Table 8. Sex and Ethnicity by Province, Solomon Islands: 1999
Characteristics	Total	Choiseul	Western	Isabel	Central	Rennell-Bellona	Guadalcanal	Malaita	Makira-Ulawa	Temotu	Honiara
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Melanesian	386,674	18,527	59,257	20,138	20,512	68	59,274	119,945	30,119	15,521	43,313
Polynesian	12,257	33	271	69	767	2,219	343	2,140	527	3,291	2,597
Micronesian	4,906	1,270	2,181	44	74	2	206	46	9	1	1,073
Chinese	464	9	59	5	0	0	15	10	0	0	366
European	669	10	84	42	12	3	61	45	30	9	373
Mixed ethnicity	2,870	112	673	65	183	81	209	179	148	64	1,156
Other	435	23	120	22	16	0	37	18	23	1	175
Not reported	696	20	94	24	13	4	101	226	143	17	54
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Melanesian	199,872	9,477	31,297	10,250	10,617	41	30,867	59,931	15,496	7,552	24,344
Polynesian	6,177	18	158	34	411	1,140	199	1,009	262	1,547	1,399
Micronesian	2,398	636	1,091	29	38	2	105	13	6	1	477
Chinese	300	8	49	4	0	0	14	7	0	0	218
European	411	4	59	21	10	2	37	27	18	5	228
Mixed ethnicity	1,469	55	369	40	96	41	104	89	71	27	577
Other	351	23	111	21	14	0	35	13	18	1	115
Not reported	369	14	56	17	7	4	50	115	68	9	29
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Melanesian	186,802	9,050	27,960	9,888	9,895	27	28,407	60,014	14,623	7,969	18,969
Polynesian	6,080	15	113	35	356	1,079	144	1,131	265	1,744	1,198
Micronesian	2,508	634	1,090	15	36	0	101	33	3	0	596
Chinese	164	1	10	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	148
European	258	6	25	21	2	1	24	18	12	4	145
Mixed ethnicity	1,401	57	304	25	87	40	105	90	77	37	579
Other	84	0	9	1	2	0	2	5	5	0	60
Not reported	327	6	38	7	6	0	51	111	75	8	25
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census