明清之際，有許多大陸居民，先後移居來台灣開墾定居，這些閩南及客家移民，大多來自廣東省、福建省及江西省等。西元1885年，清光緒11年，台灣脫離福建正式建省，大陸客家人移民來台開墾定居不斷。由於台灣地區的客家族群及祖先，大多來自廣東東部、福建西部、江西南部，所以台灣地區有許多鄉鎮市以客家人居多，為有特色的客家鄉鎮。目前台灣2349萬人口中，約453萬是屬於客家人，佔百分之19。

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many Chinese move to Taiwan to settle down and the immigration mostly came from Guangdong Province, Fujian Province and Jiangxi Province. In 1885, Qing Guangxu 11 years, Taiwan became province officially, many Hakka people came to settle in Taiwan. Since Hakka ancestors mostly came from Eastern Guangdong，Western Fujian，and Southern Jiangxi；many Hakka people live in certain special townships. Among the tolal population of 23,490,000, there are 19 % Taiwanese 4,530,000 are from Hakka families.