Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	568,634 people	541,273 people	401,581 people
Urbanization rate	6.1%	19.3%	35.3%
Urban population	34,886 people	104,419 people	141,900 people
Male	290,495 people	275,590 people	202,129 people
Female	278,139 people	265,683 people	199,452 people
Households	118,115	124,313	140,620
Average household size	4.76	4.03	2.75

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+	1,304 people	1,830 people	3,134 people
80–84	3,155 people	3,735 people	6,890 people
75–79	6,317 people	6,849 people	13,166 people
70–74	8,648 people	9,038 people	17,686 people
65–69	12,076 people	11,287 people	23,363 people
60–64	11,150 people	9,555 people	20,705 people
55–59	18,764 people	17,094 people	35,858 people
50–54	22,474 people	22,375 people	44,849 people
45–49	16,339 people	17,169 people	33,508 people
40–44	9,136 people	9,525 people	18,661 people
35–39	9,443 people	9,804 people	19,247 people
30–34	13,276 people	14,182 people	27,458 people
25–29	11,612 people	12,283 people	23,895 people
20–24	7,813 people	7,734 people	15,547 people
15–19	10,247 people	9,177 people	19,424 people
10–14	13,147 people	12,133 people	25,280 people
5–9	13,946 people	13,179 people	27,125 people
1–4	11,008 people	10,311 people	21,319 people
0	2,274 people	2,192 people	4,466 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	717 people	835 people	1,552 people
80–84	1,285 people	1,540 people	2,825 people
75–79	4,224 people	4,535 people	8,759 people
70–74	6,575 people	6,678 people	13,253 people
65–69	9,381 people	9,129 people	18,510 people
60–64	10,848 people	10,678 people	21,526 people
55–59	14,758 people	13,217 people	27,975 people
50–54	13,764 people	11,784 people	25,548 people
45–49	22,641 people	21,250 people	43,891 people
40–44	27,116 people	27,005 people	54,121 people
35–39	20,594 people	20,705 people	41,299 people
30–34	13,227 people	12,540 people	25,767 people
25–29	15,264 people	14,997 people	30,261 people
20–24	27,484 people	28,437 people	55,921 people
15–19	36,690 people	35,751 people	72,441 people
10–14	23,698 people	22,279 people	45,977 people
5–9	14,657 people	13,165 people	27,822 people
1–4	9,707 people	8,393 people	18,100 people
0	2,960 people	2,765 people	5,725 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	309 people	383 people	692 people
80–84	930 people	1,046 people	1,976 people
75–79	2,283 people	2,380 people	4,663 people
70–74	3,196 people	3,273 people	6,469 people
65–69	6,437 people	6,605 people	13,042 people
60–64	9,091 people	8,953 people	18,044 people
55–59	11,030 people	10,757 people	21,787 people
50–54	12,345 people	12,540 people	24,885 people
45–49	15,915 people	14,736 people	30,651 people
40–44	15,018 people	13,187 people	28,205 people
35–39	25,012 people	23,441 people	48,453 people
30–34	30,774 people	29,816 people	60,590 people
25–29	22,969 people	22,657 people	45,626 people
20–24	14,233 people	14,296 people	28,529 people
15–19	22,123 people	20,728 people	42,851 people
10–14	40,588 people	38,539 people	79,127 people
5–9	36,024 people	34,429 people	70,453 people
1–4	18,216 people	16,546 people	34,762 people
0	4,002 people	3,827 people	7,829 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.71%

528,857 people

Hui2.25%

12,182 people

Dongxiang0.02%

129 people

Tibetan0.02%

88 people

Mongol0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Manchu0.00%

3 people

Tujia0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

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