(Table 1) As for tribes, the Amis, who live chiefly in the plains between Hualien and Taitung, are most populous, with over 170,000 people, over a third of the entire Aboriginal population.
（圖 1）就族別而言，以花東平地為主要生活領域的阿美族仍獨占鼇頭，超過 17 萬人，佔原住民總數的三分之一以上。