Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	473,287 people	490,269 people	498,157 people
Urbanization rate	16.7%	30.6%	46.6%
Urban population	78,820 people	149,876 people	231,994 people
Male	245,457 people	252,298 people	251,623 people
Female	227,830 people	237,971 people	246,534 people
Households	124,239	134,196	155,644
Average household size	3.74	3.55	3.00

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+	2,075 people	3,645 people	5,720 people
80–84	3,153 people	3,850 people	7,003 people
75–79	5,328 people	5,148 people	10,476 people
70–74	8,665 people	8,305 people	16,970 people
65–69	11,761 people	12,420 people	24,181 people
60–64	11,232 people	10,905 people	22,137 people
55–59	17,136 people	17,852 people	34,988 people
50–54	21,520 people	21,335 people	42,855 people
45–49	18,975 people	19,046 people	38,021 people
40–44	14,275 people	14,023 people	28,298 people
35–39	13,316 people	13,063 people	26,379 people
30–34	23,837 people	24,233 people	48,070 people
25–29	8,848 people	9,341 people	18,189 people
20–24	7,245 people	7,195 people	14,440 people
15–19	15,356 people	15,243 people	30,599 people
10–14	27,176 people	23,407 people	50,583 people
5–9	25,131 people	22,030 people	47,161 people
1–4	14,226 people	13,283 people	27,509 people
0	2,368 people	2,210 people	4,578 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,062 people	2,131 people	3,193 people
80–84	2,025 people	2,513 people	4,538 people
75–79	4,506 people	5,196 people	9,702 people
70–74	5,981 people	5,750 people	11,731 people
65–69	7,576 people	6,544 people	14,120 people
60–64	10,749 people	9,632 people	20,381 people
55–59	13,682 people	13,377 people	27,059 people
50–54	12,790 people	12,560 people	25,350 people
45–49	19,279 people	19,421 people	38,700 people
40–44	23,630 people	22,413 people	46,043 people
35–39	20,995 people	19,751 people	40,746 people
30–34	15,991 people	15,048 people	31,039 people
25–29	16,050 people	15,735 people	31,785 people
20–24	29,675 people	30,701 people	60,376 people
15–19	14,325 people	13,305 people	27,630 people
10–14	11,422 people	9,676 people	21,098 people
5–9	17,079 people	13,628 people	30,707 people
1–4	21,731 people	17,540 people	39,271 people
0	3,750 people	3,050 people	6,800 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	554 people	1,352 people	1,906 people
80–84	1,324 people	2,352 people	3,676 people
75–79	2,735 people	3,399 people	6,134 people
70–74	4,386 people	4,469 people	8,855 people
65–69	7,291 people	7,046 people	14,337 people
60–64	8,151 people	7,018 people	15,169 people
55–59	9,025 people	7,342 people	16,367 people
50–54	12,088 people	10,700 people	22,788 people
45–49	15,101 people	14,817 people	29,918 people
40–44	14,080 people	12,633 people	26,713 people
35–39	21,482 people	20,480 people	41,962 people
30–34	26,597 people	24,083 people	50,680 people
25–29	23,502 people	21,631 people	45,133 people
20–24	17,623 people	16,649 people	34,272 people
15–19	19,034 people	17,450 people	36,484 people
10–14	36,472 people	34,091 people	70,563 people
5–9	13,169 people	11,554 people	24,723 people
1–4	10,077 people	8,353 people	18,430 people
0	2,766 people	2,411 people	5,177 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.01%

493,222 people

Hui0.82%

4,085 people

Manchu0.11%

562 people

Tujia0.01%

56 people

Zhuang0.01%

43 people

Miao0.01%

41 people

Yi0.01%

33 people

Mongol0.01%

28 people

Bouyei0.00%

9 people

Dong0.00%

8 people

Wa0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Dongxiang0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

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