Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	555,489 people	595,268 people	615,274 people
Urbanization rate	31.7%	48.6%	67.8%
Urban population	175,824 people	289,122 people	417,336 people
Male	280,395 people	298,506 people	304,592 people
Female	275,094 people	296,762 people	310,682 people
Households	162,103	180,176	229,124
Average household size	3.32	3.04	2.47

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+	2,652 people	2,471 people	5,123 people
80–84	13,796 people	12,720 people	26,516 people
75–79	16,464 people	15,172 people	31,636 people
70–74	16,617 people	15,426 people	32,043 people
65–69	16,390 people	18,755 people	35,145 people
60–64	14,864 people	15,840 people	30,704 people
55–59	17,674 people	17,602 people	35,276 people
50–54	22,451 people	24,392 people	46,843 people
45–49	16,062 people	18,540 people	34,602 people
40–44	20,391 people	21,425 people	41,816 people
35–39	29,617 people	29,320 people	58,937 people
30–34	31,439 people	31,557 people	62,996 people
25–29	26,581 people	26,412 people	52,993 people
20–24	14,057 people	13,323 people	27,380 people
15–19	18,364 people	17,744 people	36,108 people
10–14	12,533 people	12,498 people	25,031 people
5–9	7,910 people	8,507 people	16,417 people
1–4	4,356 people	5,170 people	9,526 people
0	2,374 people	3,808 people	6,182 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,860 people	2,512 people	5,372 people
80–84	13,089 people	11,952 people	25,041 people
75–79	16,940 people	15,774 people	32,714 people
70–74	18,140 people	16,922 people	35,062 people
65–69	24,602 people	24,655 people	49,257 people
60–64	21,294 people	24,854 people	46,148 people
55–59	14,875 people	17,352 people	32,227 people
50–54	19,488 people	20,433 people	39,921 people
45–49	29,875 people	29,713 people	59,588 people
40–44	32,305 people	31,245 people	63,550 people
35–39	27,021 people	26,019 people	53,040 people
30–34	14,772 people	13,652 people	28,424 people
25–29	20,502 people	18,575 people	39,077 people
20–24	15,057 people	13,675 people	28,732 people
15–19	11,020 people	10,087 people	21,107 people
10–14	7,949 people	7,644 people	15,593 people
5–9	5,349 people	6,266 people	11,615 people
1–4	2,432 people	3,546 people	5,978 people
0	936 people	1,886 people	2,822 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,528 people	3,272 people	6,800 people
80–84	13,644 people	12,597 people	26,241 people
75–79	24,926 people	23,375 people	48,301 people
70–74	28,818 people	27,204 people	56,022 people
65–69	17,667 people	16,215 people	33,882 people
60–64	16,579 people	16,704 people	33,283 people
55–59	25,206 people	26,707 people	51,913 people
50–54	29,504 people	31,247 people	60,751 people
45–49	26,380 people	27,147 people	53,527 people
40–44	14,613 people	13,969 people	28,582 people
35–39	21,277 people	19,447 people	40,724 people
30–34	16,363 people	14,271 people	30,634 people
25–29	12,614 people	10,839 people	23,453 people
20–24	10,338 people	8,994 people	19,332 people
15–19	8,725 people	8,502 people	17,227 people
10–14	5,696 people	6,602 people	12,298 people
5–9	3,207 people	4,782 people	7,989 people
1–4	1,042 people	2,275 people	3,317 people
0	268 people	945 people	1,213 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.82%

594,208 people

Hui0.06%

352 people

Manchu0.02%

141 people

Korean0.02%

95 people

Tujia0.01%

76 people

Tibetan0.01%

70 people

Yi0.01%

61 people

Bouyei0.01%

53 people

Dong0.01%

32 people

Wa0.00%

24 people

Zhuang0.00%

22 people

She0.00%

22 people

Bai0.00%

21 people

Yao0.00%

16 people

Dai0.00%

14 people

Kazakh0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Dongxiang0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Miao0.00%

3 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Evenki0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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