Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	133,814 people	129,258 people	134,691 people
Urbanization rate	38.1%	44.3%	45.3%
Urban population	50,912 people	57,302 people	61,042 people
Male	69,313 people	65,096 people	68,406 people
Female	64,501 people	64,162 people	66,285 people
Households	35,718	39,311	44,423
Average household size	3.68	3.19	2.97

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+	934 people	839 people	1,773 people
80–84	4,743 people	4,183 people	8,926 people
75–79	7,573 people	5,968 people	13,541 people
70–74	6,315 people	4,993 people	11,308 people
65–69	3,439 people	2,990 people	6,429 people
60–64	2,971 people	2,596 people	5,567 people
55–59	3,586 people	3,480 people	7,066 people
50–54	4,099 people	4,315 people	8,414 people
45–49	4,461 people	4,535 people	8,996 people
40–44	4,817 people	4,784 people	9,601 people
35–39	5,160 people	4,804 people	9,964 people
30–34	5,534 people	5,261 people	10,795 people
25–29	4,913 people	4,852 people	9,765 people
20–24	3,185 people	3,332 people	6,517 people
15–19	2,709 people	3,259 people	5,968 people
10–14	1,664 people	2,159 people	3,823 people
5–9	1,127 people	1,687 people	2,814 people
1–4	730 people	1,236 people	1,966 people
0	446 people	1,012 people	1,458 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,631 people	1,117 people	2,748 people
80–84	4,900 people	3,812 people	8,712 people
75–79	4,920 people	4,169 people	9,089 people
70–74	5,813 people	5,093 people	10,906 people
65–69	4,836 people	4,568 people	9,404 people
60–64	2,916 people	3,374 people	6,290 people
55–59	3,533 people	4,226 people	7,759 people
50–54	4,535 people	5,020 people	9,555 people
45–49	5,339 people	5,084 people	10,423 people
40–44	6,077 people	5,607 people	11,684 people
35–39	5,505 people	5,179 people	10,684 people
30–34	3,857 people	3,812 people	7,669 people
25–29	3,629 people	3,710 people	7,339 people
20–24	2,377 people	2,521 people	4,898 people
15–19	1,826 people	2,117 people	3,943 people
10–14	1,629 people	1,929 people	3,558 people
5–9	1,059 people	1,442 people	2,501 people
1–4	500 people	816 people	1,316 people
0	214 people	566 people	780 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,016 people	797 people	1,813 people
80–84	4,768 people	3,919 people	8,687 people
75–79	6,914 people	6,011 people	12,925 people
70–74	7,741 people	7,060 people	14,801 people
65–69	6,669 people	5,230 people	11,899 people
60–64	4,782 people	4,461 people	9,243 people
55–59	5,506 people	5,181 people	10,687 people
50–54	6,282 people	5,823 people	12,105 people
45–49	5,826 people	5,470 people	11,296 people
40–44	4,215 people	3,955 people	8,170 people
35–39	4,047 people	3,934 people	7,981 people
30–34	2,829 people	2,791 people	5,620 people
25–29	2,301 people	2,375 people	4,676 people
20–24	2,357 people	2,334 people	4,691 people
15–19	1,828 people	1,947 people	3,775 people
10–14	1,179 people	1,398 people	2,577 people
5–9	621 people	902 people	1,523 people
1–4	266 people	547 people	813 people
0	166 people	366 people	532 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Yao54.20%

70,053 people

Han44.91%

58,044 people

Tujia0.80%

1,029 people

Manchu0.03%

40 people

Korean0.02%

23 people

Tibetan0.01%

15 people

Yi0.01%

13 people

Hui0.01%

10 people

Dong0.01%

10 people

Dai0.01%

6 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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