Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	252,643 people	274,328 people	297,425 people
Urbanization rate	8.1%	27.9%	47.5%
Urban population	20,395 people	76,598 people	141,302 people
Male	129,866 people	138,569 people	148,659 people
Female	122,777 people	135,759 people	148,766 people
Households	57,836	69,422	84,691
Average household size	4.28	3.89	3.39

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+	625 people	1,416 people	2,041 people
80–84	1,067 people	1,685 people	2,752 people
75–79	1,930 people	2,580 people	4,510 people
70–74	4,181 people	4,704 people	8,885 people
65–69	6,434 people	6,947 people	13,381 people
60–64	7,053 people	7,529 people	14,582 people
55–59	6,169 people	6,933 people	13,102 people
50–54	9,502 people	10,208 people	19,710 people
45–49	8,058 people	7,652 people	15,710 people
40–44	8,511 people	7,934 people	16,445 people
35–39	11,255 people	12,527 people	23,782 people
30–34	12,915 people	14,044 people	26,959 people
25–29	8,673 people	8,745 people	17,418 people
20–24	5,169 people	4,562 people	9,731 people
15–19	9,902 people	8,604 people	18,506 people
10–14	18,531 people	16,658 people	35,189 people
5–9	18,390 people	16,141 people	34,531 people
1–4	8,883 people	8,493 people	17,376 people
0	1,411 people	1,404 people	2,815 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	261 people	737 people	998 people
80–84	740 people	1,282 people	2,022 people
75–79	1,479 people	2,090 people	3,569 people
70–74	2,264 people	2,700 people	4,964 people
65–69	2,913 people	3,257 people	6,170 people
60–64	5,505 people	5,372 people	10,877 people
55–59	7,536 people	7,512 people	15,048 people
50–54	8,095 people	8,162 people	16,257 people
45–49	6,944 people	7,350 people	14,294 people
40–44	10,277 people	10,389 people	20,666 people
35–39	8,428 people	7,907 people	16,335 people
30–34	9,363 people	8,934 people	18,297 people
25–29	12,751 people	13,935 people	26,686 people
20–24	14,700 people	15,124 people	29,824 people
15–19	11,805 people	11,158 people	22,963 people
10–14	8,145 people	6,488 people	14,633 people
5–9	12,422 people	10,413 people	22,835 people
1–4	12,807 people	11,071 people	23,878 people
0	2,134 people	1,878 people	4,012 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	181 people	396 people	577 people
80–84	474 people	895 people	1,369 people
75–79	1,175 people	1,646 people	2,821 people
70–74	2,223 people	2,638 people	4,861 people
65–69	2,963 people	3,002 people	5,965 people
60–64	3,615 people	3,304 people	6,919 people
55–59	3,864 people	3,807 people	7,671 people
50–54	6,569 people	5,939 people	12,508 people
45–49	8,620 people	8,065 people	16,685 people
40–44	8,965 people	8,398 people	17,363 people
35–39	7,761 people	7,738 people	15,499 people
30–34	11,680 people	10,989 people	22,669 people
25–29	9,606 people	8,532 people	18,138 people
20–24	11,236 people	9,722 people	20,958 people
15–19	15,550 people	15,638 people	31,188 people
10–14	17,331 people	17,033 people	34,364 people
5–9	10,121 people	8,894 people	19,015 people
1–4	6,144 people	4,628 people	10,772 people
0	1,788 people	1,513 people	3,301 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.98%

274,278 people

Hui0.01%

20 people

Tujia0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

4 people

Manchu0.00%

4 people

Zhuang0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

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