Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	722,890 people	721,049 people	656,571 people
Urbanization rate	25.2%	32.1%	42.5%
Urban population	182,188 people	231,101 people	279,168 people
Male	377,872 people	370,291 people	333,338 people
Female	345,018 people	350,758 people	323,233 people
Households	181,820	187,395	213,401
Average household size	3.86	3.62	2.90

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+	1,825 people	3,349 people	5,174 people
80–84	3,579 people	5,098 people	8,677 people
75–79	6,922 people	8,014 people	14,936 people
70–74	12,271 people	13,468 people	25,739 people
65–69	17,586 people	17,789 people	35,375 people
60–64	21,104 people	20,668 people	41,772 people
55–59	24,572 people	24,744 people	49,316 people
50–54	30,282 people	28,796 people	59,078 people
45–49	31,825 people	31,012 people	62,837 people
40–44	19,130 people	18,456 people	37,586 people
35–39	18,306 people	17,568 people	35,874 people
30–34	30,551 people	28,827 people	59,378 people
25–29	22,326 people	21,139 people	43,465 people
20–24	12,736 people	11,351 people	24,087 people
15–19	17,867 people	14,294 people	32,161 people
10–14	20,839 people	19,086 people	39,925 people
5–9	21,687 people	20,474 people	42,161 people
1–4	16,904 people	16,212 people	33,116 people
0	3,026 people	2,888 people	5,914 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,199 people	1,956 people	3,155 people
80–84	2,539 people	3,350 people	5,889 people
75–79	5,247 people	6,421 people	11,668 people
70–74	8,229 people	8,903 people	17,132 people
65–69	11,026 people	11,014 people	22,040 people
60–64	16,178 people	16,299 people	32,477 people
55–59	21,143 people	20,489 people	41,632 people
50–54	25,188 people	23,862 people	49,050 people
45–49	29,411 people	28,035 people	57,446 people
40–44	36,670 people	32,817 people	69,487 people
35–39	37,985 people	34,976 people	72,961 people
30–34	24,053 people	22,306 people	46,359 people
25–29	24,801 people	23,602 people	48,403 people
20–24	37,827 people	36,963 people	74,790 people
15–19	34,493 people	33,224 people	67,717 people
10–14	18,482 people	15,894 people	34,376 people
5–9	17,796 people	14,715 people	32,511 people
1–4	14,551 people	12,800 people	27,351 people
0	3,473 people	3,132 people	6,605 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	380 people	797 people	1,177 people
80–84	1,368 people	2,224 people	3,592 people
75–79	3,640 people	4,528 people	8,168 people
70–74	5,818 people	6,647 people	12,465 people
65–69	8,846 people	9,716 people	18,562 people
60–64	11,436 people	11,324 people	22,760 people
55–59	13,159 people	12,673 people	25,832 people
50–54	18,338 people	17,651 people	35,989 people
45–49	23,550 people	21,537 people	45,087 people
40–44	27,253 people	24,431 people	51,684 people
35–39	32,004 people	28,941 people	60,945 people
30–34	39,970 people	33,630 people	73,600 people
25–29	42,106 people	36,489 people	78,595 people
20–24	25,158 people	22,588 people	47,746 people
15–19	26,636 people	24,343 people	50,979 people
10–14	46,827 people	43,569 people	90,396 people
5–9	34,212 people	29,669 people	63,881 people
1–4	12,913 people	10,536 people	23,449 people
0	4,258 people	3,725 people	7,983 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.74%

552,962 people

Hui0.22%

1,192 people

Manchu0.01%

68 people

Mongol0.01%

39 people

Tujia0.01%

36 people

Hani0.00%

23 people

Yi0.00%

21 people

Miao0.00%

19 people

Zhuang0.00%

16 people

Dong0.00%

7 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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