Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	271,216 people	250,853 people	245,432 people
Urbanization rate	11.6%	19.6%	33.2%
Urban population	31,497 people	49,063 people	81,521 people
Male	144,757 people	131,028 people	124,724 people
Female	126,459 people	119,825 people	120,708 people
Households	72,606	76,780	80,831
Average household size	3.71	3.19	2.94

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+	1,313 people	1,222 people	2,535 people
80–84	6,992 people	6,510 people	13,502 people
75–79	9,711 people	8,720 people	18,431 people
70–74	8,913 people	8,515 people	17,428 people
65–69	5,501 people	5,503 people	11,004 people
60–64	3,097 people	2,834 people	5,931 people
55–59	5,385 people	5,309 people	10,694 people
50–54	7,393 people	7,222 people	14,615 people
45–49	9,574 people	8,874 people	18,448 people
40–44	8,303 people	7,508 people	15,811 people
35–39	9,696 people	8,514 people	18,210 people
30–34	12,145 people	11,179 people	23,324 people
25–29	10,256 people	10,143 people	20,399 people
20–24	6,816 people	6,931 people	13,747 people
15–19	7,378 people	7,898 people	15,276 people
10–14	5,419 people	5,398 people	10,817 people
5–9	3,611 people	3,652 people	7,263 people
1–4	2,020 people	2,595 people	4,615 people
0	1,201 people	2,181 people	3,382 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,575 people	1,563 people	3,138 people
80–84	7,155 people	6,678 people	13,833 people
75–79	7,300 people	6,816 people	14,116 people
70–74	6,851 people	6,270 people	13,121 people
65–69	7,934 people	7,119 people	15,053 people
60–64	7,251 people	5,765 people	13,016 people
55–59	10,029 people	8,556 people	18,585 people
50–54	9,071 people	7,663 people	16,734 people
45–49	10,978 people	9,191 people	20,169 people
40–44	13,764 people	12,147 people	25,911 people
35–39	11,653 people	11,062 people	22,715 people
30–34	7,852 people	7,612 people	15,464 people
25–29	8,796 people	8,601 people	17,397 people
20–24	6,975 people	6,155 people	13,130 people
15–19	5,294 people	4,504 people	9,798 people
10–14	3,913 people	3,870 people	7,783 people
5–9	2,687 people	3,160 people	5,847 people
1–4	1,318 people	1,844 people	3,162 people
0	632 people	1,249 people	1,881 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,296 people	1,298 people	2,594 people
80–84	5,693 people	5,119 people	10,812 people
75–79	10,781 people	9,058 people	19,839 people
70–74	13,548 people	11,193 people	24,741 people
65–69	14,275 people	11,189 people	25,464 people
60–64	10,225 people	7,980 people	18,205 people
55–59	11,936 people	10,078 people	22,014 people
50–54	15,354 people	13,537 people	28,891 people
45–49	12,779 people	11,964 people	24,743 people
40–44	8,744 people	8,165 people	16,909 people
35–39	9,699 people	9,269 people	18,968 people
30–34	8,105 people	6,747 people	14,852 people
25–29	6,425 people	4,970 people	11,395 people
20–24	5,537 people	4,644 people	10,181 people
15–19	4,531 people	4,207 people	8,738 people
10–14	2,984 people	3,144 people	6,128 people
5–9	1,748 people	2,117 people	3,865 people
1–4	723 people	1,051 people	1,774 people
0	374 people	729 people	1,103 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Yao60.29%

147,970 people

Han36.84%

90,416 people

Tujia2.49%

6,120 people

Manchu0.12%

287 people

Bouyei0.06%

152 people

Yi0.03%

72 people

Dong0.02%

59 people

Hui0.02%

57 people

Dai0.02%

46 people

Korean0.02%

45 people

Kyrgyz0.02%

39 people

Tibetan0.02%

38 people

Kazakh0.01%

20 people

Blang0.01%

15 people

Wa0.01%

12 people

Zhuang0.00%

11 people

Dongxiang0.00%

10 people

Lisu0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Miao0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Daur0.00%

3 people

Monba0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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