Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	836,799 people	836,839 people	738,085 people
Urbanization rate	29.8%	38.4%	59.9%
Urban population	249,322 people	321,061 people	442,420 people
Male	429,301 people	421,042 people	373,129 people
Female	407,498 people	415,797 people	364,956 people
Households	242,768	238,147	266,448
Average household size	3.42	3.24	2.64

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+	4,752 people	7,285 people	12,037 people
80–84	7,895 people	9,557 people	17,452 people
75–79	12,152 people	13,368 people	25,520 people
70–74	19,327 people	20,464 people	39,791 people
65–69	24,874 people	24,843 people	49,717 people
60–64	21,926 people	19,955 people	41,881 people
55–59	38,040 people	37,237 people	75,277 people
50–54	43,402 people	43,315 people	86,717 people
45–49	33,479 people	32,852 people	66,331 people
40–44	17,579 people	17,329 people	34,908 people
35–39	17,949 people	16,878 people	34,827 people
30–34	32,688 people	29,067 people	61,755 people
25–29	20,672 people	18,897 people	39,569 people
20–24	14,556 people	14,448 people	29,004 people
15–19	11,923 people	11,526 people	23,449 people
10–14	16,097 people	15,046 people	31,143 people
5–9	18,624 people	16,972 people	35,596 people
1–4	14,466 people	13,379 people	27,845 people
0	2,728 people	2,538 people	5,266 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,995 people	3,468 people	5,463 people
80–84	4,365 people	5,967 people	10,332 people
75–79	10,146 people	10,704 people	20,850 people
70–74	14,994 people	14,635 people	29,629 people
65–69	17,845 people	17,051 people	34,896 people
60–64	25,365 people	24,309 people	49,674 people
55–59	30,571 people	28,778 people	59,349 people
50–54	26,505 people	23,555 people	50,060 people
45–49	44,053 people	42,905 people	86,958 people
40–44	49,589 people	48,845 people	98,434 people
35–39	39,209 people	40,396 people	79,605 people
30–34	20,799 people	21,918 people	42,717 people
25–29	20,420 people	22,007 people	42,427 people
20–24	35,531 people	36,190 people	71,721 people
15–19	29,108 people	28,347 people	57,455 people
10–14	18,792 people	17,573 people	36,365 people
5–9	14,182 people	13,143 people	27,325 people
1–4	14,020 people	12,876 people	26,896 people
0	3,553 people	3,130 people	6,683 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	745 people	1,683 people	2,428 people
80–84	2,039 people	3,444 people	5,483 people
75–79	5,661 people	6,932 people	12,593 people
70–74	9,333 people	10,064 people	19,397 people
65–69	14,994 people	13,747 people	28,741 people
60–64	18,732 people	16,607 people	35,339 people
55–59	19,729 people	18,160 people	37,889 people
50–54	26,842 people	25,022 people	51,864 people
45–49	31,487 people	29,329 people	60,816 people
40–44	26,911 people	23,827 people	50,738 people
35–39	45,699 people	42,875 people	88,574 people
30–34	51,216 people	48,693 people	99,909 people
25–29	39,040 people	38,610 people	77,650 people
20–24	18,476 people	19,338 people	37,814 people
15–19	22,877 people	20,353 people	43,230 people
10–14	47,510 people	44,897 people	92,407 people
5–9	29,789 people	27,304 people	57,093 people
1–4	15,313 people	13,922 people	29,235 people
0	2,908 people	2,691 people	5,599 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.81%

818,497 people

Hui1.16%

9,740 people

Tujia0.73%

6,144 people

Miao0.10%

859 people

Tu0.07%

592 people

Zhuang0.03%

273 people

Uyghur0.03%

270 people

Kazakh0.01%

86 people

Yao0.01%

55 people

Mongol0.01%

49 people

Yi0.01%

38 people

Li0.00%

37 people

Bai0.00%

32 people

Manchu0.00%

22 people

Wa0.00%

22 people

Tibetan0.00%

20 people

Bouyei0.00%

19 people

Dong0.00%

16 people

Other groups0.00%

14 people

Dai0.00%

10 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Gaoshan0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

4 people

Yugur0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Gin0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Monba0.00%

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