[2] Its northeastern districts were split off on 10 April 2002 to form the new Penajam North Paser Regency.

[1] Its administrative centre is the town of Tana Paser (or Tanah Grogot).

Following the separation of the districts in the northeast to form the new Penajam North Paser Regency on 10 April 2002, the residual Paser Regency is now divided into ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and the 2020 Census,[4] together with the official estimates as of mid-2023.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totalling 5 urban kelurahan and 139 rural desa), and its postal codes.

(c) includes one urban kelurahan - the district admin centre (the rest being desa).