Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	569,829 people	570,197 people	549,603 people
Urbanization rate	14.0%	27.8%	42.7%
Urban population	79,935 people	158,433 people	234,516 people
Male	293,015 people	281,043 people	273,288 people
Female	276,814 people	289,154 people	276,315 people
Households	154,091	152,684	186,594
Average household size	3.70	3.67	2.85

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+	2,441 people	2,118 people	4,559 people
80–84	15,661 people	14,190 people	29,851 people
75–79	28,712 people	26,044 people	54,756 people
70–74	26,898 people	23,930 people	50,828 people
65–69	18,719 people	15,842 people	34,561 people
60–64	13,639 people	12,124 people	25,763 people
55–59	16,047 people	16,715 people	32,762 people
50–54	19,742 people	21,223 people	40,965 people
45–49	10,455 people	11,245 people	21,700 people
40–44	10,926 people	11,235 people	22,161 people
35–39	18,956 people	19,154 people	38,110 people
30–34	25,381 people	27,791 people	53,172 people
25–29	21,787 people	24,414 people	46,201 people
20–24	8,580 people	9,118 people	17,698 people
15–19	13,054 people	13,179 people	26,233 people
10–14	10,123 people	10,331 people	20,454 people
5–9	7,126 people	8,796 people	15,922 people
1–4	3,211 people	4,926 people	8,137 people
0	1,830 people	3,940 people	5,770 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,228 people	3,601 people	7,829 people
80–84	18,533 people	15,232 people	33,765 people
75–79	24,194 people	19,583 people	43,777 people
70–74	28,120 people	24,263 people	52,383 people
65–69	31,412 people	30,374 people	61,786 people
60–64	25,074 people	31,028 people	56,102 people
55–59	11,171 people	14,274 people	25,445 people
50–54	11,418 people	12,850 people	24,268 people
45–49	19,745 people	20,890 people	40,635 people
40–44	26,373 people	28,539 people	54,912 people
35–39	22,415 people	24,506 people	46,921 people
30–34	9,220 people	9,765 people	18,985 people
25–29	13,824 people	13,500 people	27,324 people
20–24	12,750 people	12,542 people	25,292 people
15–19	10,191 people	10,970 people	21,161 people
10–14	6,420 people	7,547 people	13,967 people
5–9	3,717 people	5,278 people	8,995 people
1–4	1,593 people	2,796 people	4,389 people
0	645 people	1,616 people	2,261 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,745 people	3,634 people	8,379 people
80–84	15,972 people	10,858 people	26,830 people
75–79	31,865 people	25,874 people	57,739 people
70–74	45,487 people	39,845 people	85,332 people
65–69	18,108 people	16,484 people	34,592 people
60–64	13,138 people	12,754 people	25,892 people
55–59	24,356 people	23,206 people	47,562 people
50–54	33,174 people	33,498 people	66,672 people
45–49	28,911 people	29,329 people	58,240 people
40–44	10,346 people	10,141 people	20,487 people
35–39	16,171 people	15,122 people	31,293 people
30–34	14,099 people	13,253 people	27,352 people
25–29	12,209 people	11,972 people	24,181 people
20–24	9,555 people	9,563 people	19,118 people
15–19	6,898 people	8,200 people	15,098 people
10–14	4,446 people	6,069 people	10,515 people
5–9	2,385 people	4,081 people	6,466 people
1–4	898 people	2,107 people	3,005 people
0	252 people	824 people	1,076 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.93%

549,240 people

Hui0.03%

186 people

Manchu0.01%

26 people

Korean0.00%

22 people

Dong0.00%

17 people

Tujia0.00%

13 people

Lahu0.00%

12 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Lisu0.00%

11 people

Uyghur0.00%

9 people

Kazakh0.00%

9 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Daur0.00%

6 people

Yi0.00%

5 people

Zhuang0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

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