Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	649,578 people	585,353 people	593,486 people
Urbanization rate	13.5%	27.7%	42.1%
Urban population	87,418 people	162,287 people	249,694 people
Male	339,378 people	299,475 people	297,166 people
Female	310,200 people	285,878 people	296,320 people
Households	188,994	171,030	205,963
Average household size	3.43	3.42	2.74

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+	2,923 people	2,362 people	5,285 people
80–84	16,342 people	13,668 people	30,010 people
75–79	28,540 people	23,747 people	52,287 people
70–74	30,200 people	23,970 people	54,170 people
65–69	24,668 people	18,015 people	42,683 people
60–64	10,983 people	9,908 people	20,891 people
55–59	14,986 people	15,723 people	30,709 people
50–54	18,472 people	21,242 people	39,714 people
45–49	9,706 people	11,367 people	21,073 people
40–44	10,016 people	11,513 people	21,529 people
35–39	23,484 people	25,446 people	48,930 people
30–34	26,891 people	30,805 people	57,696 people
25–29	25,287 people	29,159 people	54,446 people
20–24	10,176 people	9,557 people	19,733 people
15–19	16,573 people	17,695 people	34,268 people
10–14	13,294 people	14,048 people	27,342 people
5–9	8,709 people	9,291 people	18,000 people
1–4	4,280 people	5,487 people	9,767 people
0	1,636 people	3,317 people	4,953 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,033 people	2,426 people	5,459 people
80–84	20,913 people	14,798 people	35,711 people
75–79	30,852 people	21,784 people	52,636 people
70–74	28,530 people	22,342 people	50,872 people
65–69	27,956 people	22,846 people	50,802 people
60–64	21,740 people	23,326 people	45,066 people
55–59	9,684 people	11,329 people	21,013 people
50–54	9,605 people	11,186 people	20,791 people
45–49	22,614 people	24,487 people	47,101 people
40–44	26,704 people	29,696 people	56,400 people
35–39	25,329 people	28,263 people	53,592 people
30–34	10,696 people	11,165 people	21,861 people
25–29	17,659 people	17,217 people	34,876 people
20–24	16,186 people	15,796 people	31,982 people
15–19	12,857 people	11,616 people	24,473 people
10–14	8,729 people	8,435 people	17,164 people
5–9	4,197 people	4,998 people	9,195 people
1–4	1,554 people	2,566 people	4,120 people
0	637 people	1,602 people	2,239 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,083 people	3,804 people	8,887 people
80–84	21,278 people	14,098 people	35,376 people
75–79	38,099 people	28,182 people	66,281 people
70–74	49,466 people	41,128 people	90,594 people
65–69	17,692 people	13,099 people	30,791 people
60–64	11,056 people	10,955 people	22,011 people
55–59	28,377 people	28,878 people	57,255 people
50–54	34,691 people	37,215 people	71,906 people
45–49	33,304 people	35,662 people	68,966 people
40–44	13,143 people	11,476 people	24,619 people
35–39	21,266 people	21,159 people	42,425 people
30–34	19,202 people	17,810 people	37,012 people
25–29	16,160 people	13,666 people	29,826 people
20–24	13,501 people	11,361 people	24,862 people
15–19	8,353 people	8,282 people	16,635 people
10–14	4,858 people	5,987 people	10,845 people
5–9	2,764 people	4,632 people	7,396 people
1–4	823 people	1,994 people	2,817 people
0	262 people	812 people	1,074 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.91%

592,939 people

Hui0.03%

180 people

Manchu0.01%

71 people

Tujia0.01%

54 people

Korean0.01%

52 people

Yi0.00%

25 people

Zhuang0.00%

24 people

Tibetan0.00%

19 people

She0.00%

19 people

Bouyei0.00%

17 people

Dong0.00%

12 people

Bai0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

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