Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	451,467 people	487,025 people	444,493 people
Urbanization rate	15.2%	32.6%	46.7%
Urban population	68,651 people	158,697 people	207,499 people
Male	228,418 people	246,440 people	223,562 people
Female	223,049 people	240,585 people	220,931 people
Households	116,809	136,141	168,380
Average household size	3.77	3.46	2.48

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+	1,119 people	2,438 people	3,557 people
80–84	2,169 people	2,913 people	5,082 people
75–79	4,544 people	5,307 people	9,851 people
70–74	10,109 people	11,138 people	21,247 people
65–69	13,563 people	15,337 people	28,900 people
60–64	12,406 people	13,739 people	26,145 people
55–59	14,377 people	16,314 people	30,691 people
50–54	18,619 people	18,366 people	36,985 people
45–49	15,396 people	15,401 people	30,797 people
40–44	13,605 people	13,089 people	26,694 people
35–39	16,936 people	16,791 people	33,727 people
30–34	17,838 people	18,010 people	35,848 people
25–29	11,090 people	10,605 people	21,695 people
20–24	7,595 people	6,383 people	13,978 people
15–19	12,880 people	10,674 people	23,554 people
10–14	20,614 people	17,392 people	38,006 people
5–9	18,568 people	16,265 people	34,833 people
1–4	10,448 people	9,234 people	19,682 people
0	1,686 people	1,535 people	3,221 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	648 people	1,421 people	2,069 people
80–84	1,392 people	2,466 people	3,858 people
75–79	2,873 people	3,758 people	6,631 people
70–74	4,795 people	4,874 people	9,669 people
65–69	7,171 people	7,134 people	14,305 people
60–64	13,325 people	13,211 people	26,536 people
55–59	16,265 people	17,390 people	33,655 people
50–54	14,613 people	15,525 people	30,138 people
45–49	16,505 people	18,133 people	34,638 people
40–44	21,134 people	20,245 people	41,379 people
35–39	17,411 people	16,909 people	34,320 people
30–34	16,335 people	15,348 people	31,683 people
25–29	21,193 people	21,207 people	42,400 people
20–24	23,070 people	23,303 people	46,373 people
15–19	19,271 people	18,401 people	37,672 people
10–14	12,794 people	10,621 people	23,415 people
5–9	17,431 people	13,993 people	31,424 people
1–4	16,136 people	13,327 people	29,463 people
0	4,078 people	3,319 people	7,397 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	360 people	723 people	1,083 people
80–84	1,066 people	1,708 people	2,774 people
75–79	2,278 people	3,232 people	5,510 people
70–74	3,879 people	4,793 people	8,672 people
65–69	5,202 people	5,598 people	10,800 people
60–64	6,744 people	6,040 people	12,784 people
55–59	8,591 people	7,802 people	16,393 people
50–54	14,610 people	14,036 people	28,646 people
45–49	17,312 people	18,003 people	35,315 people
40–44	15,311 people	15,658 people	30,969 people
35–39	17,371 people	18,394 people	35,765 people
30–34	21,425 people	20,138 people	41,563 people
25–29	17,643 people	16,880 people	34,523 people
20–24	15,677 people	15,837 people	31,514 people
15–19	25,655 people	24,783 people	50,438 people
10–14	26,887 people	25,037 people	51,924 people
5–9	15,155 people	13,348 people	28,503 people
1–4	10,702 people	8,746 people	19,448 people
0	2,550 people	2,293 people	4,843 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.88%

486,454 people

Hui0.08%

381 people

Manchu0.01%

64 people

Mongol0.01%

51 people

Zhuang0.00%

19 people

Korean0.00%

14 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

8 people

Tujia0.00%

7 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Daur0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

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