Census data

Population, households, age structure and ethnic composition from modern censuses.

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	543,602 people	525,844 people	427,412 people
Urbanization rate	16.7%	32.0%	42.1%
Urban population	90,901 people	168,346 people	179,923 people
Male	279,718 people	267,186 people	216,573 people
Female	263,884 people	258,658 people	210,839 people
Households	152,524	141,793	159,482
Average household size	3.48	3.30	2.52

Age pyramid

Male and female population by five-year age group in the latest census.

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,412 people	5,091 people	8,503 people
80–84	5,199 people	6,215 people	11,414 people
75–79	8,033 people	8,443 people	16,476 people
70–74	12,697 people	12,881 people	25,578 people
65–69	13,268 people	12,482 people	25,750 people
60–64	15,310 people	14,481 people	29,791 people
55–59	22,181 people	21,470 people	43,651 people
50–54	25,088 people	24,818 people	49,906 people
45–49	21,004 people	20,095 people	41,099 people
40–44	13,147 people	12,588 people	25,735 people
35–39	10,707 people	10,463 people	21,170 people
30–34	15,694 people	14,688 people	30,382 people
25–29	8,688 people	8,366 people	17,054 people
20–24	6,735 people	6,130 people	12,865 people
15–19	7,162 people	6,312 people	13,474 people
10–14	10,172 people	9,561 people	19,733 people
5–9	9,424 people	8,765 people	18,189 people
1–4	7,215 people	6,694 people	13,909 people
0	1,437 people	1,296 people	2,733 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,451 people	2,243 people	3,694 people
80–84	2,984 people	3,422 people	6,406 people
75–79	5,708 people	6,013 people	11,721 people
70–74	9,071 people	8,928 people	17,999 people
65–69	11,052 people	10,322 people	21,374 people
60–64	16,028 people	14,819 people	30,847 people
55–59	15,857 people	14,178 people	30,035 people
50–54	18,531 people	17,013 people	35,544 people
45–49	26,076 people	25,001 people	51,077 people
40–44	30,261 people	29,175 people	59,436 people
35–39	26,972 people	25,782 people	52,754 people
30–34	18,055 people	18,209 people	36,264 people
25–29	15,148 people	15,940 people	31,088 people
20–24	21,536 people	22,167 people	43,703 people
15–19	15,554 people	15,206 people	30,760 people
10–14	11,483 people	10,876 people	22,359 people
5–9	10,236 people	9,289 people	19,525 people
1–4	9,126 people	8,312 people	17,438 people
0	2,057 people	1,763 people	3,820 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	519 people	1,049 people	1,568 people
80–84	1,519 people	2,245 people	3,764 people
75–79	3,495 people	4,035 people	7,530 people
70–74	5,697 people	5,812 people	11,509 people
65–69	8,298 people	7,883 people	16,181 people
60–64	11,067 people	10,268 people	21,335 people
55–59	12,852 people	11,516 people	24,368 people
50–54	17,128 people	16,283 people	33,411 people
45–49	16,514 people	14,919 people	31,433 people
40–44	19,944 people	18,076 people	38,020 people
35–39	28,881 people	27,505 people	56,386 people
30–34	32,881 people	31,583 people	64,464 people
25–29	28,169 people	26,310 people	54,479 people
20–24	19,156 people	18,363 people	37,519 people
15–19	18,100 people	16,669 people	34,769 people
10–14	29,409 people	27,371 people	56,780 people
5–9	14,829 people	13,726 people	28,555 people
1–4	9,114 people	8,248 people	17,362 people
0	2,146 people	2,023 people	4,169 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.87%

525,145 people

Tujia0.06%

290 people

Hui0.02%

124 people

Miao0.02%

85 people

Kazakh0.01%

65 people

Zhuang0.01%

29 people

Bouyei0.00%

17 people

Tu0.00%

17 people

Mongol0.00%

14 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Dong0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

5 people

Gelao0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

4 people

Manchu0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Methodology and sources

Figures are compiled from national statistical yearbooks, census publications and official regional statistics. Each table displays its reference year. Read the data sources page for details.

Data sources