Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	611,243 people	649,357 people	648,471 people
Urbanization rate	6.3%	16.8%	26.1%
Urban population	38,210 people	109,155 people	169,215 people
Male	319,713 people	332,956 people	331,663 people
Female	291,530 people	316,401 people	316,808 people
Households	149,643	166,133	198,523
Average household size	4.08	3.85	3.16

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+	1,524 people	2,187 people	3,711 people
80–84	3,599 people	4,854 people	8,453 people
75–79	5,661 people	6,402 people	12,063 people
70–74	8,077 people	8,733 people	16,810 people
65–69	12,737 people	12,648 people	25,385 people
60–64	12,123 people	11,722 people	23,845 people
55–59	15,850 people	16,478 people	32,328 people
50–54	22,675 people	23,074 people	45,749 people
45–49	23,777 people	23,003 people	46,780 people
40–44	17,708 people	16,970 people	34,678 people
35–39	15,948 people	12,937 people	28,885 people
30–34	20,888 people	17,915 people	38,803 people
25–29	20,223 people	18,868 people	39,091 people
20–24	21,352 people	21,398 people	42,750 people
15–19	28,109 people	27,643 people	55,752 people
10–14	36,106 people	33,368 people	69,474 people
5–9	35,182 people	31,231 people	66,413 people
1–4	24,807 people	22,544 people	47,351 people
0	5,317 people	4,833 people	10,150 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	897 people	1,307 people	2,204 people
80–84	2,171 people	2,541 people	4,712 people
75–79	3,370 people	3,784 people	7,154 people
70–74	6,996 people	7,829 people	14,825 people
65–69	8,409 people	8,359 people	16,768 people
60–64	10,190 people	10,112 people	20,302 people
55–59	14,661 people	13,839 people	28,500 people
50–54	13,514 people	12,741 people	26,255 people
45–49	17,119 people	16,988 people	34,107 people
40–44	24,539 people	23,955 people	48,494 people
35–39	26,557 people	25,896 people	52,453 people
30–34	18,836 people	19,547 people	38,383 people
25–29	15,601 people	14,462 people	30,063 people
20–24	19,890 people	19,135 people	39,025 people
15–19	31,378 people	28,355 people	59,733 people
10–14	50,455 people	47,183 people	97,638 people
5–9	39,603 people	35,963 people	75,566 people
1–4	24,153 people	20,287 people	44,440 people
0	4,617 people	4,118 people	8,735 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	672 people	1,069 people	1,741 people
80–84	1,297 people	1,636 people	2,933 people
75–79	2,498 people	2,939 people	5,437 people
70–74	4,845 people	4,818 people	9,663 people
65–69	5,493 people	5,285 people	10,778 people
60–64	9,456 people	9,655 people	19,111 people
55–59	9,712 people	9,236 people	18,948 people
50–54	11,604 people	10,947 people	22,551 people
45–49	16,192 people	14,685 people	30,877 people
40–44	15,005 people	13,480 people	28,485 people
35–39	19,746 people	18,595 people	38,341 people
30–34	29,377 people	27,044 people	56,421 people
25–29	33,390 people	31,001 people	64,391 people
20–24	24,952 people	21,740 people	46,692 people
15–19	24,407 people	17,957 people	42,364 people
10–14	38,480 people	32,875 people	71,355 people
5–9	38,668 people	33,405 people	72,073 people
1–4	27,081 people	26,709 people	53,790 people
0	6,838 people	8,454 people	15,292 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han79.09%

512,871 people

Yi12.16%

78,846 people

Miao6.81%

44,182 people

Bai0.67%

4,359 people

Bouyei0.45%

2,920 people

Other groups0.30%

1,938 people

Hui0.23%

1,505 people

Tujia0.08%

485 people

Dong0.06%

363 people

Mongol0.04%

251 people

Zhuang0.03%

181 people

Gelao0.03%

169 people

Sui0.01%

85 people

Manchu0.01%

39 people

Li0.01%

39 people

Yao0.01%

36 people

Tibetan0.00%

28 people

Mulao0.00%

21 people

Dai0.00%

19 people

She0.00%

12 people

Lahu0.00%

12 people

Qiang0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Blang0.00%

8 people

Salar0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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