Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	847,271 people	749,810 people	754,120 people
Urbanization rate	17.9%	41.2%	55.1%
Urban population	151,498 people	309,119 people	415,789 people
Male	433,997 people	377,658 people	374,232 people
Female	413,274 people	372,152 people	379,888 people
Households	233,321	237,046	283,558
Average household size	3.54	3.05	2.46

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+	2,684 people	2,470 people	5,154 people
80–84	14,087 people	13,005 people	27,092 people
75–79	20,304 people	19,010 people	39,314 people
70–74	24,133 people	22,854 people	46,987 people
65–69	23,961 people	26,277 people	50,238 people
60–64	20,710 people	24,827 people	45,537 people
55–59	16,171 people	16,014 people	32,185 people
50–54	32,790 people	30,860 people	63,650 people
45–49	20,286 people	18,919 people	39,205 people
40–44	18,729 people	18,917 people	37,646 people
35–39	35,061 people	35,610 people	70,671 people
30–34	34,634 people	36,717 people	71,351 people
25–29	27,204 people	27,617 people	54,821 people
20–24	18,576 people	17,106 people	35,682 people
15–19	24,264 people	24,576 people	48,840 people
10–14	17,115 people	17,177 people	34,292 people
5–9	11,814 people	12,777 people	24,591 people
1–4	6,596 people	7,944 people	14,540 people
0	5,113 people	7,211 people	12,324 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,314 people	3,910 people	8,224 people
80–84	19,338 people	17,832 people	37,170 people
75–79	24,087 people	22,516 people	46,603 people
70–74	21,486 people	20,065 people	41,551 people
65–69	22,530 people	24,782 people	47,312 people
60–64	38,254 people	38,865 people	77,119 people
55–59	21,321 people	20,157 people	41,478 people
50–54	20,685 people	20,469 people	41,154 people
45–49	37,319 people	37,411 people	74,730 people
40–44	35,053 people	35,212 people	70,265 people
35–39	26,207 people	25,644 people	51,851 people
30–34	18,691 people	17,328 people	36,019 people
25–29	25,957 people	25,444 people	51,401 people
20–24	20,436 people	19,105 people	39,541 people
15–19	15,808 people	14,887 people	30,695 people
10–14	10,999 people	10,783 people	21,782 people
5–9	7,649 people	7,894 people	15,543 people
1–4	4,858 people	5,566 people	10,424 people
0	2,666 people	4,282 people	6,948 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,869 people	3,213 people	7,082 people
80–84	17,755 people	15,229 people	32,984 people
75–79	23,339 people	20,979 people	44,318 people
70–74	51,026 people	47,848 people	98,874 people
65–69	35,996 people	36,338 people	72,334 people
60–64	27,674 people	28,495 people	56,169 people
55–59	49,483 people	49,065 people	98,548 people
50–54	48,301 people	46,787 people	95,088 people
45–49	35,114 people	32,339 people	67,453 people
40–44	22,432 people	19,139 people	41,571 people
35–39	30,854 people	28,462 people	59,316 people
30–34	23,755 people	21,354 people	45,109 people
25–29	19,095 people	17,347 people	36,442 people
20–24	14,972 people	13,549 people	28,521 people
15–19	11,895 people	11,179 people	23,074 people
10–14	9,232 people	9,269 people	18,501 people
5–9	5,504 people	6,411 people	11,915 people
1–4	2,572 people	3,732 people	6,304 people
0	1,129 people	2,539 people	3,668 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.85%

748,677 people

Hui0.06%

480 people

Miao0.03%

200 people

Yi0.02%

131 people

Manchu0.01%

50 people

Korean0.01%

46 people

Jingpo0.01%

45 people

Dong0.00%

31 people

Tujia0.00%

25 people

Zhuang0.00%

17 people

Kazakh0.00%

17 people

Tibetan0.00%

12 people

Hani0.00%

11 people

Mulao0.00%

8 people

Mongol0.00%

7 people

Daur0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Naxi0.00%

5 people

Bai0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Evenki0.00%

2 people

Dongxiang0.00%

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