Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	556,501 people	546,744 people	490,385 people
Urbanization rate	15.4%	32.7%	40.3%
Urban population	85,872 people	178,501 people	197,806 people
Male	291,475 people	282,558 people	253,170 people
Female	265,026 people	264,186 people	237,215 people
Households	150,758	160,813	170,816
Average household size	3.67	3.34	2.74

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+	2,244 people	3,563 people	5,807 people
80–84	4,251 people	5,175 people	9,426 people
75–79	6,382 people	6,571 people	12,953 people
70–74	9,686 people	9,883 people	19,569 people
65–69	15,565 people	15,698 people	31,263 people
60–64	15,663 people	15,022 people	30,685 people
55–59	19,484 people	19,180 people	38,664 people
50–54	22,447 people	21,519 people	43,966 people
45–49	18,724 people	17,187 people	35,911 people
40–44	13,287 people	12,983 people	26,270 people
35–39	17,165 people	16,143 people	33,308 people
30–34	18,800 people	17,588 people	36,388 people
25–29	9,043 people	8,227 people	17,270 people
20–24	7,852 people	6,781 people	14,633 people
15–19	12,917 people	10,318 people	23,235 people
10–14	23,064 people	19,881 people	42,945 people
5–9	21,677 people	18,576 people	40,253 people
1–4	12,702 people	11,035 people	23,737 people
0	2,217 people	1,885 people	4,102 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,105 people	1,938 people	3,043 people
80–84	2,537 people	3,342 people	5,879 people
75–79	5,077 people	5,685 people	10,762 people
70–74	8,101 people	7,986 people	16,087 people
65–69	9,172 people	8,329 people	17,501 people
60–64	12,331 people	11,575 people	23,906 people
55–59	18,306 people	17,670 people	35,976 people
50–54	17,642 people	16,821 people	34,463 people
45–49	21,868 people	20,566 people	42,434 people
40–44	26,625 people	24,095 people	50,720 people
35–39	23,720 people	21,387 people	45,107 people
30–34	17,863 people	17,558 people	35,421 people
25–29	23,914 people	24,005 people	47,919 people
20–24	25,186 people	25,138 people	50,324 people
15–19	14,068 people	12,434 people	26,502 people
10–14	13,454 people	11,808 people	25,262 people
5–9	18,523 people	15,315 people	33,838 people
1–4	18,954 people	15,419 people	34,373 people
0	4,112 people	3,115 people	7,227 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	566 people	1,095 people	1,661 people
80–84	1,406 people	1,937 people	3,343 people
75–79	3,242 people	3,831 people	7,073 people
70–74	5,684 people	5,676 people	11,360 people
65–69	8,281 people	7,861 people	16,142 people
60–64	10,847 people	9,578 people	20,425 people
55–59	10,972 people	9,462 people	20,434 people
50–54	14,180 people	12,685 people	26,865 people
45–49	20,426 people	19,445 people	39,871 people
40–44	20,290 people	18,505 people	38,795 people
35–39	25,814 people	23,708 people	49,522 people
30–34	30,613 people	27,863 people	58,476 people
25–29	26,915 people	22,860 people	49,775 people
20–24	19,639 people	18,547 people	38,186 people
15–19	29,412 people	26,272 people	55,684 people
10–14	33,844 people	30,913 people	64,757 people
5–9	15,659 people	13,188 people	28,847 people
1–4	10,669 people	9,103 people	19,772 people
0	3,016 people	2,497 people	5,513 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.53%

544,158 people

Yao0.32%

1,772 people

Zhuang0.04%

206 people

Miao0.02%

108 people

Bai0.02%

90 people

Sui0.01%

67 people

Hui0.01%

65 people

Tujia0.01%

50 people

Dong0.01%

37 people

Kazakh0.01%

35 people

Li0.01%

32 people

Manchu0.00%

19 people

Bouyei0.00%

19 people

Yi0.00%

17 people

Tu0.00%

12 people

Wa0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

4 people

Nu0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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