Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	675,392 people	730,652 people	730,683 people
Urbanization rate	13.3%	28.7%	42.3%
Urban population	89,957 people	210,007 people	308,731 people
Male	339,852 people	371,772 people	374,099 people
Female	335,540 people	358,880 people	356,584 people
Households	184,648	213,043	237,329
Average household size	3.63	3.33	2.95

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+	4,067 people	3,630 people	7,697 people
80–84	23,897 people	19,729 people	43,626 people
75–79	36,133 people	26,420 people	62,553 people
70–74	40,361 people	29,655 people	70,016 people
65–69	19,962 people	15,024 people	34,986 people
60–64	14,812 people	13,209 people	28,021 people
55–59	13,110 people	12,249 people	25,359 people
50–54	31,395 people	32,009 people	63,404 people
45–49	23,741 people	23,605 people	47,346 people
40–44	19,299 people	20,408 people	39,707 people
35–39	23,634 people	25,788 people	49,422 people
30–34	33,257 people	35,368 people	68,625 people
25–29	24,285 people	27,884 people	52,169 people
20–24	16,295 people	16,240 people	32,535 people
15–19	19,788 people	19,997 people	39,785 people
10–14	13,821 people	14,380 people	28,201 people
5–9	8,780 people	9,440 people	18,220 people
1–4	4,325 people	5,736 people	10,061 people
0	3,137 people	5,813 people	8,950 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,249 people	4,052 people	9,301 people
80–84	31,135 people	21,600 people	52,735 people
75–79	26,278 people	19,287 people	45,565 people
70–74	22,285 people	18,299 people	40,584 people
65–69	19,206 people	17,674 people	36,880 people
60–64	36,561 people	37,510 people	74,071 people
55–59	26,940 people	27,322 people	54,262 people
50–54	21,861 people	22,599 people	44,460 people
45–49	26,192 people	28,030 people	54,222 people
40–44	36,500 people	38,375 people	74,875 people
35–39	27,328 people	31,248 people	58,576 people
30–34	18,625 people	18,493 people	37,118 people
25–29	23,119 people	22,223 people	45,342 people
20–24	17,287 people	16,282 people	33,569 people
15–19	12,510 people	11,456 people	23,966 people
10–14	8,171 people	8,274 people	16,445 people
5–9	6,411 people	7,154 people	13,565 people
1–4	4,021 people	5,391 people	9,412 people
0	2,093 people	3,611 people	5,704 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,238 people	3,798 people	8,036 people
80–84	16,185 people	13,566 people	29,751 people
75–79	17,939 people	15,195 people	33,134 people
70–74	45,793 people	42,814 people	88,607 people
65–69	32,189 people	30,747 people	62,936 people
60–64	20,557 people	21,449 people	42,006 people
55–59	25,876 people	27,360 people	53,236 people
50–54	38,165 people	38,726 people	76,891 people
45–49	28,191 people	31,733 people	59,924 people
40–44	19,061 people	18,559 people	37,620 people
35–39	24,093 people	22,992 people	47,085 people
30–34	18,423 people	17,209 people	35,632 people
25–29	13,702 people	12,270 people	25,972 people
20–24	10,058 people	9,548 people	19,606 people
15–19	9,111 people	9,320 people	18,431 people
10–14	7,903 people	8,825 people	16,728 people
5–9	4,858 people	5,963 people	10,821 people
1–4	2,559 people	3,700 people	6,259 people
0	951 people	1,766 people	2,717 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.83%

729,453 people

Hui0.06%

400 people

Tujia0.03%

239 people

Yi0.01%

81 people

Zhuang0.01%

68 people

Dong0.01%

68 people

Manchu0.01%

60 people

Korean0.01%

55 people

Kazakh0.01%

48 people

Lahu0.00%

24 people

Mongol0.00%

23 people

Tibetan0.00%

21 people

Bouyei0.00%

18 people

Daur0.00%

14 people

Uyghur0.00%

13 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Qiang0.00%

11 people

Xibe0.00%

11 people

Maonan0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Lisu0.00%

8 people

She0.00%

7 people

Sui0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Bonan0.00%

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