The population living in urban areas is about 183,918 people, representing about 10.13% of the population, the population in rural areas: 1,440,538 people, accounting for 90.38%. The male proportion accounted for 49.92% male population and female population of about 50.08%. Number of people in the working age population accounted for 62.15%, while workers with vocational training accounting for 26%; accounting for 8.88% of poor households.

Density of population distribution in the province uneven, largely concentrated in the Midlands region (TP Bac Giang 2,266.21 per person/km2; Hiep Hoa district 1,095.94 per person/km2; Viet Yen district average of 973.32 people/km2; Lang Giang district average of 815.14 people /km2; Tan Yen 791.63 people/km2; Yen Dung district average of 687.79 people/km2). The mountainous districts, people lived sparsely than others (Son Dong district average of 84.34 people/km2; Luc Ngan 211.12 people/ km2; the Yen The 324.58 people/km2; Luc Nam 346.49 people/km2).

Bac Giang residents live mainly by agriculture, some local traditional villages still maintain to this day. The labor structure in the province is a shift towards increasing the proportion of workers in the field of industrial production, service, reduce the proportion of labor in the field of agriculture - forestry - fishery. The shift is consistent with the trend of industrialization and modernization in the province./.