Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	177,537 people	186,478 people	178,368 people
Urbanization rate	1.2%	25.2%	56.3%
Urban population	2,088 people	47,020 people	100,414 people
Male	90,071 people	95,635 people	90,454 people
Female	87,466 people	90,843 people	87,914 people
Households	43,204	46,959	55,921
Average household size	4.04	3.87	3.10

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+	503 people	1,178 people	1,681 people
80–84	821 people	1,277 people	2,098 people
75–79	1,867 people	2,561 people	4,428 people
70–74	3,182 people	3,907 people	7,089 people
65–69	5,240 people	5,673 people	10,913 people
60–64	5,484 people	5,509 people	10,993 people
55–59	6,930 people	7,111 people	14,041 people
50–54	7,666 people	7,212 people	14,878 people
45–49	5,465 people	5,947 people	11,412 people
40–44	3,771 people	3,531 people	7,302 people
35–39	7,379 people	7,197 people	14,576 people
30–34	9,213 people	9,322 people	18,535 people
25–29	4,347 people	3,695 people	8,042 people
20–24	2,036 people	1,560 people	3,596 people
15–19	3,970 people	3,123 people	7,093 people
10–14	8,533 people	7,211 people	15,744 people
5–9	8,727 people	7,407 people	16,134 people
1–4	4,542 people	3,886 people	8,428 people
0	778 people	607 people	1,385 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	236 people	560 people	796 people
80–84	588 people	1,021 people	1,609 people
75–79	1,230 people	1,678 people	2,908 people
70–74	1,749 people	1,898 people	3,647 people
65–69	2,878 people	3,194 people	6,072 people
60–64	4,342 people	4,569 people	8,911 people
55–59	6,448 people	6,402 people	12,850 people
50–54	6,459 people	6,281 people	12,740 people
45–49	7,829 people	8,031 people	15,860 people
40–44	8,553 people	7,940 people	16,493 people
35–39	5,959 people	6,256 people	12,215 people
30–34	4,177 people	3,882 people	8,059 people
25–29	8,354 people	8,536 people	16,890 people
20–24	11,070 people	10,945 people	22,015 people
15–19	7,764 people	6,024 people	13,788 people
10–14	3,919 people	2,709 people	6,628 people
5–9	6,024 people	4,523 people	10,547 people
1–4	6,634 people	5,180 people	11,814 people
0	1,422 people	1,214 people	2,636 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	116 people	311 people	427 people
80–84	268 people	585 people	853 people
75–79	782 people	1,298 people	2,080 people
70–74	1,504 people	1,935 people	3,439 people
65–69	2,210 people	2,363 people	4,573 people
60–64	2,464 people	2,373 people	4,837 people
55–59	3,467 people	3,562 people	7,029 people
50–54	4,707 people	4,835 people	9,542 people
45–49	6,721 people	6,618 people	13,339 people
40–44	6,643 people	6,326 people	12,969 people
35–39	8,027 people	8,192 people	16,219 people
30–34	8,541 people	7,917 people	16,458 people
25–29	5,814 people	6,392 people	12,206 people
20–24	3,786 people	3,735 people	7,521 people
15–19	10,531 people	10,284 people	20,815 people
10–14	13,655 people	12,885 people	26,540 people
5–9	6,262 people	4,265 people	10,527 people
1–4	3,574 people	2,684 people	6,258 people
0	999 people	906 people	1,905 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.95%

186,383 people

Hui0.02%

43 people

Manchu0.01%

19 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Tujia0.00%

7 people

Zhuang0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Yi0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

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