Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	693,261 people	733,420 people	637,812 people
Urbanization rate	17.8%	32.8%	39.5%
Urban population	123,156 people	240,740 people	252,220 people
Male	353,984 people	371,532 people	318,176 people
Female	339,277 people	361,888 people	319,636 people
Households	158,733	190,388	223,466
Average household size	4.32	3.79	2.79

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+	2,947 people	2,895 people	5,842 people
80–84	15,149 people	14,667 people	29,816 people
75–79	21,203 people	19,498 people	40,701 people
70–74	23,926 people	21,475 people	45,401 people
65–69	16,156 people	13,821 people	29,977 people
60–64	17,231 people	15,762 people	32,993 people
55–59	24,399 people	24,132 people	48,531 people
50–54	26,034 people	25,834 people	51,868 people
45–49	23,973 people	23,074 people	47,047 people
40–44	19,509 people	19,412 people	38,921 people
35–39	25,359 people	26,013 people	51,372 people
30–34	24,694 people	25,644 people	50,338 people
25–29	23,369 people	24,632 people	48,001 people
20–24	19,688 people	20,608 people	40,296 people
15–19	16,150 people	17,537 people	33,687 people
10–14	9,045 people	10,891 people	19,936 people
5–9	5,076 people	6,549 people	11,625 people
1–4	2,758 people	4,120 people	6,878 people
0	1,510 people	3,072 people	4,582 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,078 people	3,536 people	7,614 people
80–84	20,162 people	17,775 people	37,937 people
75–79	23,469 people	20,790 people	44,259 people
70–74	29,641 people	26,368 people	56,009 people
65–69	36,136 people	34,086 people	70,222 people
60–64	33,626 people	33,553 people	67,179 people
55–59	32,357 people	30,313 people	62,670 people
50–54	25,526 people	24,235 people	49,761 people
45–49	31,708 people	30,578 people	62,286 people
40–44	29,824 people	29,099 people	58,923 people
35–39	27,954 people	28,346 people	56,300 people
30–34	24,328 people	23,932 people	48,260 people
25–29	19,999 people	20,237 people	40,236 people
20–24	12,765 people	13,572 people	26,337 people
15–19	8,076 people	8,923 people	16,999 people
10–14	6,040 people	7,185 people	13,225 people
5–9	3,790 people	5,269 people	9,059 people
1–4	1,464 people	2,703 people	4,167 people
0	589 people	1,388 people	1,977 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,447 people	4,576 people	10,023 people
80–84	22,649 people	20,130 people	42,779 people
75–79	38,275 people	35,069 people	73,344 people
70–74	41,036 people	38,068 people	79,104 people
65–69	33,527 people	31,369 people	64,896 people
60–64	25,657 people	24,190 people	49,847 people
55–59	31,848 people	30,200 people	62,048 people
50–54	30,866 people	29,513 people	60,379 people
45–49	29,069 people	27,925 people	56,994 people
40–44	25,218 people	24,117 people	49,335 people
35–39	21,728 people	20,957 people	42,685 people
30–34	14,416 people	14,126 people	28,542 people
25–29	9,906 people	9,930 people	19,836 people
20–24	8,880 people	9,091 people	17,971 people
15–19	7,291 people	8,242 people	15,533 people
10–14	4,424 people	5,723 people	10,147 people
5–9	2,367 people	3,736 people	6,103 people
1–4	1,011 people	1,669 people	2,680 people
0	369 people	646 people	1,015 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.97%

733,207 people

Hui0.01%

89 people

Tujia0.01%

44 people

Zhuang0.00%

22 people

Lisu0.00%

17 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Manchu0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

3 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Evenki0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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