Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	293,834 people	296,218 people	230,850 people
Urbanization rate	37.9%	53.6%	60.4%
Urban population	111,326 people	158,689 people	139,319 people
Male	151,474 people	152,083 people	116,179 people
Female	142,360 people	144,135 people	114,671 people
Households	87,094	97,161	99,828
Average household size	3.34	2.97	2.28

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+	476 people	454 people	930 people
80–84	2,446 people	2,302 people	4,748 people
75–79	3,714 people	3,380 people	7,094 people
70–74	4,423 people	3,920 people	8,343 people
65–69	4,224 people	3,697 people	7,921 people
60–64	3,399 people	3,022 people	6,421 people
55–59	5,754 people	5,247 people	11,001 people
50–54	9,466 people	8,571 people	18,037 people
45–49	6,401 people	5,854 people	12,255 people
40–44	8,462 people	8,025 people	16,487 people
35–39	10,465 people	10,443 people	20,908 people
30–34	12,219 people	12,343 people	24,562 people
25–29	12,425 people	12,541 people	24,966 people
20–24	10,502 people	10,774 people	21,276 people
15–19	9,547 people	9,732 people	19,279 people
10–14	5,869 people	6,781 people	12,650 people
5–9	3,690 people	4,074 people	7,764 people
1–4	1,634 people	1,982 people	3,616 people
0	1,063 people	1,529 people	2,592 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	921 people	856 people	1,777 people
80–84	4,196 people	3,626 people	7,822 people
75–79	5,915 people	5,341 people	11,256 people
70–74	6,979 people	6,006 people	12,985 people
65–69	10,445 people	9,409 people	19,854 people
60–64	13,830 people	13,099 people	26,929 people
55–59	8,912 people	8,203 people	17,115 people
50–54	10,966 people	9,968 people	20,934 people
45–49	13,045 people	12,192 people	25,237 people
40–44	15,056 people	14,200 people	29,256 people
35–39	15,356 people	14,483 people	29,839 people
30–34	13,251 people	12,601 people	25,852 people
25–29	12,125 people	11,487 people	23,612 people
20–24	7,874 people	8,477 people	16,351 people
15–19	5,648 people	5,735 people	11,383 people
10–14	3,257 people	3,366 people	6,623 people
5–9	2,088 people	2,379 people	4,467 people
1–4	1,386 people	1,681 people	3,067 people
0	833 people	1,026 people	1,859 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,281 people	1,222 people	2,503 people
80–84	5,465 people	4,678 people	10,143 people
75–79	10,345 people	9,069 people	19,414 people
70–74	16,777 people	15,292 people	32,069 people
65–69	9,075 people	8,030 people	17,105 people
60–64	9,508 people	9,547 people	19,055 people
55–59	12,456 people	11,855 people	24,311 people
50–54	14,969 people	14,102 people	29,071 people
45–49	15,788 people	14,515 people	30,303 people
40–44	13,619 people	12,620 people	26,239 people
35–39	12,717 people	11,579 people	24,296 people
30–34	8,471 people	8,788 people	17,259 people
25–29	6,552 people	6,331 people	12,883 people
20–24	4,343 people	4,222 people	8,565 people
15–19	3,564 people	3,575 people	7,139 people
10–14	3,001 people	3,322 people	6,323 people
5–9	2,116 people	2,130 people	4,246 people
1–4	975 people	989 people	1,964 people
0	452 people	494 people	946 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Dong65.61%

194,343 people

Han32.80%

97,160 people

Mongol1.04%

3,093 people

Zhuang0.29%

864 people

Hui0.16%

484 people

Tajik0.05%

143 people

Yi0.01%

24 people

Korean0.01%

23 people

Dai0.01%

23 people

Tujia0.01%

16 people

Manchu0.00%

12 people

Xibe0.00%

7 people

Bonan0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Lhoba0.00%

3 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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