Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	486,688 people	507,433 people	519,096 people
Urbanization rate	47.8%	42.7%	53.6%
Urban population	232,830 people	216,760 people	278,092 people
Male	248,469 people	258,704 people	261,270 people
Female	238,219 people	248,729 people	257,826 people
Households	133,838	152,169	196,155
Average household size	3.48	3.11	2.51

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+	2,544 people	2,252 people	4,796 people
80–84	12,935 people	11,447 people	24,382 people
75–79	14,524 people	11,236 people	25,760 people
70–74	15,410 people	11,772 people	27,182 people
65–69	12,772 people	11,813 people	24,585 people
60–64	14,618 people	15,622 people	30,240 people
55–59	15,062 people	15,305 people	30,367 people
50–54	21,275 people	22,709 people	43,984 people
45–49	16,948 people	17,300 people	34,248 people
40–44	15,891 people	16,227 people	32,118 people
35–39	25,245 people	25,886 people	51,131 people
30–34	29,634 people	29,984 people	59,618 people
25–29	21,622 people	21,975 people	43,597 people
20–24	11,888 people	11,160 people	23,048 people
15–19	13,193 people	14,285 people	27,478 people
10–14	9,057 people	9,935 people	18,992 people
5–9	5,457 people	5,394 people	10,851 people
1–4	2,255 people	2,588 people	4,843 people
0	940 people	936 people	1,876 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,728 people	2,017 people	4,745 people
80–84	11,435 people	8,465 people	19,900 people
75–79	14,167 people	11,452 people	25,619 people
70–74	18,151 people	13,385 people	31,536 people
65–69	19,745 people	18,087 people	37,832 people
60–64	21,445 people	25,619 people	47,064 people
55–59	16,201 people	16,935 people	33,136 people
50–54	15,993 people	16,447 people	32,440 people
45–49	25,846 people	26,288 people	52,134 people
40–44	30,907 people	30,426 people	61,333 people
35–39	22,843 people	22,704 people	45,547 people
30–34	13,112 people	11,921 people	25,033 people
25–29	15,345 people	15,509 people	30,854 people
20–24	12,090 people	12,171 people	24,261 people
15–19	9,237 people	8,180 people	17,417 people
10–14	5,399 people	5,346 people	10,745 people
5–9	2,832 people	2,694 people	5,526 people
1–4	952 people	810 people	1,762 people
0	276 people	273 people	549 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,520 people	2,272 people	5,792 people
80–84	13,895 people	12,934 people	26,829 people
75–79	17,715 people	16,787 people	34,502 people
70–74	25,008 people	23,604 people	48,612 people
65–69	18,703 people	18,980 people	37,683 people
60–64	15,917 people	16,398 people	32,315 people
55–59	25,136 people	25,956 people	51,092 people
50–54	30,592 people	30,308 people	60,900 people
45–49	23,116 people	22,911 people	46,027 people
40–44	13,453 people	11,962 people	25,415 people
35–39	16,507 people	16,333 people	32,840 people
30–34	13,729 people	12,685 people	26,414 people
25–29	11,428 people	9,488 people	20,916 people
20–24	8,498 people	7,748 people	16,246 people
15–19	6,079 people	5,279 people	11,358 people
10–14	3,227 people	2,659 people	5,886 people
5–9	1,398 people	1,348 people	2,746 people
1–4	412 people	422 people	834 people
0	136 people	145 people	281 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.96%

502,178 people

Hui0.39%

1,975 people

Miao0.23%

1,178 people

Uzbek0.21%

1,070 people

Sui0.06%

307 people

Mulao0.04%

217 people

Zhuang0.04%

209 people

Dong0.03%

158 people

Tujia0.01%

30 people

Manchu0.00%

20 people

Yi0.00%

15 people

Korean0.00%

15 people

Mongol0.00%

14 people

Salar0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

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