Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	501,126 people	443,755 people	409,940 people
Urbanization rate	48.1%	42.8%	63.6%
Urban population	241,022 people	190,021 people	260,570 people
Male	262,922 people	228,184 people	208,762 people
Female	238,204 people	215,571 people	201,178 people
Households	134,863	141,060	153,808
Average household size	3.41	3.00	2.54

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+	1,947 people	1,719 people	3,666 people
80–84	10,643 people	9,748 people	20,391 people
75–79	15,357 people	13,553 people	28,910 people
70–74	13,726 people	12,272 people	25,998 people
65–69	7,604 people	6,877 people	14,481 people
60–64	5,150 people	4,518 people	9,668 people
55–59	11,535 people	10,907 people	22,442 people
50–54	18,005 people	18,299 people	36,304 people
45–49	13,888 people	13,371 people	27,259 people
40–44	15,160 people	14,241 people	29,401 people
35–39	18,560 people	18,210 people	36,770 people
30–34	20,424 people	20,353 people	40,777 people
25–29	17,344 people	16,615 people	33,959 people
20–24	11,253 people	10,681 people	21,934 people
15–19	12,050 people	12,119 people	24,169 people
10–14	7,928 people	7,870 people	15,798 people
5–9	4,989 people	5,539 people	10,528 people
1–4	1,910 people	2,284 people	4,194 people
0	1,289 people	2,002 people	3,291 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,180 people	2,685 people	5,865 people
80–84	11,655 people	10,285 people	21,940 people
75–79	11,352 people	10,147 people	21,499 people
70–74	9,620 people	8,576 people	18,196 people
65–69	16,995 people	15,739 people	32,734 people
60–64	18,536 people	19,564 people	38,100 people
55–59	15,362 people	15,823 people	31,185 people
50–54	17,804 people	17,050 people	34,854 people
45–49	22,408 people	20,993 people	43,401 people
40–44	23,516 people	22,298 people	45,814 people
35–39	20,232 people	18,710 people	38,942 people
30–34	13,584 people	12,399 people	25,983 people
25–29	15,210 people	14,122 people	29,332 people
20–24	10,854 people	9,533 people	20,387 people
15–19	7,921 people	7,297 people	15,218 people
10–14	4,198 people	3,932 people	8,130 people
5–9	3,252 people	3,170 people	6,422 people
1–4	1,731 people	2,033 people	3,764 people
0	774 people	1,215 people	1,989 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,237 people	1,894 people	4,131 people
80–84	7,370 people	6,546 people	13,916 people
75–79	19,309 people	17,069 people	36,378 people
70–74	30,240 people	28,608 people	58,848 people
65–69	24,464 people	22,797 people	47,261 people
60–64	22,965 people	20,715 people	43,680 people
55–59	25,894 people	23,611 people	49,505 people
50–54	27,637 people	25,823 people	53,460 people
45–49	23,938 people	21,141 people	45,079 people
40–44	15,833 people	13,795 people	29,628 people
35–39	17,898 people	16,159 people	34,057 people
30–34	13,264 people	11,057 people	24,321 people
25–29	10,445 people	8,923 people	19,368 people
20–24	6,335 people	5,325 people	11,660 people
15–19	6,132 people	5,108 people	11,240 people
10–14	4,885 people	4,543 people	9,428 people
5–9	2,788 people	2,981 people	5,769 people
1–4	992 people	1,417 people	2,409 people
0	296 people	692 people	988 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.80%

442,886 people

Hui0.10%

451 people

Korean0.03%

129 people

Dong0.01%

64 people

Manchu0.01%

55 people

Zhuang0.01%

50 people

Tujia0.01%

36 people

Uyghur0.00%

15 people

Yao0.00%

15 people

Dai0.00%

9 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Salar0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

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