Population density (population/km2) | Percentage of work force in primary industry | Annual household disposable income (US$) | |||||||
1997 | 2008 | Change | 1997 | 2008 | Change | 1997 | 2008 | Change | |
Whole of Taiwan | 592 | 637 | 8 | 10.6 | 5.2 | −51 | 24 309 | 26 105 | 7 |
North | 1231 | 1384 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.0 | −66 | 27 774 | 30 064 | 8 |
Taipei City | 9687 | 9650 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | −33 | 34 036 | 36 316 | 7 |
Hsinchu City | 3269 | 3892 | 19 | 2.6 | 0.5 | −81 | 26 235 | 33 923 | 29 |
Keelung City | 2778 | 2930 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | −53 | 23 679 | 23 334 | −1 |
Taipei County | 1610 | 1868 | 16 | 2.0 | 0.6 | −70 | 24 833 | 27 773 | 12 |
Taoyuan County | 1248 | 1604 | 29 | 4.4 | 1.4 | −68 | 25 935 | 27 430 | 6 |
Hsinchu County | 286 | 353 | 23 | 8.0 | 2.8 | −65 | 26 367 | 30 399 | 15 |
Yilan County | 218 | 215 | −1 | 10.1 | 6.9 | −32 | 22 437 | 24 227 | 8 |
Middle | 515 | 548 | 6 | 17.4 | 8.6 | −51 | 20 144 | 22 515 | 12 |
Taichung City | 5221 | 6524 | 25 | 2.2 | 0.6 | −73 | 26 736 | 26 184 | −2 |
Miaoli County | 308 | 308 | 0 | 12.5 | 5.2 | −58 | 23 616 | 21 553 | −9 |
Taichung County | 685 | 759 | 11 | 9.8 | 4.3 | −56 | 21 381 | 23 353 | 9 |
Changhua County | 1199 | 1222 | 2 | 18.5 | 10.2 | −45 | 21 535 | 21 730 | 1 |
Nantou County | 133 | 129 | −3 | 26.1 | 19.3 | −26 | 21 239 | 20 255 | −5 |
Yunlin County | 584 | 561 | −4 | 30.9 | 21.0 | −32 | 18 971 | 18 399 | −3 |
South | 624 | 644 | 3 | 14.8 | 7.7 | −48 | 21 226 | 23 265 | 10 |
Kaohsiung City | 9284 | 9933 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | −58 | 26 093 | 27 481 | 5 |
Chiayi City | 4354 | 4561 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.9 | −77 | 23 615 | 21 183 | −10 |
Tainan City | 4024 | 4375 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.4 | −60 | 23 426 | 26 294 | 12 |
Chiayi County | 298 | 289 | −3 | 32.1 | 20.5 | −36 | 18 207 | 18 718 | 3 |
Tainan County | 537 | 548 | 18.7 | 10.1 | −46 | 18 961 | 20 847 | 10 | |
Kaohsiung County | 428 | 445 | 4 | 10.8 | 6.9 | −36 | 21 408 | 22 289 | 4 |
Pingtung County | 329 | 319 | −3 | 24.4 | 17.0 | −30 | 21 609 | 20 032 | −7 |
East | 75 | 70 | −7 | 18.9 | 15.1 | −20 | 21 296 | 18 620 | −13 |
Hualien County | 78 | 74 | −5 | 12.1 | 9.0 | −25 | 21 802 | 19 858 | −9 |
Taitung County | 72 | 66 | −8 | 27.7 | 22.6 | −18 | 16 311 | 16 757 | 3 |