关键词: 流动人口, 流入地分布, 集中指数

Abstract: Using data of Chinese censuses in 1982,1990,2000 and 1% sample survey in 1987 and 2005,this paper analyses the distribution trends of floating population in China at region,province,and city levels.Distribution of floating population presents obvious central tendency.From regional perspective,the floating population increasingly concentrated in the eastern region,the eastern and southern coastal areas.From provincial perspective,floating population increasingly concentrated in few provinces.The first five largest migration destination provinces absorbed half of the country’s floating population.From city perspective,floating population increasingly concentrated in a few cities,showing outstanding polarization.In the early 21st century,there is an emerging city band comprising 35 coastal cities,absorbing more than half of the floating population in China.Distribution concentration trend of the floating population will continue,which constitutes the prerequisite for policy making regarding the floating population.

Keywords: Floating Population, Destination Distribution, Index of Concentration