Most [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]]-speaking migrants immigrated to Hong Kong between the late 1940s and early 1970s, while migrants from [[Fujian]] (previously [[Southern Min]] speakers, and increasingly more [[Central Min]] and [[Northern Min]] speakers) have constituted a growing number of migrants since 1978.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hu-DeHart|first=Evelyn|author-link=Evelyn Hu-DeHart|title=Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2006|pages=122–125|isbn=978-962-209-776-6}}</ref> Many Taishanese and Cantonese also migrated after 1949.
According to the 2016 by-census, 92% of the Hong Kong population is [[Hanbelongs Chinese|ethnicto a Chinese]] ethnicity.<ref name="auto1"/> The Hong Kong census does not currently categorise Han Chinese subgroups nor does it differentiate other Chinese ethnicities, although in the past the census would collect information on language and dialect use.<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.persee.fr/doc/clao_0153-3320_1984_num_13_1_1144| title = The Hong Kong cantonese speech community – Persée| journal = Cahiers de Linguistique – Asie Orientale| year = 1984| volume = 13| issue = 1| pages = 57–90| doi = 10.3406/clao.1984.1144| last1 = Bauer| first1 = Robert Stuart}}</ref> which can be used to ascertain proportions of the population's ethnicity.{{OR-inline|date=February 2021}} However, the majority of Hongkongers of Chinese descent trace their ancestry to various parts of Southern China: the [[Guangzhou]] area, followed by [[Siyi]] ([[Taishanese people|Toishanese people]]), [[Chaoshan]] (a region of Eastern Guangdong home to [[Teochew dialect|Teochew speakers]]), [[Fujian]], and [[Shanghainese people in Hong Kong|Shanghai]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ng Sek Hong|title=Labour Law in Hong Kong|publisher=Kluwer Law International|year=2010|pages=19|isbn=978-90-411-3307-6}}</ref> Some [[Cantonese people]] also originate from [[Hakka]]-speaking villages in the [[New Territories]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world. Diaspora communities|editor1=Melvin Ember |editor2=Carol R. Ember |editor3=Ian Skoggard |publisher=Springer|year=2005|volume=2|pages=94–95|isbn=978-0-306-48321-9}}</ref>
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