Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	736,444 people	813,032 people	805,177 people
Urbanization rate	12.7%	19.9%	27.6%
Urban population	93,434 people	161,544 people	221,882 people
Male	366,196 people	400,673 people	413,144 people
Female	370,248 people	412,359 people	392,033 people
Households	162,437	198,119	246,522
Average household size	4.46	3.97	3.11

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+	6,623 people	5,451 people	12,074 people
80–84	30,643 people	25,374 people	56,017 people
75–79	44,773 people	36,583 people	81,356 people
70–74	40,947 people	33,054 people	74,001 people
65–69	27,690 people	24,859 people	52,549 people
60–64	27,458 people	23,776 people	51,234 people
55–59	29,194 people	26,502 people	55,696 people
50–54	26,462 people	24,563 people	51,025 people
45–49	24,839 people	22,910 people	47,749 people
40–44	20,843 people	20,238 people	41,081 people
35–39	25,710 people	26,655 people	52,365 people
30–34	29,048 people	30,074 people	59,122 people
25–29	24,789 people	24,419 people	49,208 people
20–24	16,386 people	17,387 people	33,773 people
15–19	14,811 people	16,675 people	31,486 people
10–14	9,555 people	11,447 people	21,002 people
5–9	6,454 people	8,865 people	15,319 people
1–4	4,258 people	7,025 people	11,283 people
0	2,661 people	6,176 people	8,837 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	7,075 people	5,988 people	13,063 people
80–84	30,697 people	23,791 people	54,488 people
75–79	42,091 people	35,198 people	77,289 people
70–74	53,605 people	50,553 people	104,158 people
65–69	43,152 people	43,954 people	87,106 people
60–64	26,001 people	29,215 people	55,216 people
55–59	22,399 people	27,749 people	50,148 people
50–54	19,694 people	23,639 people	43,333 people
45–49	24,059 people	28,598 people	52,657 people
40–44	27,850 people	31,315 people	59,165 people
35–39	25,046 people	25,474 people	50,520 people
30–34	18,852 people	19,095 people	37,947 people
25–29	17,997 people	18,212 people	36,209 people
20–24	13,206 people	13,303 people	26,509 people
15–19	9,928 people	11,031 people	20,959 people
10–14	8,836 people	10,146 people	18,982 people
5–9	5,740 people	7,699 people	13,439 people
1–4	2,826 people	4,312 people	7,138 people
0	1,619 people	3,087 people	4,706 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	7,888 people	5,992 people	13,880 people
80–84	35,655 people	29,357 people	65,012 people
75–79	55,979 people	52,203 people	108,182 people
70–74	52,443 people	49,824 people	102,267 people
65–69	34,661 people	29,019 people	63,680 people
60–64	16,969 people	16,815 people	33,784 people
55–59	21,567 people	26,743 people	48,310 people
50–54	26,078 people	31,688 people	57,766 people
45–49	23,597 people	26,333 people	49,930 people
40–44	17,610 people	19,292 people	36,902 people
35–39	17,865 people	19,073 people	36,938 people
30–34	13,987 people	13,937 people	27,924 people
25–29	11,183 people	11,751 people	22,934 people
20–24	11,171 people	11,884 people	23,055 people
15–19	9,040 people	10,384 people	19,424 people
10–14	5,650 people	7,183 people	12,833 people
5–9	2,972 people	4,571 people	7,543 people
1–4	1,322 people	2,649 people	3,971 people
0	559 people	1,550 people	2,109 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.25%

806,929 people

Tujia0.64%

5,181 people

Yao0.09%

751 people

Korean0.01%

71 people

Manchu0.01%

41 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Dai0.00%

11 people

Mulao0.00%

8 people

Hui0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

6 people

Blang0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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