Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	261,611 people	289,378 people	264,995 people
Urbanization rate	36.0%	46.8%	53.7%
Urban population	94,039 people	135,480 people	142,268 people
Male	135,147 people	148,018 people	134,234 people
Female	126,464 people	141,360 people	130,761 people
Households	67,639	76,781	96,030
Average household size	3.40	3.53	2.68

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+	1,170 people	1,001 people	2,171 people
80–84	6,589 people	5,708 people	12,297 people
75–79	10,616 people	9,100 people	19,716 people
70–74	13,435 people	11,229 people	24,664 people
65–69	8,235 people	6,334 people	14,569 people
60–64	5,104 people	4,644 people	9,748 people
55–59	6,039 people	5,639 people	11,678 people
50–54	8,621 people	8,616 people	17,237 people
45–49	6,739 people	7,026 people	13,765 people
40–44	9,689 people	10,085 people	19,774 people
35–39	12,390 people	13,000 people	25,390 people
30–34	12,780 people	12,729 people	25,509 people
25–29	9,481 people	9,577 people	19,058 people
20–24	7,377 people	7,022 people	14,399 people
15–19	6,511 people	7,063 people	13,574 people
10–14	4,311 people	4,595 people	8,906 people
5–9	2,503 people	2,978 people	5,481 people
1–4	1,645 people	2,533 people	4,178 people
0	999 people	1,882 people	2,881 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,841 people	1,806 people	3,647 people
80–84	12,166 people	9,130 people	21,296 people
75–79	11,637 people	9,205 people	20,842 people
70–74	9,405 people	8,253 people	17,658 people
65–69	8,959 people	7,901 people	16,860 people
60–64	10,186 people	10,770 people	20,956 people
55–59	8,370 people	8,893 people	17,263 people
50–54	11,189 people	11,748 people	22,937 people
45–49	14,080 people	14,449 people	28,529 people
40–44	14,447 people	13,871 people	28,318 people
35–39	11,094 people	10,619 people	21,713 people
30–34	9,227 people	8,151 people	17,378 people
25–29	8,257 people	7,944 people	16,201 people
20–24	5,902 people	5,292 people	11,194 people
15–19	4,022 people	3,881 people	7,903 people
10–14	3,503 people	3,935 people	7,438 people
5–9	2,235 people	2,941 people	5,176 people
1–4	1,048 people	1,611 people	2,659 people
0	450 people	960 people	1,410 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,001 people	1,665 people	3,666 people
80–84	7,212 people	6,218 people	13,430 people
75–79	9,701 people	8,343 people	18,044 people
70–74	13,841 people	13,066 people	26,907 people
65–69	8,569 people	7,037 people	15,606 people
60–64	10,077 people	9,929 people	20,006 people
55–59	13,573 people	13,555 people	27,128 people
50–54	14,839 people	13,803 people	28,642 people
45–49	11,985 people	11,048 people	23,033 people
40–44	10,036 people	8,548 people	18,584 people
35–39	9,295 people	8,526 people	17,821 people
30–34	6,813 people	5,638 people	12,451 people
25–29	4,682 people	4,269 people	8,951 people
20–24	4,737 people	4,636 people	9,373 people
15–19	3,571 people	3,868 people	7,439 people
10–14	2,273 people	2,823 people	5,096 people
5–9	1,208 people	1,880 people	3,088 people
1–4	528 people	1,016 people	1,544 people
0	206 people	596 people	802 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.01%

259,730 people

Dongxiang1.74%

4,609 people

Tujia0.07%

178 people

Korean0.04%

106 people

Manchu0.04%

98 people

Yao0.03%

88 people

Yi0.01%

28 people

Dong0.01%

26 people

Tibetan0.01%

24 people

Zhuang0.01%

20 people

Hui0.01%

20 people

Bouyei0.01%

20 people

Dai0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

7 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

4 people

Wa0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

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