Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	224,957 people	260,585 people	255,397 people
Urbanization rate	27.6%	57.1%	66.9%
Urban population	61,985 people	148,874 people	170,867 people
Male	121,494 people	149,473 people	142,552 people
Female	103,463 people	111,112 people	112,845 people
Households	56,927	74,066	87,809
Average household size	3.70	2.88	2.52

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+	912 people	947 people	1,859 people
80–84	1,837 people	1,647 people	3,484 people
75–79	2,443 people	2,180 people	4,623 people
70–74	3,424 people	2,983 people	6,407 people
65–69	5,997 people	5,392 people	11,389 people
60–64	6,510 people	5,947 people	12,457 people
55–59	8,816 people	7,191 people	16,007 people
50–54	11,729 people	8,668 people	20,397 people
45–49	12,571 people	9,725 people	22,296 people
40–44	10,610 people	7,475 people	18,085 people
35–39	12,586 people	9,579 people	22,165 people
30–34	15,266 people	13,024 people	28,290 people
25–29	10,919 people	8,767 people	19,686 people
20–24	4,437 people	2,714 people	7,151 people
15–19	5,855 people	4,075 people	9,930 people
10–14	9,456 people	7,131 people	16,587 people
5–9	10,653 people	8,410 people	19,063 people
1–4	7,174 people	5,883 people	13,057 people
0	1,357 people	1,107 people	2,464 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	629 people	606 people	1,235 people
80–84	1,072 people	969 people	2,041 people
75–79	2,025 people	1,670 people	3,695 people
70–74	3,114 people	2,478 people	5,592 people
65–69	3,089 people	2,520 people	5,609 people
60–64	4,026 people	3,240 people	7,266 people
55–59	7,294 people	5,569 people	12,863 people
50–54	8,387 people	6,229 people	14,616 people
45–49	10,900 people	7,749 people	18,649 people
40–44	14,095 people	9,342 people	23,437 people
35–39	15,074 people	10,671 people	25,745 people
30–34	12,708 people	8,553 people	21,261 people
25–29	15,433 people	11,218 people	26,651 people
20–24	15,713 people	13,012 people	28,725 people
15–19	12,925 people	11,225 people	24,150 people
10–14	6,827 people	4,979 people	11,806 people
5–9	7,478 people	5,077 people	12,555 people
1–4	7,237 people	4,865 people	12,102 people
0	1,447 people	1,140 people	2,587 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	280 people	321 people	601 people
80–84	823 people	821 people	1,644 people
75–79	1,605 people	1,299 people	2,904 people
70–74	2,178 people	1,870 people	4,048 people
65–69	3,008 people	2,415 people	5,423 people
60–64	3,884 people	2,981 people	6,865 people
55–59	3,641 people	2,769 people	6,410 people
50–54	4,628 people	3,634 people	8,262 people
45–49	7,563 people	6,193 people	13,756 people
40–44	7,761 people	6,489 people	14,250 people
35–39	10,038 people	8,182 people	18,220 people
30–34	10,258 people	8,895 people	19,153 people
25–29	12,420 people	10,569 people	22,989 people
20–24	9,669 people	8,740 people	18,409 people
15–19	12,269 people	11,410 people	23,679 people
10–14	13,948 people	13,367 people	27,315 people
5–9	10,852 people	9,035 people	19,887 people
1–4	5,330 people	3,550 people	8,880 people
0	1,339 people	923 people	2,262 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.78%

260,022 people

Hui0.07%

184 people

Mongol0.04%

99 people

Miao0.04%

94 people

Manchu0.02%

52 people

Yi0.02%

52 people

Tujia0.01%

28 people

Zhuang0.01%

21 people

Tibetan0.00%

10 people

Bouyei0.00%

9 people

Dong0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

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