| Table 8. Province of Birth by Current Residence, Milne Bay Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Alotau District | Samarai-Murua | Kiriwina-Goodenough | Esa'ala | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 158,780 | 21,020 | 26,899 | 14,149 | 49,279 | 47,433 |
| Western | 162 | 11 | 48 | 13 | 45 | 45 |
| Gulf | 162 | 14 | 109 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| Central | 889 | 133 | 361 | 242 | 88 | 65 |
| NCD | 780 | 91 | 416 | 63 | 76 | 134 |
| Milnebay | 153,900 | 20,197 | 24,577 | 13,708 | 48,667 | 46,751 |
| Oro | 562 | 231 | 271 | 12 | 30 | 18 |
| South Highlands | 63 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Enga | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| West Highlands | 114 | 24 | 60 | 5 | 18 | 7 |
| Simbu | 51 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| East Highlands | 158 | 25 | 100 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| Morobe | 464 | 111 | 227 | 13 | 64 | 49 |
| Madang | 195 | 36 | 94 | 4 | 35 | 26 |
| East Sepik | 136 | 4 | 85 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| West Sepik | 140 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 90 | 16 |
| Manus | 73 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| New Ireland | 57 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| East New Britain | 254 | 54 | 117 | 13 | 35 | 35 |
| West New Britain | 91 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Bougainville | 161 | 15 | 82 | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| Elsewhere | 327 | 26 | 127 | 15 | 32 | 127 |
| Australia | 153 | 9 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 80 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 36 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Others | 67 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 82,510 | 10,285 | 14,955 | 7,409 | 25,222 | 24,639 |
| Western | 84 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 18 |
| Gulf | 100 | 10 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Central | 499 | 69 | 227 | 127 | 43 | 33 |
| NCD | 404 | 34 | 230 | 30 | 39 | 71 |
| Milnebay | 79,809 | 9,923 | 13,573 | 7,179 | 24,901 | 24,233 |
| Oro | 271 | 78 | 160 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| South Highlands | 42 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Enga | 23 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| West Highlands | 61 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Simbu | 24 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| East Highlands | 92 | 12 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Morobe | 258 | 53 | 141 | 3 | 37 | 24 |
| Madang | 115 | 15 | 55 | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| East Sepik | 93 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| West Sepik | 84 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 54 | 9 |
| Manus | 38 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| New Ireland | 30 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| East New Britain | 138 | 28 | 71 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| West New Britain | 45 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Bougainville | 79 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| Elsewhere | 221 | 16 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 104 |
| Australia | 112 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Others | 47 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 76,270 | 10,735 | 11,944 | 6,740 | 24,057 | 22,794 |
| Western | 78 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Gulf | 62 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Central | 390 | 64 | 134 | 115 | 45 | 32 |
| NCD | 376 | 57 | 186 | 33 | 37 | 63 |
| Milnebay | 74,091 | 10,274 | 11,004 | 6,529 | 23,766 | 22,518 |
| Oro | 291 | 153 | 111 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
| South Highlands | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Enga | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| West Highlands | 53 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Simbu | 27 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| East Highlands | 66 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Morobe | 206 | 58 | 86 | 10 | 27 | 25 |
| Madang | 80 | 21 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| East Sepik | 43 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| West Sepik | 56 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 7 |
| Manus | 35 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| New Ireland | 27 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| East New Britain | 116 | 26 | 46 | 9 | 22 | 13 |
| West New Britain | 46 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Bougainville | 82 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| Elsewhere | 106 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| Australia | 41 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Others | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||