Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	509,468 people	471,482 people	420,495 people
Urbanization rate	60.8%	45.1%	57.4%
Urban population	309,634 people	212,645 people	241,431 people
Male	257,204 people	235,712 people	210,929 people
Female	252,264 people	235,770 people	209,566 people
Households	128,554	128,958	156,893
Average household size	3.65	3.58	2.63

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+	1,985 people	3,113 people	5,098 people
80–84	2,361 people	3,235 people	5,596 people
75–79	4,852 people	5,846 people	10,698 people
70–74	7,396 people	8,277 people	15,673 people
65–69	12,574 people	13,565 people	26,139 people
60–64	12,485 people	12,801 people	25,286 people
55–59	19,569 people	20,213 people	39,782 people
50–54	20,281 people	20,578 people	40,859 people
45–49	16,745 people	16,725 people	33,470 people
40–44	13,714 people	13,178 people	26,892 people
35–39	14,941 people	14,256 people	29,197 people
30–34	15,643 people	15,568 people	31,211 people
25–29	10,719 people	10,222 people	20,941 people
20–24	7,343 people	6,574 people	13,917 people
15–19	8,876 people	7,670 people	16,546 people
10–14	15,828 people	14,334 people	30,162 people
5–9	14,415 people	12,881 people	27,296 people
1–4	9,459 people	8,878 people	18,337 people
0	1,743 people	1,652 people	3,395 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	712 people	1,531 people	2,243 people
80–84	1,390 people	2,083 people	3,473 people
75–79	3,222 people	4,064 people	7,286 people
70–74	4,541 people	5,111 people	9,652 people
65–69	7,421 people	7,749 people	15,170 people
60–64	10,164 people	10,341 people	20,505 people
55–59	15,411 people	15,849 people	31,260 people
50–54	14,425 people	14,662 people	29,087 people
45–49	21,900 people	21,891 people	43,791 people
40–44	22,444 people	22,250 people	44,694 people
35–39	19,096 people	18,775 people	37,871 people
30–34	16,893 people	16,087 people	32,980 people
25–29	19,443 people	19,347 people	38,790 people
20–24	19,669 people	21,372 people	41,041 people
15–19	15,950 people	15,919 people	31,869 people
10–14	12,625 people	11,601 people	24,226 people
5–9	13,495 people	12,228 people	25,723 people
1–4	13,727 people	12,093 people	25,820 people
0	3,184 people	2,817 people	6,001 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	349 people	947 people	1,296 people
80–84	968 people	1,803 people	2,771 people
75–79	2,457 people	3,311 people	5,768 people
70–74	3,710 people	4,408 people	8,118 people
65–69	6,238 people	6,312 people	12,550 people
60–64	7,360 people	7,042 people	14,402 people
55–59	9,711 people	9,269 people	18,980 people
50–54	12,527 people	12,085 people	24,612 people
45–49	18,211 people	18,169 people	36,380 people
40–44	16,698 people	16,458 people	33,156 people
35–39	25,963 people	25,494 people	51,457 people
30–34	26,448 people	26,030 people	52,478 people
25–29	22,835 people	22,766 people	45,601 people
20–24	20,172 people	20,106 people	40,278 people
15–19	25,487 people	24,281 people	49,768 people
10–14	27,344 people	26,123 people	53,467 people
5–9	17,988 people	16,610 people	34,598 people
1–4	10,301 people	8,970 people	19,271 people
0	2,437 people	2,080 people	4,517 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.50%

469,113 people

Hui0.43%

2,008 people

Tujia0.02%

71 people

Mongol0.01%

68 people

Manchu0.01%

62 people

Zhuang0.01%

48 people

Miao0.01%

42 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Bouyei0.00%

9 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Tu0.00%

6 people

Li0.00%

5 people

Nu0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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