Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	886,230 people	922,467 people	873,731 people
Urbanization rate	5.4%	25.0%	43.7%
Urban population	48,079 people	230,181 people	381,945 people
Male	466,349 people	472,494 people	438,852 people
Female	419,881 people	449,973 people	434,879 people
Households	259,114	258,477	286,050
Average household size	3.37	3.47	2.70

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+	4,355 people	5,898 people	10,253 people
80–84	6,749 people	6,559 people	13,308 people
75–79	11,403 people	9,274 people	20,677 people
70–74	18,353 people	15,171 people	33,524 people
65–69	24,490 people	25,011 people	49,501 people
60–64	20,920 people	19,874 people	40,794 people
55–59	29,367 people	32,109 people	61,476 people
50–54	33,699 people	35,639 people	69,338 people
45–49	30,247 people	31,963 people	62,210 people
40–44	23,895 people	26,307 people	50,202 people
35–39	22,315 people	25,569 people	47,884 people
30–34	27,838 people	31,446 people	59,284 people
25–29	11,837 people	13,556 people	25,393 people
20–24	12,072 people	12,569 people	24,641 people
15–19	31,367 people	27,359 people	58,726 people
10–14	57,431 people	51,435 people	108,866 people
5–9	45,809 people	41,166 people	86,975 people
1–4	23,057 people	20,585 people	43,642 people
0	3,648 people	3,389 people	7,037 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,096 people	3,443 people	5,539 people
80–84	4,113 people	4,211 people	8,324 people
75–79	9,009 people	8,413 people	17,422 people
70–74	13,116 people	10,438 people	23,554 people
65–69	16,274 people	12,219 people	28,493 people
60–64	23,382 people	18,570 people	41,952 people
55–59	28,496 people	27,785 people	56,281 people
50–54	24,190 people	23,082 people	47,272 people
45–49	33,229 people	35,002 people	68,231 people
40–44	38,280 people	37,982 people	76,262 people
35–39	34,819 people	34,292 people	69,111 people
30–34	29,212 people	30,965 people	60,177 people
25–29	29,168 people	33,290 people	62,458 people
20–24	37,914 people	42,486 people	80,400 people
15–19	22,304 people	20,959 people	43,263 people
10–14	25,784 people	22,648 people	48,432 people
5–9	45,009 people	36,622 people	81,631 people
1–4	50,409 people	42,343 people	92,752 people
0	5,690 people	5,223 people	10,913 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,340 people	2,493 people	3,833 people
80–84	3,154 people	4,328 people	7,482 people
75–79	6,585 people	6,917 people	13,502 people
70–74	10,632 people	8,426 people	19,058 people
65–69	15,982 people	12,364 people	28,346 people
60–64	21,161 people	14,578 people	35,739 people
55–59	20,747 people	14,971 people	35,718 people
50–54	27,414 people	21,758 people	49,172 people
45–49	32,192 people	31,061 people	63,253 people
40–44	26,995 people	24,113 people	51,108 people
35–39	38,213 people	37,959 people	76,172 people
30–34	43,915 people	41,243 people	85,158 people
25–29	40,613 people	38,039 people	78,652 people
20–24	31,857 people	31,365 people	63,222 people
15–19	39,999 people	35,859 people	75,858 people
10–14	58,874 people	53,849 people	112,723 people
5–9	22,558 people	20,320 people	42,878 people
1–4	18,579 people	15,287 people	33,866 people
0	5,539 people	4,951 people	10,490 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.48%

860,439 people

Hui1.43%

12,467 people

Manchu0.02%

199 people

Zhuang0.01%

111 people

Miao0.01%

93 people

Tujia0.01%

70 people

Mongol0.01%

67 people

Yi0.01%

47 people

Yao0.00%

32 people

Lisu0.00%

26 people

Bai0.00%

25 people

Bouyei0.00%

22 people

Wa0.00%

21 people

Hani0.00%

16 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

12 people

Jingpo0.00%

10 people

Li0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Daur0.00%

5 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Mulao0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

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