Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	284,279 people	257,943 people	217,573 people
Urbanization rate	22.0%	31.9%	52.4%
Urban population	62,613 people	82,225 people	114,058 people
Male	145,622 people	135,037 people	109,911 people
Female	138,657 people	122,906 people	107,662 people
Households	76,153	80,299	91,585
Average household size	3.64	3.05	2.30

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+	951 people	1,086 people	2,037 people
80–84	1,723 people	1,883 people	3,606 people
75–79	2,989 people	2,953 people	5,942 people
70–74	4,559 people	4,457 people	9,016 people
65–69	7,214 people	7,017 people	14,231 people
60–64	8,091 people	8,179 people	16,270 people
55–59	10,821 people	10,914 people	21,735 people
50–54	12,209 people	12,497 people	24,706 people
45–49	10,979 people	11,272 people	22,251 people
40–44	7,691 people	7,370 people	15,061 people
35–39	8,527 people	7,277 people	15,804 people
30–34	8,370 people	7,971 people	16,341 people
25–29	5,773 people	5,321 people	11,094 people
20–24	3,152 people	2,902 people	6,054 people
15–19	3,586 people	3,616 people	7,202 people
10–14	4,408 people	4,212 people	8,620 people
5–9	4,345 people	4,289 people	8,634 people
1–4	3,789 people	3,711 people	7,500 people
0	734 people	735 people	1,469 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	340 people	307 people	647 people
80–84	793 people	675 people	1,468 people
75–79	2,142 people	2,049 people	4,191 people
70–74	3,488 people	3,369 people	6,857 people
65–69	4,350 people	3,977 people	8,327 people
60–64	5,760 people	5,255 people	11,015 people
55–59	8,623 people	7,752 people	16,375 people
50–54	9,485 people	9,285 people	18,770 people
45–49	13,002 people	12,193 people	25,195 people
40–44	14,990 people	13,873 people	28,863 people
35–39	14,622 people	12,942 people	27,564 people
30–34	10,353 people	8,619 people	18,972 people
25–29	10,964 people	8,566 people	19,530 people
20–24	10,236 people	9,058 people	19,294 people
15–19	9,298 people	9,331 people	18,629 people
10–14	6,970 people	6,595 people	13,565 people
5–9	4,946 people	4,740 people	9,686 people
1–4	3,656 people	3,409 people	7,065 people
0	1,019 people	911 people	1,930 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	204 people	182 people	386 people
80–84	610 people	573 people	1,183 people
75–79	1,339 people	1,274 people	2,613 people
70–74	2,179 people	1,861 people	4,040 people
65–69	4,091 people	3,703 people	7,794 people
60–64	5,141 people	4,684 people	9,825 people
55–59	5,258 people	4,827 people	10,085 people
50–54	6,598 people	6,029 people	12,627 people
45–49	9,577 people	8,357 people	17,934 people
40–44	10,168 people	9,906 people	20,074 people
35–39	13,567 people	13,016 people	26,583 people
30–34	15,170 people	14,718 people	29,888 people
25–29	14,465 people	14,421 people	28,886 people
20–24	10,425 people	9,957 people	20,382 people
15–19	14,136 people	13,970 people	28,106 people
10–14	15,025 people	14,432 people	29,457 people
5–9	10,410 people	9,806 people	20,216 people
1–4	5,846 people	5,586 people	11,432 people
0	1,413 people	1,355 people	2,768 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.98%

252,731 people

Mongol1.02%

2,631 people

Hui0.82%

2,123 people

Manchu0.10%

262 people

Yi0.02%

54 people

Tibetan0.02%

43 people

Tujia0.01%

19 people

Bai0.01%

13 people

Tu0.01%

12 people

Zhuang0.00%

10 people

Li0.00%

10 people

Daur0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Oroqen0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Evenki0.00%

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