Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	225,123 people	240,005 people	257,854 people
Urbanization rate	44.1%	57.1%	68.0%
Urban population	99,184 people	137,020 people	175,373 people
Male	113,997 people	121,413 people	129,328 people
Female	111,126 people	118,592 people	128,526 people
Households	61,240	69,786	87,876
Average household size	3.57	3.30	2.82

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+	1,182 people	1,592 people	2,774 people
80–84	1,636 people	2,372 people	4,008 people
75–79	2,650 people	3,179 people	5,829 people
70–74	3,908 people	4,460 people	8,368 people
65–69	5,929 people	6,350 people	12,279 people
60–64	8,393 people	7,761 people	16,154 people
55–59	10,687 people	10,363 people	21,050 people
50–54	11,896 people	11,501 people	23,397 people
45–49	11,690 people	11,762 people	23,452 people
40–44	8,974 people	8,802 people	17,776 people
35–39	9,880 people	9,683 people	19,563 people
30–34	11,839 people	11,971 people	23,810 people
25–29	9,629 people	9,594 people	19,223 people
20–24	6,227 people	5,834 people	12,061 people
15–19	4,897 people	4,210 people	9,107 people
10–14	6,204 people	5,903 people	12,107 people
5–9	6,952 people	6,552 people	13,504 people
1–4	5,739 people	5,634 people	11,373 people
0	1,016 people	1,003 people	2,019 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	348 people	516 people	864 people
80–84	916 people	981 people	1,897 people
75–79	1,997 people	2,164 people	4,161 people
70–74	2,640 people	3,242 people	5,882 people
65–69	3,397 people	3,536 people	6,933 people
60–64	4,733 people	4,744 people	9,477 people
55–59	6,421 people	6,394 people	12,815 people
50–54	8,854 people	7,964 people	16,818 people
45–49	11,118 people	10,535 people	21,653 people
40–44	11,983 people	11,442 people	23,425 people
35–39	11,921 people	11,722 people	23,643 people
30–34	8,893 people	8,876 people	17,769 people
25–29	9,429 people	9,199 people	18,628 people
20–24	9,508 people	10,024 people	19,532 people
15–19	10,243 people	9,929 people	20,172 people
10–14	7,817 people	7,120 people	14,937 people
5–9	5,617 people	5,131 people	10,748 people
1–4	4,408 people	3,975 people	8,383 people
0	1,170 people	1,098 people	2,268 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	123 people	205 people	328 people
80–84	363 people	498 people	861 people
75–79	1,021 people	1,116 people	2,137 people
70–74	1,983 people	1,882 people	3,865 people
65–69	2,995 people	3,010 people	6,005 people
60–64	3,447 people	3,914 people	7,361 people
55–59	3,803 people	3,919 people	7,722 people
50–54	5,069 people	5,050 people	10,119 people
45–49	6,847 people	6,656 people	13,503 people
40–44	8,903 people	7,957 people	16,860 people
35–39	11,258 people	10,425 people	21,683 people
30–34	12,061 people	11,612 people	23,673 people
25–29	11,625 people	11,535 people	23,160 people
20–24	8,042 people	8,039 people	16,081 people
15–19	8,693 people	8,781 people	17,474 people
10–14	10,884 people	10,655 people	21,539 people
5–9	9,627 people	9,368 people	18,995 people
1–4	5,583 people	5,131 people	10,714 people
0	1,670 people	1,373 people	3,043 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.59%

239,018 people

Hui0.27%

643 people

Manchu0.08%

183 people

Tujia0.02%

48 people

Mongol0.02%

43 people

Miao0.01%

25 people

Zhuang0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

9 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

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