Hualien and Taitung Counties still boast the highest proportions of Aborigines. Fully 18.45 %, nearly 90,000, of the total number of Taiwan's Aborigines live in Hualien County, making up 26 % of the county's population. Another 16.31 %, or 78,956 people, reside in Taitung County, accounting for 33.8 % of the populace there.
就分佈而言，花東地區仍是原住民的聚集區，總計 18.45 %、近 9 萬名原住民設籍花蓮，佔花蓮全縣人口的 26 %；另有 16.31 %、7 萬 8,956 人設籍台東，佔台東全縣比例更高達 33.8 %。