Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	510,926 people	478,410 people	470,355 people
Urbanization rate	53.0%	42.3%	61.6%
Urban population	271,018 people	202,542 people	289,798 people
Male	267,233 people	248,186 people	243,989 people
Female	243,693 people	230,224 people	226,366 people
Households	131,449	142,728	172,778
Average household size	3.65	3.15	2.62

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+	1,734 people	3,213 people	4,947 people
80–84	2,650 people	3,928 people	6,578 people
75–79	4,346 people	5,255 people	9,601 people
70–74	8,104 people	8,526 people	16,630 people
65–69	12,325 people	12,534 people	24,859 people
60–64	13,310 people	12,681 people	25,991 people
55–59	20,441 people	20,046 people	40,487 people
50–54	22,085 people	22,020 people	44,105 people
45–49	19,752 people	19,357 people	39,109 people
40–44	15,281 people	14,614 people	29,895 people
35–39	16,206 people	16,029 people	32,235 people
30–34	21,529 people	20,569 people	42,098 people
25–29	16,007 people	13,273 people	29,280 people
20–24	7,597 people	5,624 people	13,221 people
15–19	10,335 people	7,015 people	17,350 people
10–14	17,473 people	13,291 people	30,764 people
5–9	18,805 people	14,909 people	33,714 people
1–4	13,535 people	11,479 people	25,014 people
0	2,474 people	2,003 people	4,477 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	730 people	1,469 people	2,199 people
80–84	1,356 people	2,022 people	3,378 people
75–79	3,475 people	4,450 people	7,925 people
70–74	5,213 people	5,893 people	11,106 people
65–69	6,429 people	6,530 people	12,959 people
60–64	10,924 people	10,025 people	20,949 people
55–59	15,260 people	14,692 people	29,952 people
50–54	15,529 people	14,473 people	30,002 people
45–49	22,402 people	21,806 people	44,208 people
40–44	23,823 people	23,061 people	46,884 people
35–39	21,665 people	21,054 people	42,719 people
30–34	15,815 people	15,854 people	31,669 people
25–29	16,362 people	17,037 people	33,399 people
20–24	19,673 people	19,865 people	39,538 people
15–19	25,840 people	20,425 people	46,265 people
10–14	12,850 people	9,239 people	22,089 people
5–9	13,550 people	9,588 people	23,138 people
1–4	14,101 people	10,340 people	24,441 people
0	3,189 people	2,401 people	5,590 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	286 people	806 people	1,092 people
80–84	784 people	1,563 people	2,347 people
75–79	2,069 people	2,912 people	4,981 people
70–74	3,165 people	3,691 people	6,856 people
65–69	5,927 people	6,281 people	12,208 people
60–64	7,200 people	7,044 people	14,244 people
55–59	7,700 people	7,181 people	14,881 people
50–54	12,387 people	10,737 people	23,124 people
45–49	16,820 people	15,432 people	32,252 people
40–44	17,248 people	15,177 people	32,425 people
35–39	26,006 people	23,943 people	49,949 people
30–34	27,945 people	26,299 people	54,244 people
25–29	24,327 people	23,293 people	47,620 people
20–24	18,733 people	17,521 people	36,254 people
15–19	25,881 people	23,577 people	49,458 people
10–14	33,825 people	30,916 people	64,741 people
5–9	24,520 people	18,733 people	43,253 people
1–4	10,051 people	7,001 people	17,052 people
0	2,359 people	1,586 people	3,945 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.55%

476,265 people

Hui0.37%

1,775 people

Tujia0.02%

101 people

Miao0.02%

72 people

Zhuang0.01%

63 people

Manchu0.01%

30 people

Mongol0.01%

25 people

Li0.00%

20 people

Kazakh0.00%

19 people

Uyghur0.00%

12 people

Bouyei0.00%

12 people

Tu0.00%

7 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

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