Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	388,639 people	367,920 people	393,596 people
Urbanization rate	11.4%	21.9%	46.9%
Urban population	44,227 people	80,437 people	184,746 people
Male	199,991 people	185,829 people	198,945 people
Female	188,648 people	182,091 people	194,651 people
Households	106,062	119,250	139,487
Average household size	3.66	3.06	2.57

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+	1,156 people	1,710 people	2,866 people
80–84	2,383 people	2,808 people	5,191 people
75–79	4,503 people	5,668 people	10,171 people
70–74	6,461 people	6,975 people	13,436 people
65–69	8,923 people	9,280 people	18,203 people
60–64	6,623 people	6,629 people	13,252 people
55–59	9,714 people	10,038 people	19,752 people
50–54	12,966 people	13,314 people	26,280 people
45–49	14,053 people	13,891 people	27,944 people
40–44	12,215 people	12,309 people	24,524 people
35–39	11,755 people	11,431 people	23,186 people
30–34	11,912 people	12,165 people	24,077 people
25–29	11,617 people	12,453 people	24,070 people
20–24	12,940 people	13,765 people	26,705 people
15–19	18,685 people	17,017 people	35,702 people
10–14	19,115 people	16,151 people	35,266 people
5–9	18,203 people	15,274 people	33,477 people
1–4	13,017 people	11,387 people	24,404 people
0	2,704 people	2,386 people	5,090 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	479 people	665 people	1,144 people
80–84	1,233 people	1,499 people	2,732 people
75–79	2,821 people	3,065 people	5,886 people
70–74	4,630 people	4,772 people	9,402 people
65–69	6,815 people	7,437 people	14,252 people
60–64	8,137 people	8,233 people	16,370 people
55–59	10,082 people	10,151 people	20,233 people
50–54	7,282 people	7,244 people	14,526 people
45–49	10,270 people	10,444 people	20,714 people
40–44	13,861 people	14,123 people	27,984 people
35–39	14,137 people	15,087 people	29,224 people
30–34	10,806 people	11,773 people	22,579 people
25–29	9,071 people	9,834 people	18,905 people
20–24	9,380 people	10,671 people	20,051 people
15–19	16,270 people	14,957 people	31,227 people
10–14	24,412 people	22,487 people	46,899 people
5–9	20,955 people	18,134 people	39,089 people
1–4	12,184 people	9,195 people	21,379 people
0	3,004 people	2,320 people	5,324 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	335 people	452 people	787 people
80–84	704 people	791 people	1,495 people
75–79	1,556 people	1,499 people	3,055 people
70–74	3,214 people	3,050 people	6,264 people
65–69	4,961 people	4,764 people	9,725 people
60–64	6,477 people	6,147 people	12,624 people
55–59	8,193 people	8,396 people	16,589 people
50–54	9,446 people	9,387 people	18,833 people
45–49	11,749 people	11,319 people	23,068 people
40–44	8,188 people	7,974 people	16,162 people
35–39	12,628 people	12,424 people	25,052 people
30–34	16,389 people	16,563 people	32,952 people
25–29	16,777 people	17,394 people	34,171 people
20–24	13,273 people	13,509 people	26,782 people
15–19	17,437 people	13,864 people	31,301 people
10–14	23,383 people	21,491 people	44,874 people
5–9	22,765 people	20,102 people	42,867 people
1–4	18,155 people	15,577 people	33,732 people
0	4,361 people	3,945 people	8,306 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tujia82.79%

325,874 people

Han13.76%

54,166 people

Miao2.14%

8,424 people

Gelao0.36%

1,417 people

Bouyei0.23%

897 people

Dong0.22%

850 people

Tu0.10%

410 people

Yi0.10%

405 people

Other groups0.08%

313 people

Zhuang0.04%

138 people

Mulao0.03%

128 people

Hui0.03%

115 people

Sui0.03%

104 people

Bai0.02%

90 people

Li0.02%

70 people

Mongol0.01%

53 people

Yao0.01%

41 people

Wa0.01%

28 people

Manchu0.01%

18 people

She0.00%

12 people

Lisu0.00%

10 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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