Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	885,936 people	755,910 people	710,900 people
Urbanization rate	36.2%	36.0%	54.5%
Urban population	320,278 people	272,402 people	387,070 people
Male	458,607 people	383,173 people	363,880 people
Female	427,329 people	372,737 people	347,020 people
Households	224,484	214,996	257,916
Average household size	3.85	3.36	2.66

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+	2,779 people	4,435 people	7,214 people
80–84	4,913 people	5,888 people	10,801 people
75–79	9,000 people	9,601 people	18,601 people
70–74	13,618 people	13,037 people	26,655 people
65–69	19,247 people	18,749 people	37,996 people
60–64	23,514 people	22,612 people	46,126 people
55–59	32,030 people	31,967 people	63,997 people
50–54	33,925 people	35,217 people	69,142 people
45–49	26,263 people	26,899 people	53,162 people
40–44	21,780 people	22,355 people	44,135 people
35–39	24,773 people	23,817 people	48,590 people
30–34	31,445 people	30,765 people	62,210 people
25–29	23,069 people	21,257 people	44,326 people
20–24	9,847 people	8,751 people	18,598 people
15–19	13,571 people	11,475 people	25,046 people
10–14	24,799 people	19,836 people	44,635 people
5–9	26,573 people	21,120 people	47,693 people
1–4	19,331 people	16,314 people	35,645 people
0	3,403 people	2,925 people	6,328 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,050 people	1,893 people	2,943 people
80–84	2,845 people	3,641 people	6,486 people
75–79	7,283 people	7,520 people	14,803 people
70–74	10,176 people	9,652 people	19,828 people
65–69	13,755 people	12,844 people	26,599 people
60–64	17,647 people	15,856 people	33,503 people
55–59	22,850 people	21,642 people	44,492 people
50–54	26,889 people	25,945 people	52,834 people
45–49	34,426 people	34,284 people	68,710 people
40–44	36,253 people	37,096 people	73,349 people
35–39	28,703 people	30,293 people	58,996 people
30–34	24,698 people	26,145 people	50,843 people
25–29	27,219 people	28,585 people	55,804 people
20–24	31,843 people	33,955 people	65,798 people
15–19	35,033 people	31,370 people	66,403 people
10–14	17,709 people	15,397 people	33,106 people
5–9	19,180 people	16,407 people	35,587 people
1–4	20,339 people	16,101 people	36,440 people
0	5,275 people	4,111 people	9,386 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	571 people	1,299 people	1,870 people
80–84	1,479 people	2,406 people	3,885 people
75–79	3,793 people	4,694 people	8,487 people
70–74	7,224 people	7,621 people	14,845 people
65–69	12,416 people	11,454 people	23,870 people
60–64	14,089 people	12,193 people	26,282 people
55–59	16,474 people	14,594 people	31,068 people
50–54	20,078 people	17,515 people	37,593 people
45–49	25,828 people	23,503 people	49,331 people
40–44	31,204 people	28,425 people	59,629 people
35–39	43,378 people	40,946 people	84,324 people
30–34	47,771 people	45,685 people	93,456 people
25–29	37,336 people	35,835 people	73,171 people
20–24	31,437 people	30,731 people	62,168 people
15–19	45,567 people	42,423 people	87,990 people
10–14	59,358 people	55,615 people	114,973 people
5–9	41,827 people	36,688 people	78,515 people
1–4	14,971 people	12,497 people	27,468 people
0	3,806 people	3,205 people	7,011 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.94%

755,437 people

Hui0.03%

215 people

Tujia0.01%

83 people

Zhuang0.01%

58 people

Miao0.00%

33 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Manchu0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Dong0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

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