Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	297,784 people	293,201 people	293,596 people
Urbanization rate	38.6%	50.7%	62.5%
Urban population	114,925 people	148,565 people	183,621 people
Male	155,178 people	151,856 people	152,317 people
Female	142,606 people	141,345 people	141,279 people
Households	84,185	83,661	92,778
Average household size	3.38	3.31	2.93

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+	1,260 people	1,399 people	2,659 people
80–84	2,188 people	2,544 people	4,732 people
75–79	2,848 people	3,210 people	6,058 people
70–74	5,134 people	5,197 people	10,331 people
65–69	6,895 people	7,218 people	14,113 people
60–64	8,314 people	7,931 people	16,245 people
55–59	12,245 people	10,867 people	23,112 people
50–54	14,456 people	13,415 people	27,871 people
45–49	13,984 people	13,015 people	26,999 people
40–44	10,804 people	10,390 people	21,194 people
35–39	9,076 people	9,004 people	18,080 people
30–34	10,364 people	10,322 people	20,686 people
25–29	5,956 people	5,466 people	11,422 people
20–24	5,635 people	5,048 people	10,683 people
15–19	9,537 people	7,759 people	17,296 people
10–14	13,724 people	11,698 people	25,422 people
5–9	11,404 people	9,665 people	21,069 people
1–4	7,080 people	6,024 people	13,104 people
0	1,413 people	1,107 people	2,520 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	520 people	695 people	1,215 people
80–84	1,264 people	1,189 people	2,453 people
75–79	2,421 people	2,221 people	4,642 people
70–74	4,086 people	3,854 people	7,940 people
65–69	4,216 people	3,998 people	8,214 people
60–64	6,416 people	5,943 people	12,359 people
55–59	8,149 people	7,873 people	16,022 people
50–54	9,674 people	8,948 people	18,622 people
45–49	12,800 people	11,460 people	24,260 people
40–44	15,042 people	13,611 people	28,653 people
35–39	14,902 people	13,682 people	28,584 people
30–34	11,593 people	11,449 people	23,042 people
25–29	10,089 people	10,246 people	20,335 people
20–24	9,806 people	11,103 people	20,909 people
15–19	6,820 people	6,206 people	13,026 people
10–14	8,763 people	7,802 people	16,565 people
5–9	11,151 people	9,180 people	20,331 people
1–4	12,217 people	10,151 people	22,368 people
0	1,927 people	1,734 people	3,661 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	183 people	307 people	490 people
80–84	616 people	813 people	1,429 people
75–79	1,583 people	1,682 people	3,265 people
70–74	2,871 people	2,494 people	5,365 people
65–69	3,949 people	3,214 people	7,163 people
60–64	5,820 people	4,802 people	10,622 people
55–59	5,227 people	4,581 people	9,808 people
50–54	7,804 people	6,710 people	14,514 people
45–49	9,407 people	9,072 people	18,479 people
40–44	10,940 people	9,922 people	20,862 people
35–39	14,649 people	13,082 people	27,731 people
30–34	17,036 people	16,004 people	33,040 people
25–29	16,111 people	15,367 people	31,478 people
20–24	12,086 people	12,285 people	24,371 people
15–19	12,084 people	10,348 people	22,432 people
10–14	16,243 people	15,514 people	31,757 people
5–9	9,132 people	8,035 people	17,167 people
1–4	7,156 people	6,252 people	13,408 people
0	2,281 people	2,122 people	4,403 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.55%

292,259 people

She0.19%

558 people

Miao0.05%

156 people

Yi0.05%

132 people

Zhuang0.03%

92 people

Tujia0.03%

82 people

Hui0.02%

55 people

Dong0.02%

46 people

Bouyei0.02%

46 people

Manchu0.01%

25 people

Mongol0.01%

16 people

Yao0.01%

16 people

Hani0.01%

16 people

Sui0.01%

15 people

Uyghur0.00%

12 people

Tibetan0.00%

8 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Other groups0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Bai0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

De'ang0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

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