Abstract: What line of finger print of 390 individuals(male 189, female 201)of Hui and 425 individuals(male 217, female 208) of Han nationalities in Ningxia was investigated. The results were that the occurrences of white line on finger prints for Hui was 19103 % (male: 17109 %, female: 20185 %) and for Han was 17155 % (male: 16122 % , female: 18194 %). The occurrences of white line on finger print of female was frequent of the same nationalities. Significant variances of the same nationality were found between females and males(χ2 = 81916, P < 0101 or χ2 = 51434, P < 0105). Significant variances were not found between Hui and Han nationalities(χ2 = 21956, P > 0105).

Key words: Finger prints; White line; Hui nationality; Han nationality