Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	449,769 people	478,974 people	478,731 people
Urbanization rate	32.2%	43.3%	53.1%
Urban population	144,908 people	207,417 people	254,264 people
Male	226,583 people	237,864 people	246,430 people
Female	223,186 people	241,110 people	232,301 people
Households	114,773	124,374	146,969
Average household size	3.86	3.71	3.13

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+	3,094 people	2,555 people	5,649 people
80–84	14,553 people	13,063 people	27,616 people
75–79	21,403 people	19,982 people	41,385 people
70–74	21,166 people	19,777 people	40,943 people
65–69	12,390 people	11,175 people	23,565 people
60–64	12,427 people	10,390 people	22,817 people
55–59	15,257 people	13,519 people	28,776 people
50–54	15,375 people	14,534 people	29,909 people
45–49	16,815 people	16,352 people	33,167 people
40–44	12,780 people	13,273 people	26,053 people
35–39	16,426 people	16,652 people	33,078 people
30–34	18,063 people	15,837 people	33,900 people
25–29	17,362 people	14,945 people	32,307 people
20–24	15,280 people	14,118 people	29,398 people
15–19	12,828 people	12,856 people	25,684 people
10–14	8,130 people	7,448 people	15,578 people
5–9	5,429 people	5,420 people	10,849 people
1–4	4,106 people	5,001 people	9,107 people
0	3,546 people	5,404 people	8,950 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,255 people	3,631 people	7,886 people
80–84	15,723 people	13,852 people	29,575 people
75–79	17,041 people	15,080 people	32,121 people
70–74	22,095 people	20,698 people	42,793 people
65–69	23,623 people	24,030 people	47,653 people
60–64	14,590 people	16,715 people	31,305 people
55–59	15,316 people	18,822 people	34,138 people
50–54	11,880 people	14,578 people	26,458 people
45–49	14,752 people	17,590 people	32,342 people
40–44	16,679 people	16,421 people	33,100 people
35–39	16,572 people	15,723 people	32,295 people
30–34	15,887 people	15,225 people	31,112 people
25–29	14,288 people	13,941 people	28,229 people
20–24	9,838 people	8,401 people	18,239 people
15–19	7,688 people	6,430 people	14,118 people
10–14	7,142 people	6,990 people	14,132 people
5–9	5,530 people	6,217 people	11,747 people
1–4	3,172 people	3,740 people	6,912 people
0	1,793 people	3,026 people	4,819 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,200 people	3,216 people	7,416 people
80–84	15,882 people	13,944 people	29,826 people
75–79	27,026 people	26,119 people	53,145 people
70–74	28,422 people	27,832 people	56,254 people
65–69	21,245 people	18,699 people	39,944 people
60–64	8,750 people	10,469 people	19,219 people
55–59	11,709 people	14,960 people	26,669 people
50–54	14,642 people	15,445 people	30,087 people
45–49	16,237 people	15,749 people	31,986 people
40–44	15,887 people	15,462 people	31,349 people
35–39	14,864 people	14,248 people	29,112 people
30–34	10,562 people	8,781 people	19,343 people
25–29	8,563 people	6,904 people	15,467 people
20–24	8,921 people	8,127 people	17,048 people
15–19	8,131 people	8,001 people	16,132 people
10–14	5,748 people	5,904 people	11,652 people
5–9	3,368 people	4,413 people	7,781 people
1–4	1,587 people	2,833 people	4,420 people
0	839 people	2,080 people	2,919 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

478,455 people

Dongxiang0.07%

310 people

Tujia0.02%

99 people

Manchu0.01%

35 people

Yao0.01%

28 people

Korean0.00%

18 people

Dai0.00%

13 people

Mulao0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

3 people

Hui0.00%

1 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

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