At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the population of Shandong was equivalent to that of Shanxi, but the cultivated land was much more than that of Shanxi. Due to the flooding of the Yellow River, the prevalence of disasters, and the "Jingnan Campaign", the north and south organized troops, which made it a vast territory with few people and became one of the key provinces for immigration.

In Shandong Province, Dongchang, Jinan, Yanzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou were the most immigrants in the Ming Dynasty.

There are documented immigrants in more than 80 counties in Shandong.

Its distribution is as follows:

List of immigrants from Shandong Province:

Ji 'nan Licheng Zhangqiu Changqing Qingdao Jiaonan Jimo Zaozhuang Tengxian Zibo

Dezhou Ningjin Shanghe Jiyang Yucheng Xiajinling County Qihe Wuhe Guangrao

Binxian Kenli Yangxin Zhanhua Lijin Boxing Huimin Weifang Weixian Zhucheng

Anqiu Linqu Shouguang Gaomi Yidu Yantai Muping Wendeng Laiyang Qixia

Yexian Rongcheng Laixi Zhaoyuan Huangxian Linyi Yishui Rizhao Pingyi Yiyuan

Yi 'nan Juxian Junan Feixian Taian Laifen News Feicheng Pingyin Ningyang

Dongping Jining Yanzhou Yutai Jiaxiang Wenshang Qufu Zouxian Heze Yuncheng

Juye County Cao County Juancheng Liangshan Dingtao Dongming Liaocheng Donge Linqing

Shen County Jinxiang chiping guanxian Gaotang Huishan Yanggu