In the fifth census in 2000, the total population of Leizhou was 1 268,298, including 87,997 in Leicheng town, 972 19 in its town, 75,363 in Baisha town, 4 1 7 15 in Shentang town and 97/0 in Kelu town. There are 5 1054 people in tiaofeng town, 42,530 people in Gao Lei town, 69,383 people in Dongli town, 66,376 people in Longmen town, 615/kloc-0 people in Yingli town and 65,703 people in Beihe town. There are 52 18 people in overseas Chinese management area, 580 people in Harvest Sugar Company1kloc-0, 6300 people in Torch Farm, 59 12 people in Happiness Farm, and 6874 people in Oriental Sisal Group Co., Ltd./kloc-0.
There are Han, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Dai, Li, She, Kazak, Russian, Oroqen, Gaoshan, Shui, Naxi, Tu and Salar. In the 2000 census, the Han nationality was the main population, and other ethnic groups moved into Leizhou mainly through work, family and other reasons.