Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	295,833 people	295,349 people	247,259 people
Urbanization rate	15.2%	31.5%	48.0%
Urban population	44,960 people	93,037 people	118,704 people
Male	157,257 people	154,448 people	126,224 people
Female	138,576 people	140,901 people	121,035 people
Households	74,345	77,837	92,268
Average household size	3.85	3.59	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+	703 people	953 people	1,656 people
80–84	1,455 people	1,468 people	2,923 people
75–79	3,004 people	3,107 people	6,111 people
70–74	4,972 people	4,646 people	9,618 people
65–69	7,152 people	6,739 people	13,891 people
60–64	7,660 people	7,151 people	14,811 people
55–59	9,114 people	8,912 people	18,026 people
50–54	11,741 people	11,974 people	23,715 people
45–49	10,762 people	10,724 people	21,486 people
40–44	6,700 people	6,958 people	13,658 people
35–39	7,473 people	7,394 people	14,867 people
30–34	10,040 people	9,675 people	19,715 people
25–29	8,827 people	8,071 people	16,898 people
20–24	4,796 people	4,145 people	8,941 people
15–19	4,817 people	4,237 people	9,054 people
10–14	8,555 people	7,869 people	16,424 people
5–9	9,803 people	9,104 people	18,907 people
1–4	7,380 people	6,679 people	14,059 people
0	1,270 people	1,229 people	2,499 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	421 people	602 people	1,023 people
80–84	883 people	946 people	1,829 people
75–79	1,841 people	1,801 people	3,642 people
70–74	3,156 people	2,788 people	5,944 people
65–69	4,785 people	4,491 people	9,276 people
60–64	6,710 people	5,907 people	12,617 people
55–59	8,873 people	7,986 people	16,859 people
50–54	9,355 people	8,468 people	17,823 people
45–49	11,342 people	10,586 people	21,928 people
40–44	15,284 people	14,286 people	29,570 people
35–39	14,446 people	13,287 people	27,733 people
30–34	9,717 people	9,011 people	18,728 people
25–29	11,621 people	10,744 people	22,365 people
20–24	15,740 people	15,209 people	30,949 people
15–19	16,234 people	14,234 people	30,468 people
10–14	8,750 people	7,323 people	16,073 people
5–9	6,880 people	5,958 people	12,838 people
1–4	6,904 people	5,920 people	12,824 people
0	1,506 people	1,354 people	2,860 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	184 people	319 people	503 people
80–84	599 people	833 people	1,432 people
75–79	1,351 people	1,412 people	2,763 people
70–74	2,315 people	2,158 people	4,473 people
65–69	3,338 people	2,928 people	6,266 people
60–64	4,651 people	3,692 people	8,343 people
55–59	6,054 people	5,295 people	11,349 people
50–54	7,699 people	6,650 people	14,349 people
45–49	9,703 people	8,618 people	18,321 people
40–44	10,331 people	8,795 people	19,126 people
35–39	12,291 people	10,906 people	23,197 people
30–34	16,354 people	14,776 people	31,130 people
25–29	15,626 people	13,677 people	29,303 people
20–24	9,803 people	8,820 people	18,623 people
15–19	13,258 people	11,926 people	25,184 people
10–14	19,412 people	17,692 people	37,104 people
5–9	15,591 people	13,182 people	28,773 people
1–4	7,315 people	5,721 people	13,036 people
0	1,382 people	1,176 people	2,558 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.93%

295,150 people

Hui0.02%

71 people

Zhuang0.01%

31 people

Mongol0.01%

27 people

Tibetan0.01%

14 people

Wa0.01%

14 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Nu0.00%

7 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Li0.00%

4 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Manchu0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Tujia0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

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