Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	250,790 people	260,678 people	248,890 people
Urbanization rate	20.5%	29.8%	65.5%
Urban population	51,335 people	77,610 people	162,973 people
Male	134,642 people	137,399 people	128,140 people
Female	116,148 people	123,279 people	120,750 people
Households	75,703	81,197	99,788
Average household size	3.21	3.12	2.39

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+	893 people	927 people	1,820 people
80–84	4,876 people	4,550 people	9,426 people
75–79	8,332 people	7,913 people	16,245 people
70–74	10,797 people	10,245 people	21,042 people
65–69	7,702 people	7,104 people	14,806 people
60–64	4,391 people	3,752 people	8,143 people
55–59	6,216 people	5,845 people	12,061 people
50–54	8,890 people	8,596 people	17,486 people
45–49	7,117 people	6,952 people	14,069 people
40–44	7,960 people	7,952 people	15,912 people
35–39	11,293 people	10,627 people	21,920 people
30–34	11,493 people	10,633 people	22,126 people
25–29	10,184 people	9,245 people	19,429 people
20–24	8,536 people	7,301 people	15,837 people
15–19	8,029 people	7,764 people	15,793 people
10–14	5,776 people	5,487 people	11,263 people
5–9	2,774 people	2,670 people	5,444 people
1–4	1,749 people	1,713 people	3,462 people
0	1,132 people	1,474 people	2,606 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,579 people	1,438 people	3,017 people
80–84	8,544 people	7,996 people	16,540 people
75–79	9,038 people	8,341 people	17,379 people
70–74	7,264 people	6,486 people	13,750 people
65–69	8,945 people	8,399 people	17,344 people
60–64	10,506 people	9,824 people	20,330 people
55–59	8,406 people	7,755 people	16,161 people
50–54	9,301 people	8,501 people	17,802 people
45–49	12,560 people	11,026 people	23,586 people
40–44	12,858 people	11,045 people	23,903 people
35–39	11,337 people	9,795 people	21,132 people
30–34	9,586 people	7,758 people	17,344 people
25–29	9,228 people	8,358 people	17,586 people
20–24	6,954 people	6,168 people	13,122 people
15–19	3,933 people	3,277 people	7,210 people
10–14	3,117 people	2,667 people	5,784 people
5–9	2,458 people	2,332 people	4,790 people
1–4	1,243 people	1,355 people	2,598 people
0	542 people	758 people	1,300 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,807 people	1,654 people	3,461 people
80–84	6,484 people	5,750 people	12,234 people
75–79	7,932 people	7,063 people	14,995 people
70–74	11,939 people	10,826 people	22,765 people
65–69	9,751 people	8,986 people	18,737 people
60–64	9,292 people	8,676 people	17,968 people
55–59	13,093 people	11,310 people	24,403 people
50–54	13,504 people	11,307 people	24,811 people
45–49	12,120 people	10,093 people	22,213 people
40–44	10,572 people	8,160 people	18,732 people
35–39	10,393 people	9,030 people	19,423 people
30–34	8,303 people	6,831 people	15,134 people
25–29	4,905 people	3,847 people	8,752 people
20–24	4,594 people	3,625 people	8,219 people
15–19	4,167 people	3,436 people	7,603 people
10–14	3,083 people	2,695 people	5,778 people
5–9	1,711 people	1,698 people	3,409 people
1–4	727 people	858 people	1,585 people
0	265 people	303 people	568 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

260,396 people

Hui0.04%

108 people

Dong0.03%

79 people

Korean0.01%

34 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Manchu0.00%

7 people

Zhuang0.00%

6 people

Qiang0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

4 people

Tujia0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

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