Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	162,548 people	182,613 people	154,253 people
Urbanization rate	6.0%	18.1%	35.6%
Urban population	9,714 people	33,067 people	54,843 people
Male	85,683 people	94,333 people	80,291 people
Female	76,865 people	88,280 people	73,962 people
Households	45,933	56,225	66,811
Average household size	3.52	3.19	2.26

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+	854 people	1,012 people	1,866 people
80–84	1,226 people	1,211 people	2,437 people
75–79	1,926 people	1,723 people	3,649 people
70–74	3,349 people	3,007 people	6,356 people
65–69	5,045 people	4,228 people	9,273 people
60–64	5,125 people	4,170 people	9,295 people
55–59	6,299 people	5,897 people	12,196 people
50–54	7,068 people	6,759 people	13,827 people
45–49	6,621 people	6,901 people	13,522 people
40–44	4,520 people	4,460 people	8,980 people
35–39	4,610 people	4,169 people	8,779 people
30–34	5,435 people	4,785 people	10,220 people
25–29	5,683 people	5,299 people	10,982 people
20–24	5,376 people	4,836 people	10,212 people
15–19	4,544 people	4,090 people	8,634 people
10–14	5,125 people	4,721 people	9,846 people
5–9	4,256 people	3,717 people	7,973 people
1–4	2,639 people	2,424 people	5,063 people
0	590 people	553 people	1,143 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	312 people	451 people	763 people
80–84	882 people	830 people	1,712 people
75–79	1,702 people	1,559 people	3,261 people
70–74	2,363 people	1,946 people	4,309 people
65–69	2,807 people	2,243 people	5,050 people
60–64	4,213 people	3,663 people	7,876 people
55–59	5,941 people	4,776 people	10,717 people
50–54	5,941 people	4,885 people	10,826 people
45–49	7,399 people	6,865 people	14,264 people
40–44	8,630 people	8,180 people	16,810 people
35–39	8,184 people	8,406 people	16,590 people
30–34	5,653 people	5,777 people	11,430 people
25–29	5,681 people	5,666 people	11,347 people
20–24	6,451 people	6,399 people	12,850 people
15–19	8,772 people	8,939 people	17,711 people
10–14	8,840 people	8,072 people	16,912 people
5–9	5,766 people	5,275 people	11,041 people
1–4	3,821 people	3,508 people	7,329 people
0	975 people	840 people	1,815 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	157 people	232 people	389 people
80–84	433 people	501 people	934 people
75–79	979 people	874 people	1,853 people
70–74	1,890 people	1,620 people	3,510 people
65–69	2,702 people	2,078 people	4,780 people
60–64	3,212 people	2,388 people	5,600 people
55–59	3,219 people	2,402 people	5,621 people
50–54	4,470 people	3,590 people	8,060 people
45–49	6,012 people	4,660 people	10,672 people
40–44	5,832 people	4,776 people	10,608 people
35–39	7,017 people	6,506 people	13,523 people
30–34	7,627 people	7,303 people	14,930 people
25–29	7,095 people	7,284 people	14,379 people
20–24	4,666 people	4,992 people	9,658 people
15–19	6,237 people	5,487 people	11,724 people
10–14	8,540 people	7,619 people	16,159 people
5–9	8,228 people	7,906 people	16,134 people
1–4	6,017 people	5,464 people	11,481 people
0	1,350 people	1,183 people	2,533 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.94%

182,498 people

Yi0.02%

37 people

Lisu0.02%

37 people

Miao0.01%

12 people

Naxi0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Manchu0.00%

4 people

Hui0.00%

2 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

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