Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	966,416 people	858,806 people	787,783 people
Urbanization rate	16.3%	33.0%	47.0%
Urban population	157,200 people	283,627 people	370,480 people
Male	507,330 people	447,044 people	406,571 people
Female	459,086 people	411,762 people	381,212 people
Households	227,224	217,043	251,467
Average household size	4.04	3.70	2.91

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+	4,390 people	6,099 people	10,489 people
80–84	6,975 people	7,676 people	14,651 people
75–79	12,576 people	12,651 people	25,227 people
70–74	16,295 people	15,898 people	32,193 people
65–69	22,769 people	21,808 people	44,577 people
60–64	24,640 people	23,278 people	47,918 people
55–59	31,005 people	31,320 people	62,325 people
50–54	35,447 people	37,180 people	72,627 people
45–49	30,067 people	32,671 people	62,738 people
40–44	19,937 people	21,951 people	41,888 people
35–39	21,441 people	23,411 people	44,852 people
30–34	30,832 people	29,996 people	60,828 people
25–29	26,305 people	22,382 people	48,687 people
20–24	15,035 people	10,600 people	25,635 people
15–19	20,512 people	14,529 people	35,041 people
10–14	32,821 people	24,873 people	57,694 people
5–9	30,502 people	23,683 people	54,185 people
1–4	20,586 people	17,483 people	38,069 people
0	4,436 people	3,723 people	8,159 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,744 people	3,142 people	4,886 people
80–84	3,632 people	4,778 people	8,410 people
75–79	8,160 people	8,528 people	16,688 people
70–74	12,521 people	11,479 people	24,000 people
65–69	17,371 people	15,629 people	33,000 people
60–64	19,958 people	17,884 people	37,842 people
55–59	25,839 people	24,099 people	49,938 people
50–54	27,072 people	25,807 people	52,879 people
45–49	32,597 people	33,174 people	65,771 people
40–44	38,391 people	39,265 people	77,656 people
35–39	34,431 people	36,044 people	70,475 people
30–34	23,896 people	25,044 people	48,940 people
25–29	26,040 people	29,389 people	55,429 people
20–24	36,446 people	39,715 people	76,161 people
15–19	47,227 people	36,094 people	83,321 people
10–14	29,605 people	19,206 people	48,811 people
5–9	29,117 people	19,754 people	48,871 people
1–4	27,085 people	18,960 people	46,045 people
0	5,912 people	3,771 people	9,683 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	637 people	1,459 people	2,096 people
80–84	2,077 people	3,688 people	5,765 people
75–79	5,084 people	6,909 people	11,993 people
70–74	8,392 people	8,799 people	17,191 people
65–69	13,222 people	12,408 people	25,630 people
60–64	16,759 people	14,319 people	31,078 people
55–59	20,629 people	17,715 people	38,344 people
50–54	22,600 people	20,055 people	42,655 people
45–49	29,888 people	26,553 people	56,441 people
40–44	32,481 people	28,844 people	61,325 people
35–39	42,397 people	39,580 people	81,977 people
30–34	51,037 people	49,746 people	100,783 people
25–29	44,936 people	44,853 people	89,789 people
20–24	30,375 people	29,903 people	60,278 people
15–19	41,318 people	37,468 people	78,786 people
10–14	62,955 people	57,462 people	120,417 people
5–9	51,857 people	40,862 people	92,719 people
1–4	25,264 people	15,656 people	40,920 people
0	5,422 people	2,807 people	8,229 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.94%

858,294 people

Tujia0.02%

199 people

Zhuang0.01%

87 people

Hui0.01%

71 people

Miao0.01%

56 people

Manchu0.00%

15 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Bouyei0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

8 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Xibe0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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