Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	343,960 people	389,305 people	333,518 people
Urbanization rate	8.8%	13.3%	35.2%
Urban population	30,416 people	51,815 people	117,462 people
Male	175,123 people	198,885 people	170,578 people
Female	168,837 people	190,420 people	162,940 people
Households	68,566	95,658	102,663
Average household size	5.01	4.00	3.14

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+	2,704 people	2,512 people	5,216 people
80–84	12,481 people	11,672 people	24,153 people
75–79	17,013 people	15,769 people	32,782 people
70–74	16,668 people	15,787 people	32,455 people
65–69	12,114 people	12,086 people	24,200 people
60–64	10,765 people	10,108 people	20,873 people
55–59	11,944 people	11,483 people	23,427 people
50–54	12,412 people	12,147 people	24,559 people
45–49	12,837 people	11,699 people	24,536 people
40–44	12,056 people	11,815 people	23,871 people
35–39	11,024 people	10,227 people	21,251 people
30–34	10,571 people	10,431 people	21,002 people
25–29	8,579 people	7,845 people	16,424 people
20–24	4,994 people	4,951 people	9,945 people
15–19	5,242 people	5,334 people	10,576 people
10–14	4,009 people	4,082 people	8,091 people
5–9	2,889 people	2,734 people	5,623 people
1–4	1,527 people	1,430 people	2,957 people
0	749 people	828 people	1,577 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,368 people	2,951 people	6,319 people
80–84	15,547 people	13,423 people	28,970 people
75–79	19,287 people	17,691 people	36,978 people
70–74	21,085 people	19,752 people	40,837 people
65–69	20,763 people	20,692 people	41,455 people
60–64	18,276 people	18,967 people	37,243 people
55–59	16,731 people	16,236 people	32,967 people
50–54	15,966 people	15,877 people	31,843 people
45–49	14,183 people	13,090 people	27,273 people
40–44	13,163 people	13,004 people	26,167 people
35–39	10,773 people	10,015 people	20,788 people
30–34	6,595 people	6,448 people	13,043 people
25–29	6,893 people	6,834 people	13,727 people
20–24	5,552 people	5,547 people	11,099 people
15–19	4,515 people	4,147 people	8,662 people
10–14	3,076 people	2,839 people	5,915 people
5–9	1,796 people	1,708 people	3,504 people
1–4	864 people	767 people	1,631 people
0	452 people	432 people	884 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,181 people	3,933 people	8,114 people
80–84	16,438 people	15,275 people	31,713 people
75–79	23,024 people	21,783 people	44,807 people
70–74	23,345 people	22,609 people	45,954 people
65–69	18,952 people	18,919 people	37,871 people
60–64	16,170 people	16,954 people	33,124 people
55–59	14,344 people	13,652 people	27,996 people
50–54	13,536 people	13,189 people	26,725 people
45–49	10,671 people	9,759 people	20,430 people
40–44	6,575 people	6,460 people	13,035 people
35–39	6,939 people	6,729 people	13,668 people
30–34	6,010 people	5,794 people	11,804 people
25–29	4,782 people	4,508 people	9,290 people
20–24	3,949 people	3,578 people	7,527 people
15–19	2,568 people	2,424 people	4,992 people
10–14	1,709 people	1,586 people	3,295 people
5–9	1,057 people	909 people	1,966 people
1–4	574 people	554 people	1,128 people
0	299 people	222 people	521 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Hui70.39%

274,040 people

Han29.38%

114,365 people

Sui0.20%

770 people

Yi0.01%

37 people

Zhuang0.01%

28 people

Dong0.01%

24 people

Manchu0.00%

16 people

Korean0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

6 people

Tujia0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

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