Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	76,027 people	90,290 people	112,173 people
Urbanization rate	59.3%	63.6%	67.4%
Urban population	45,114 people	57,384 people	75,650 people
Male	39,589 people	46,668 people	56,579 people
Female	36,438 people	43,622 people	55,594 people
Households	17,588	20,815	26,476
Average household size	3.87	3.70	3.22

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+	267 people	392 people	659 people
80–84	363 people	606 people	969 people
75–79	578 people	833 people	1,411 people
70–74	885 people	1,012 people	1,897 people
65–69	1,216 people	1,275 people	2,491 people
60–64	1,364 people	1,278 people	2,642 people
55–59	3,096 people	2,793 people	5,889 people
50–54	4,055 people	3,660 people	7,715 people
45–49	4,438 people	3,841 people	8,279 people
40–44	4,197 people	3,815 people	8,012 people
35–39	4,243 people	3,799 people	8,042 people
30–34	5,292 people	4,775 people	10,067 people
25–29	4,634 people	4,600 people	9,234 people
20–24	5,903 people	6,944 people	12,847 people
15–19	5,088 people	5,553 people	10,641 people
10–14	3,428 people	3,316 people	6,744 people
5–9	3,901 people	3,674 people	7,575 people
1–4	2,984 people	2,846 people	5,830 people
0	647 people	582 people	1,229 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	85 people	214 people	299 people
80–84	192 people	296 people	488 people
75–79	421 people	621 people	1,042 people
70–74	751 people	949 people	1,700 people
65–69	951 people	1,130 people	2,081 people
60–64	1,266 people	1,238 people	2,504 people
55–59	1,743 people	1,545 people	3,288 people
50–54	1,976 people	1,631 people	3,607 people
45–49	3,495 people	3,139 people	6,634 people
40–44	3,978 people	3,653 people	7,631 people
35–39	4,198 people	3,699 people	7,897 people
30–34	4,071 people	3,596 people	7,667 people
25–29	3,652 people	3,448 people	7,100 people
20–24	6,927 people	5,878 people	12,805 people
15–19	4,473 people	4,629 people	9,102 people
10–14	3,062 people	2,917 people	5,979 people
5–9	2,894 people	2,657 people	5,551 people
1–4	1,992 people	1,900 people	3,892 people
0	541 people	482 people	1,023 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	65 people	146 people	211 people
80–84	106 people	250 people	356 people
75–79	282 people	435 people	717 people
70–74	491 people	590 people	1,081 people
65–69	866 people	957 people	1,823 people
60–64	1,158 people	1,271 people	2,429 people
55–59	1,258 people	1,317 people	2,575 people
50–54	1,592 people	1,476 people	3,068 people
45–49	2,003 people	1,613 people	3,616 people
40–44	2,047 people	1,700 people	3,747 people
35–39	3,614 people	3,065 people	6,679 people
30–34	3,956 people	3,559 people	7,515 people
25–29	4,118 people	3,424 people	7,542 people
20–24	4,903 people	3,941 people	8,844 people
15–19	3,800 people	3,625 people	7,425 people
10–14	3,695 people	3,615 people	7,310 people
5–9	3,069 people	3,032 people	6,101 people
1–4	2,048 people	1,919 people	3,967 people
0	518 people	503 people	1,021 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tibetan54.23%

48,966 people

Han31.84%

28,747 people

Hui12.89%

11,636 people

Dongxiang0.40%

364 people

Tu0.20%

183 people

Manchu0.12%

104 people

Salar0.11%

103 people

Bonan0.05%

49 people

Mongol0.05%

48 people

Yugur0.04%

33 people

Tujia0.02%

15 people

Kazakh0.01%

10 people

Zhuang0.01%

9 people

Miao0.01%

7 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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