Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	256,828 people	284,507 people	290,034 people
Urbanization rate	1.3%	12.2%	19.5%
Urban population	3,380 people	34,563 people	56,506 people
Male	134,074 people	146,485 people	144,428 people
Female	122,754 people	138,022 people	145,606 people
Households	47,120	55,597	63,992
Average household size	5.33	4.95	4.42

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+	3,273 people	2,981 people	6,254 people
80–84	16,393 people	15,582 people	31,975 people
75–79	19,135 people	18,802 people	37,937 people
70–74	13,774 people	12,926 people	26,700 people
65–69	8,568 people	9,093 people	17,661 people
60–64	9,459 people	10,164 people	19,623 people
55–59	9,234 people	9,885 people	19,119 people
50–54	9,511 people	9,561 people	19,072 people
45–49	8,990 people	8,570 people	17,560 people
40–44	8,124 people	8,528 people	16,652 people
35–39	8,411 people	8,635 people	17,046 people
30–34	8,221 people	8,555 people	16,776 people
25–29	6,246 people	6,230 people	12,476 people
20–24	3,568 people	3,805 people	7,373 people
15–19	3,420 people	3,729 people	7,149 people
10–14	3,317 people	3,569 people	6,886 people
5–9	2,546 people	2,551 people	5,097 people
1–4	1,462 people	1,541 people	3,003 people
0	776 people	899 people	1,675 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,278 people	1,870 people	4,148 people
80–84	10,671 people	8,111 people	18,782 people
75–79	12,745 people	10,270 people	23,015 people
70–74	13,849 people	11,968 people	25,817 people
65–69	13,835 people	13,340 people	27,175 people
60–64	14,076 people	15,189 people	29,265 people
55–59	13,393 people	13,003 people	26,396 people
50–54	11,783 people	11,823 people	23,606 people
45–49	11,467 people	10,914 people	22,381 people
40–44	10,713 people	10,436 people	21,149 people
35–39	8,130 people	7,530 people	15,660 people
30–34	4,680 people	4,702 people	9,382 people
25–29	4,450 people	4,648 people	9,098 people
20–24	4,556 people	4,712 people	9,268 people
15–19	3,937 people	3,745 people	7,682 people
10–14	2,918 people	2,777 people	5,695 people
5–9	1,635 people	1,496 people	3,131 people
1–4	844 people	871 people	1,715 people
0	525 people	617 people	1,142 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,116 people	1,798 people	3,914 people
80–84	9,686 people	7,896 people	17,582 people
75–79	15,153 people	13,032 people	28,185 people
70–74	15,197 people	13,950 people	29,147 people
65–69	13,616 people	11,665 people	25,281 people
60–64	12,975 people	12,755 people	25,730 people
55–59	13,662 people	12,676 people	26,338 people
50–54	12,907 people	11,841 people	24,748 people
45–49	9,269 people	8,292 people	17,561 people
40–44	5,011 people	4,595 people	9,606 people
35–39	5,214 people	5,209 people	10,423 people
30–34	5,279 people	5,340 people	10,619 people
25–29	4,739 people	4,426 people	9,165 people
20–24	3,662 people	3,571 people	7,233 people
15–19	2,422 people	2,340 people	4,762 people
10–14	1,567 people	1,474 people	3,041 people
5–9	855 people	1,048 people	1,903 people
1–4	492 people	538 people	1,030 people
0	252 people	308 people	560 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Sui88.01%

250,384 people

Han9.69%

27,569 people

Hui2.21%

6,287 people

Miao0.06%

166 people

Mulao0.03%

82 people

Salar0.00%

9 people

Yugur0.00%

6 people

Zhuang0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

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