As of 2019 June 786,241 Chinese people are living in Japan. The following data shows the rate of Chinese population by prefecture. Tokyo has the highest rate. One in a hundred is a Chinese in Tokyo.
Figure : Rate of Chinese population by prefecture (per 1,000 residents)
The population rate is high in the red prefecture, low in blue prefectures.
Table: Population of Chinese People in Japan by Prefecture, 2019
| Prefecture | Chinese Population | Per 1000 residents |
| Tokyo | 226,319 | 16.4 |
| Saitama | 73,288 | 10.0 |
| Chiba | 54,486 | 8.7 |
| Kanagawa | 72,896 | 7.9 |
| Osaka | 65,394 | 7.4 |
| Aichi | 50,049 | 6.6 |
| Kyoto | 15,679 | 6.1 |
| Gifu | 11,833 | 5.9 |
| Hiroshima | 14,480 | 5.1 |
| Toyama | 5,134 | 4.9 |
| Nagano | 9,756 | 4.7 |
| Ibaraki | 13,183 | 4.6 |
| Mie | 8,168 | 4.6 |
| Yamanashi | 3,713 | 4.5 |
| Hyogo | 23,983 | 4.4 |
| Kagawa | 3,999 | 4.2 |
| Okayama | 7,883 | 4.2 |
| Ishikawa | 4,636 | 4.1 |
| Fukuoka | 20,511 | 4.0 |
| Shiga | 5,541 | 3.9 |
| Fukui | 3,037 | 3.9 |
| Gumma | 7,627 | 3.9 |
| Tochigi | 6,875 | 3.5 |
| Shizuoka | 12,000 | 3.3 |
| Ehime | 3,942 | 2.9 |
| Tokushima | 1,968 | 2.7 |
| Miyagi | 5,871 | 2.5 |
| Oita | 2,824 | 2.5 |
| Nara | 3,148 | 2.4 |
| Niigata | 5,107 | 2.3 |
| Kumamoto | 3,814 | 2.2 |
| Yamaguchi | 2,956 | 2.2 |
| Yamagata | 2,263 | 2.1 |
| Shimane | 1,372 | 2.0 |
| Fukushima | 3,701 | 2.0 |
| Hokkaido | 10,460 | 2.0 |
| Okinawa | 2,741 | 1.9 |
| Nagasaki | 2,476 | 1.8 |
| Saga | 1,377 | 1.7 |
| Tottori | 929 | 1.7 |
| Iwate | 1,997 | 1.6 |
| Kochi | 1,133 | 1.6 |
| Wakayama | 1,374 | 1.5 |
| Kagoshima | 2,252 | 1.4 |
| Miyazaki | 1,460 | 1.4 |
| Akita | 1,134 | 1.2 |
| Aomori | 1,347 | 1.1 |
| Unknown | 125 | - |
| Total | 786,241 | 6.2 |
Source is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）
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