     10,000 (1949 - Bridge , July-August 1987)*
   100,000 (1987 - Bridge , July-August 1987)*
   350,000 (1993 - Lambert, Resurrection of the Chinese Church , p.142)*
   170,000 (1995 - Amity News Service, March 1995)*
   300,000 (1997 - Amity News Service)*
   400,000 (1997 - Lambert, personal communication)*
   360,000 (1998 - Amity News Service, March 1998)*
   500,000 (1999 - Intercessors for China, Prayer calendar)
1,221,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.171)
   393,000 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
2,592,600 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.234)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.

[29]

Catholics in Guizhou
       100 (1765 - Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800 , p.386)
       210 (1771 - Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800 , p.386)
    5,000 (1866 - China's Millions , October 1875)
10,000 (1870 - Chinese Recorder , May 1880)
13,000 (1873 - Chinese Recorde r, May 1880)
16,900 (1890 in 73 churches: Chinese Recorder , March 1890)
25,368 (1907 in 106 churches: Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China , p.450)
35,286 (1921 in 132 churches: Stauffer, Christian Occupation of China , p.181)
100,000 (1949 - Bridge , July-August 1987)
41,813 (1950 - Compiled from diocese statistics at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
222,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.171)
90,000 (2003 in 63 churches: UCAN, 6 March 2003)*
309,600 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.234)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.