Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	549,252 people	556,377 people	609,181 people
Urbanization rate	14.5%	35.4%	43.3%
Urban population	79,879 people	196,799 people	263,450 people
Male	285,227 people	287,369 people	318,020 people
Female	264,025 people	269,008 people	291,161 people
Households	139,416	149,299	181,624
Average household size	3.86	3.44	2.86

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+	2,399 people	2,826 people	5,225 people
80–84	4,249 people	5,104 people	9,353 people
75–79	6,987 people	8,313 people	15,300 people
70–74	11,430 people	12,186 people	23,616 people
65–69	16,571 people	17,111 people	33,682 people
60–64	19,477 people	19,271 people	38,748 people
55–59	23,549 people	22,777 people	46,326 people
50–54	25,550 people	25,054 people	50,604 people
45–49	23,890 people	23,555 people	47,445 people
40–44	16,322 people	16,077 people	32,399 people
35–39	20,499 people	18,980 people	39,479 people
30–34	26,678 people	24,164 people	50,842 people
25–29	22,262 people	18,597 people	40,859 people
20–24	29,116 people	17,707 people	46,823 people
15–19	23,588 people	18,184 people	41,772 people
10–14	13,520 people	11,673 people	25,193 people
5–9	15,476 people	14,220 people	29,696 people
1–4	13,431 people	12,493 people	25,924 people
0	3,026 people	2,869 people	5,895 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	937 people	1,288 people	2,225 people
80–84	2,013 people	2,162 people	4,175 people
75–79	4,662 people	4,809 people	9,471 people
70–74	7,296 people	7,849 people	15,145 people
65–69	9,384 people	10,543 people	19,927 people
60–64	13,430 people	14,126 people	27,556 people
55–59	18,665 people	18,899 people	37,564 people
50–54	21,508 people	21,356 people	42,864 people
45–49	24,842 people	24,240 people	49,082 people
40–44	26,116 people	25,462 people	51,578 people
35–39	23,497 people	23,371 people	46,868 people
30–34	14,869 people	15,531 people	30,400 people
25–29	17,306 people	17,460 people	34,766 people
20–24	29,317 people	24,659 people	53,976 people
15–19	29,325 people	24,219 people	53,544 people
10–14	17,751 people	12,244 people	29,995 people
5–9	13,700 people	10,275 people	23,975 people
1–4	9,904 people	8,170 people	18,074 people
0	2,847 people	2,345 people	5,192 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	536 people	732 people	1,268 people
80–84	1,513 people	1,850 people	3,363 people
75–79	3,185 people	3,234 people	6,419 people
70–74	4,525 people	4,478 people	9,003 people
65–69	7,629 people	7,471 people	15,100 people
60–64	9,805 people	10,114 people	19,919 people
55–59	10,963 people	12,070 people	23,033 people
50–54	14,561 people	15,402 people	29,963 people
45–49	19,534 people	20,092 people	39,626 people
40–44	21,874 people	22,071 people	43,945 people
35–39	24,796 people	24,895 people	49,691 people
30–34	25,397 people	25,349 people	50,746 people
25–29	22,061 people	22,559 people	44,620 people
20–24	14,044 people	14,325 people	28,369 people
15–19	27,800 people	23,006 people	50,806 people
10–14	33,581 people	26,373 people	59,954 people
5–9	26,473 people	18,824 people	45,297 people
1–4	13,898 people	9,215 people	23,113 people
0	3,052 people	1,965 people	5,017 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.85%

555,543 people

Hui0.05%

302 people

Uyghur0.03%

178 people

Manchu0.02%

128 people

Mongol0.01%

66 people

Zhuang0.01%

30 people

Tibetan0.01%

28 people

Tujia0.00%

18 people

Kazakh0.00%

15 people

Miao0.00%

14 people

Yi0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

8 people

Xibe0.00%

8 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

4 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Tajik0.00%

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