Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	138,604 people	160,151 people	185,553 people
Urbanization rate	7.8%	11.8%	20.6%
Urban population	10,816 people	18,906 people	38,284 people
Male	71,716 people	82,105 people	94,112 people
Female	66,888 people	78,046 people	91,441 people
Households	35,706	39,927	47,744
Average household size	3.86	4.00	3.70

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+	249 people	397 people	646 people
80–84	583 people	730 people	1,313 people
75–79	1,193 people	1,496 people	2,689 people
70–74	1,562 people	1,864 people	3,426 people
65–69	1,549 people	1,807 people	3,356 people
60–64	1,647 people	2,090 people	3,737 people
55–59	2,837 people	3,372 people	6,209 people
50–54	4,070 people	4,708 people	8,778 people
45–49	4,204 people	4,918 people	9,122 people
40–44	4,588 people	5,143 people	9,731 people
35–39	5,063 people	5,318 people	10,381 people
30–34	5,586 people	5,212 people	10,798 people
25–29	6,475 people	5,293 people	11,768 people
20–24	6,598 people	5,380 people	11,978 people
15–19	8,925 people	7,033 people	15,958 people
10–14	13,691 people	12,715 people	26,406 people
5–9	15,066 people	14,851 people	29,917 people
1–4	9,009 people	8,128 people	17,137 people
0	1,217 people	986 people	2,203 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	93 people	113 people	206 people
80–84	194 people	233 people	427 people
75–79	567 people	657 people	1,224 people
70–74	1,322 people	1,439 people	2,761 people
65–69	1,979 people	2,218 people	4,197 people
60–64	2,255 people	2,352 people	4,607 people
55–59	1,962 people	2,105 people	4,067 people
50–54	2,248 people	2,437 people	4,685 people
45–49	3,511 people	4,010 people	7,521 people
40–44	4,822 people	5,255 people	10,077 people
35–39	5,135 people	5,523 people	10,658 people
30–34	5,868 people	6,234 people	12,102 people
25–29	6,451 people	6,840 people	13,291 people
20–24	6,622 people	6,505 people	13,127 people
15–19	7,152 people	5,993 people	13,145 people
10–14	8,561 people	6,675 people	15,236 people
5–9	11,249 people	8,709 people	19,958 people
1–4	10,158 people	8,989 people	19,147 people
0	1,956 people	1,759 people	3,715 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	39 people	71 people	110 people
80–84	157 people	171 people	328 people
75–79	275 people	349 people	624 people
70–74	749 people	822 people	1,571 people
65–69	1,241 people	1,256 people	2,497 people
60–64	2,348 people	2,231 people	4,579 people
55–59	2,710 people	2,770 people	5,480 people
50–54	2,880 people	3,008 people	5,888 people
45–49	2,527 people	2,619 people	5,146 people
40–44	2,554 people	2,613 people	5,167 people
35–39	4,273 people	4,441 people	8,714 people
30–34	5,891 people	5,765 people	11,656 people
25–29	6,505 people	6,388 people	12,893 people
20–24	7,299 people	7,209 people	14,508 people
15–19	7,487 people	6,896 people	14,383 people
10–14	8,016 people	6,793 people	14,809 people
5–9	8,634 people	6,975 people	15,609 people
1–4	6,392 people	5,056 people	11,448 people
0	1,739 people	1,455 people	3,194 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Yi96.18%

154,039 people

Han3.55%

5,684 people

Miao0.14%

230 people

Hui0.03%

48 people

Bai0.03%

44 people

Gin0.01%

18 people

Tu0.01%

17 people

Tibetan0.01%

15 people

Mongol0.01%

10 people

Dong0.01%

8 people

Zhuang0.00%

7 people

Manchu0.00%

6 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Blang0.00%

4 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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