Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	560,283 people	514,026 people	491,975 people
Urbanization rate	4.5%	23.1%	34.2%
Urban population	25,434 people	118,768 people	168,019 people
Male	285,984 people	261,002 people	255,116 people
Female	274,299 people	253,024 people	236,859 people
Households	144,396	142,793	161,290
Average household size	3.83	3.37	2.74

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+	2,313 people	2,211 people	4,524 people
80–84	11,086 people	10,134 people	21,220 people
75–79	14,435 people	13,370 people	27,805 people
70–74	14,607 people	13,030 people	27,637 people
65–69	14,078 people	11,356 people	25,434 people
60–64	14,370 people	11,034 people	25,404 people
55–59	17,821 people	14,484 people	32,305 people
50–54	19,855 people	17,373 people	37,228 people
45–49	15,552 people	13,450 people	29,002 people
40–44	14,207 people	13,281 people	27,488 people
35–39	18,899 people	18,567 people	37,466 people
30–34	21,413 people	21,289 people	42,702 people
25–29	19,352 people	19,623 people	38,975 people
20–24	17,008 people	16,688 people	33,696 people
15–19	17,070 people	16,302 people	33,372 people
10–14	11,055 people	11,103 people	22,158 people
5–9	7,142 people	7,529 people	14,671 people
1–4	3,198 people	3,622 people	6,820 people
0	1,655 people	2,413 people	4,068 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,857 people	2,607 people	5,464 people
80–84	11,644 people	9,827 people	21,471 people
75–79	16,348 people	14,109 people	30,457 people
70–74	21,554 people	18,144 people	39,698 people
65–69	25,215 people	22,040 people	47,255 people
60–64	20,113 people	19,369 people	39,482 people
55–59	14,389 people	14,480 people	28,869 people
50–54	13,461 people	13,867 people	27,328 people
45–49	18,658 people	19,744 people	38,402 people
40–44	21,718 people	22,880 people	44,598 people
35–39	20,107 people	21,104 people	41,211 people
30–34	18,491 people	18,467 people	36,958 people
25–29	19,215 people	18,195 people	37,410 people
20–24	13,597 people	12,913 people	26,510 people
15–19	10,302 people	10,109 people	20,411 people
10–14	6,223 people	6,437 people	12,660 people
5–9	4,081 people	4,896 people	8,977 people
1–4	2,106 people	2,513 people	4,619 people
0	923 people	1,323 people	2,246 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,181 people	2,985 people	7,166 people
80–84	19,171 people	15,385 people	34,556 people
75–79	29,022 people	24,856 people	53,878 people
70–74	34,211 people	31,467 people	65,678 people
65–69	22,103 people	19,667 people	41,770 people
60–64	13,695 people	15,050 people	28,745 people
55–59	20,412 people	21,560 people	41,972 people
50–54	23,781 people	24,821 people	48,602 people
45–49	21,931 people	22,997 people	44,928 people
40–44	20,025 people	19,971 people	39,996 people
35–39	21,276 people	20,072 people	41,348 people
30–34	15,678 people	14,696 people	30,374 people
25–29	12,939 people	11,890 people	24,829 people
20–24	9,082 people	8,586 people	17,668 people
15–19	7,526 people	7,928 people	15,454 people
10–14	5,461 people	5,644 people	11,105 people
5–9	3,637 people	4,117 people	7,754 people
1–4	1,476 people	1,961 people	3,437 people
0	377 people	646 people	1,023 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.90%

513,527 people

Hui0.03%

137 people

Yi0.02%

87 people

Manchu0.01%

68 people

Korean0.01%

41 people

Tujia0.01%

34 people

Tibetan0.01%

24 people

Miao0.00%

18 people

Zhuang0.00%

16 people

Uyghur0.00%

14 people

Dong0.00%

14 people

Bouyei0.00%

14 people

Mulao0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

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