Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	262,551 people	283,851 people	280,603 people
Urbanization rate	6.7%	20.8%	36.5%
Urban population	17,633 people	59,009 people	102,448 people
Male	133,097 people	141,871 people	142,413 people
Female	129,454 people	141,980 people	138,190 people
Households	69,229	82,776	99,844
Average household size	3.75	3.39	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+	813 people	1,871 people	2,684 people
80–84	1,283 people	1,956 people	3,239 people
75–79	1,930 people	2,850 people	4,780 people
70–74	5,175 people	6,167 people	11,342 people
65–69	7,395 people	8,367 people	15,762 people
60–64	7,795 people	7,620 people	15,415 people
55–59	8,673 people	8,496 people	17,169 people
50–54	10,775 people	10,154 people	20,929 people
45–49	7,438 people	7,008 people	14,446 people
40–44	9,765 people	9,175 people	18,940 people
35–39	11,988 people	12,194 people	24,182 people
30–34	11,248 people	11,454 people	22,702 people
25–29	7,886 people	7,515 people	15,401 people
20–24	4,920 people	4,454 people	9,374 people
15–19	6,917 people	6,031 people	12,948 people
10–14	14,221 people	12,167 people	26,388 people
5–9	15,029 people	12,816 people	27,845 people
1–4	7,851 people	6,781 people	14,632 people
0	1,311 people	1,114 people	2,425 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	445 people	781 people	1,226 people
80–84	1,011 people	1,447 people	2,458 people
75–79	2,054 people	2,573 people	4,627 people
70–74	2,728 people	3,082 people	5,810 people
65–69	2,929 people	3,631 people	6,560 people
60–64	6,353 people	6,893 people	13,246 people
55–59	8,378 people	8,997 people	17,375 people
50–54	8,811 people	8,537 people	17,348 people
45–49	9,548 people	9,308 people	18,856 people
40–44	11,650 people	10,927 people	22,577 people
35–39	8,101 people	7,848 people	15,949 people
30–34	11,017 people	10,607 people	21,624 people
25–29	13,615 people	15,211 people	28,826 people
20–24	12,690 people	14,464 people	27,154 people
15–19	9,616 people	9,801 people	19,417 people
10–14	7,845 people	6,983 people	14,828 people
5–9	11,459 people	9,618 people	21,077 people
1–4	11,059 people	9,128 people	20,187 people
0	2,562 people	2,144 people	4,706 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	214 people	436 people	650 people
80–84	632 people	915 people	1,547 people
75–79	1,500 people	1,879 people	3,379 people
70–74	2,570 people	2,808 people	5,378 people
65–69	3,449 people	3,595 people	7,044 people
60–64	3,717 people	3,759 people	7,476 people
55–59	3,445 people	3,848 people	7,293 people
50–54	7,255 people	7,600 people	14,855 people
45–49	9,136 people	9,650 people	18,786 people
40–44	9,293 people	8,592 people	17,885 people
35–39	10,204 people	9,399 people	19,603 people
30–34	12,146 people	10,906 people	23,052 people
25–29	8,650 people	7,795 people	16,445 people
20–24	11,392 people	10,834 people	22,226 people
15–19	16,252 people	16,181 people	32,433 people
10–14	15,506 people	15,156 people	30,662 people
5–9	9,300 people	8,905 people	18,205 people
1–4	6,617 people	5,711 people	12,328 people
0	1,819 people	1,485 people	3,304 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.84%

283,399 people

Hui0.14%

402 people

Tibetan0.01%

16 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Tujia0.00%

5 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

Manchu0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 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