Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	869,972 people	752,425 people	682,219 people
Urbanization rate	26.5%	44.3%	57.4%
Urban population	230,087 people	333,643 people	391,839 people
Male	434,842 people	362,946 people	337,714 people
Female	435,130 people	389,479 people	344,505 people
Households	256,452	258,012	260,245
Average household size	3.16	2.86	2.49

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+	4,077 people	7,196 people	11,273 people
80–84	7,759 people	9,457 people	17,216 people
75–79	13,628 people	13,816 people	27,444 people
70–74	22,351 people	22,479 people	44,830 people
65–69	29,052 people	30,333 people	59,385 people
60–64	21,591 people	22,076 people	43,667 people
55–59	28,579 people	30,282 people	58,861 people
50–54	40,250 people	42,639 people	82,889 people
45–49	27,067 people	29,434 people	56,501 people
40–44	22,934 people	25,542 people	48,476 people
35–39	14,446 people	16,393 people	30,839 people
30–34	19,884 people	20,286 people	40,170 people
25–29	17,265 people	15,587 people	32,852 people
20–24	10,432 people	8,906 people	19,338 people
15–19	13,922 people	11,914 people	25,836 people
10–14	16,683 people	13,373 people	30,056 people
5–9	15,429 people	13,557 people	28,986 people
1–4	10,561 people	9,618 people	20,179 people
0	1,804 people	1,617 people	3,421 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,663 people	3,572 people	5,235 people
80–84	3,792 people	6,115 people	9,907 people
75–79	9,403 people	12,198 people	21,601 people
70–74	14,802 people	15,046 people	29,848 people
65–69	19,396 people	17,717 people	37,113 people
60–64	26,965 people	25,872 people	52,837 people
55–59	31,613 people	33,420 people	65,033 people
50–54	22,482 people	24,778 people	47,260 people
45–49	28,419 people	33,640 people	62,059 people
40–44	40,063 people	48,825 people	88,888 people
35–39	27,842 people	34,040 people	61,882 people
30–34	22,710 people	27,634 people	50,344 people
25–29	14,065 people	17,622 people	31,687 people
20–24	15,383 people	18,663 people	34,046 people
15–19	25,301 people	22,051 people	47,352 people
10–14	21,175 people	17,501 people	38,676 people
5–9	20,617 people	17,319 people	37,936 people
1–4	14,073 people	10,851 people	24,924 people
0	3,182 people	2,615 people	5,797 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	509 people	1,528 people	2,037 people
80–84	2,022 people	4,009 people	6,031 people
75–79	5,387 people	8,803 people	14,190 people
70–74	9,124 people	11,967 people	21,091 people
65–69	15,653 people	17,297 people	32,950 people
60–64	20,031 people	18,404 people	38,435 people
55–59	23,287 people	19,653 people	42,940 people
50–54	30,497 people	27,371 people	57,868 people
45–49	36,648 people	35,970 people	72,618 people
40–44	27,082 people	27,120 people	54,202 people
35–39	36,891 people	39,249 people	76,140 people
30–34	53,992 people	57,563 people	111,555 people
25–29	35,991 people	39,035 people	75,026 people
20–24	26,884 people	30,966 people	57,850 people
15–19	21,393 people	19,645 people	41,038 people
10–14	36,311 people	32,350 people	68,661 people
5–9	32,582 people	27,108 people	59,690 people
1–4	16,432 people	13,549 people	29,981 people
0	4,126 people	3,543 people	7,669 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.87%

751,472 people

Hui0.03%

223 people

Miao0.02%

183 people

Yi0.01%

96 people

Zhuang0.01%

93 people

Tujia0.01%

88 people

Bouyei0.01%

41 people

Mongol0.01%

34 people

Lisu0.00%

29 people

Manchu0.00%

28 people

Li0.00%

23 people

Wa0.00%

17 people

Hani0.00%

15 people

Dai0.00%

12 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Lahu0.00%

7 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Blang0.00%

4 people

Dong0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

Jino0.00%

2 people

Gin0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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