Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	824,902 people	826,655 people	721,927 people
Urbanization rate	17.0%	32.0%	59.6%
Urban population	140,441 people	264,143 people	430,517 people
Male	422,103 people	410,838 people	358,430 people
Female	402,799 people	415,817 people	363,497 people
Households	247,997	253,749	269,458
Average household size	3.29	3.10	2.54

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+	4,131 people	6,411 people	10,542 people
80–84	7,062 people	8,853 people	15,915 people
75–79	11,858 people	13,091 people	24,949 people
70–74	22,477 people	23,636 people	46,113 people
65–69	27,741 people	28,138 people	55,879 people
60–64	22,656 people	21,875 people	44,531 people
55–59	34,525 people	34,843 people	69,368 people
50–54	41,454 people	41,948 people	83,402 people
45–49	34,630 people	35,178 people	69,808 people
40–44	20,679 people	21,458 people	42,137 people
35–39	13,776 people	15,768 people	29,544 people
30–34	20,397 people	21,654 people	42,051 people
25–29	14,952 people	14,700 people	29,652 people
20–24	10,697 people	10,207 people	20,904 people
15–19	12,746 people	11,148 people	23,894 people
10–14	20,427 people	19,356 people	39,783 people
5–9	21,075 people	19,555 people	40,630 people
1–4	14,475 people	13,402 people	27,877 people
0	2,672 people	2,276 people	4,948 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,075 people	3,548 people	5,623 people
80–84	3,819 people	5,230 people	9,049 people
75–79	8,708 people	9,690 people	18,398 people
70–74	13,411 people	13,325 people	26,736 people
65–69	17,365 people	16,646 people	34,011 people
60–64	28,591 people	27,499 people	56,090 people
55–59	32,473 people	31,760 people	64,233 people
50–54	25,927 people	25,027 people	50,954 people
45–49	38,016 people	37,891 people	75,907 people
40–44	46,089 people	44,991 people	91,080 people
35–39	40,866 people	41,675 people	82,541 people
30–34	25,175 people	27,498 people	52,673 people
25–29	16,885 people	20,337 people	37,222 people
20–24	23,440 people	26,868 people	50,308 people
15–19	27,966 people	27,532 people	55,498 people
10–14	20,412 people	19,361 people	39,773 people
5–9	18,342 people	17,001 people	35,343 people
1–4	17,174 people	16,099 people	33,273 people
0	4,104 people	3,839 people	7,943 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	895 people	1,444 people	2,339 people
80–84	2,247 people	3,366 people	5,613 people
75–79	5,892 people	7,192 people	13,084 people
70–74	8,492 people	9,208 people	17,700 people
65–69	13,084 people	12,388 people	25,472 people
60–64	16,407 people	14,745 people	31,152 people
55–59	19,141 people	17,178 people	36,319 people
50–54	29,908 people	27,481 people	57,389 people
45–49	33,655 people	31,916 people	65,571 people
40–44	27,158 people	25,218 people	52,376 people
35–39	41,801 people	39,643 people	81,444 people
30–34	50,772 people	48,363 people	99,135 people
25–29	44,930 people	43,209 people	88,139 people
20–24	26,891 people	26,823 people	53,714 people
15–19	20,666 people	18,445 people	39,111 people
10–14	35,551 people	34,011 people	69,562 people
5–9	25,635 people	24,295 people	49,930 people
1–4	15,414 people	14,602 people	30,016 people
0	3,564 people	3,272 people	6,836 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.83%

816,971 people

Tujia0.88%

7,293 people

Hui0.21%

1,696 people

Miao0.02%

160 people

Zhuang0.02%

134 people

Bai0.01%

98 people

Dong0.01%

43 people

Kazakh0.00%

35 people

Yao0.00%

30 people

Li0.00%

29 people

Tu0.00%

23 people

Tibetan0.00%

18 people

Wa0.00%

15 people

Manchu0.00%

14 people

Bouyei0.00%

12 people

Yi0.00%

11 people

Mongol0.00%

11 people

Other groups0.00%

11 people

Nu0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

6 people

Qiang0.00%

5 people

Gin0.00%

5 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

1 people

Nanai0.00%

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