Economy

See also: Economy of the People's Republic of ChinaOrdos is one of the most prosperous regions of China when measured by GDP figures. With a nominal per-capita GDP of US$33344 and ppp per capita GDP of $62353 in 2015, it ranks third among prefecture-level divisions in the entire Chinese mainland. It is extremely rich in natural resources, having one sixth of the national coal reserves. The pillars of its economy are textiles (wool), coal mining, petrochemicals, electricity generation, and production of building materials.

Demographics

In the 2000 census, there were 1,369,766 inhabitants:ethnic grouppopulationshareHan1,207,97188.19%Mongols155,84511.38%Manchu2,9050.21%Hui1,8610.14%Tibetans1,0230.07%Most people come from the Shanxi province, 30 km South of this city.