Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	529,537 people	569,007 people	511,860 people
Urbanization rate	16.0%	29.9%	46.9%
Urban population	84,930 people	170,317 people	240,137 people
Male	265,576 people	286,735 people	254,363 people
Female	263,961 people	282,272 people	257,497 people
Households	158,753	166,978	176,109
Average household size	3.19	3.27	2.78

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+	1,895 people	3,730 people	5,625 people
80–84	3,088 people	3,973 people	7,061 people
75–79	5,970 people	6,419 people	12,389 people
70–74	11,457 people	12,944 people	24,401 people
65–69	16,456 people	17,965 people	34,421 people
60–64	13,960 people	14,349 people	28,309 people
55–59	18,739 people	21,068 people	39,807 people
50–54	27,151 people	27,675 people	54,826 people
45–49	19,377 people	19,027 people	38,404 people
40–44	17,969 people	16,856 people	34,825 people
35–39	14,953 people	13,528 people	28,481 people
30–34	20,270 people	20,283 people	40,553 people
25–29	9,636 people	9,935 people	19,571 people
20–24	9,826 people	9,775 people	19,601 people
15–19	13,765 people	13,431 people	27,196 people
10–14	16,701 people	15,442 people	32,143 people
5–9	16,937 people	16,081 people	33,018 people
1–4	14,190 people	13,162 people	27,352 people
0	2,023 people	1,854 people	3,877 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,066 people	1,583 people	2,649 people
80–84	2,342 people	3,143 people	5,485 people
75–79	4,626 people	5,854 people	10,480 people
70–74	6,707 people	6,692 people	13,399 people
65–69	9,255 people	8,501 people	17,756 people
60–64	15,562 people	15,544 people	31,106 people
55–59	19,914 people	20,209 people	40,123 people
50–54	16,701 people	16,446 people	33,147 people
45–49	21,899 people	23,733 people	45,632 people
40–44	30,776 people	30,732 people	61,508 people
35–39	22,849 people	21,789 people	44,638 people
30–34	23,173 people	21,179 people	44,352 people
25–29	19,868 people	18,610 people	38,478 people
20–24	26,071 people	26,362 people	52,433 people
15–19	15,810 people	15,721 people	31,531 people
10–14	14,983 people	14,268 people	29,251 people
5–9	18,005 people	16,608 people	34,613 people
1–4	13,275 people	11,938 people	25,213 people
0	3,853 people	3,360 people	7,213 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	415 people	821 people	1,236 people
80–84	1,124 people	1,787 people	2,911 people
75–79	2,589 people	3,579 people	6,168 people
70–74	5,179 people	6,224 people	11,403 people
65–69	7,992 people	8,619 people	16,611 people
60–64	10,076 people	9,200 people	19,276 people
55–59	11,002 people	9,677 people	20,679 people
50–54	16,801 people	16,447 people	33,248 people
45–49	21,049 people	20,879 people	41,928 people
40–44	17,045 people	16,442 people	33,487 people
35–39	22,079 people	23,757 people	45,836 people
30–34	30,696 people	30,325 people	61,021 people
25–29	22,056 people	21,314 people	43,370 people
20–24	19,683 people	19,788 people	39,471 people
15–19	19,989 people	19,707 people	39,696 people
10–14	30,425 people	29,506 people	59,931 people
5–9	14,020 people	13,286 people	27,306 people
1–4	10,031 people	9,552 people	19,583 people
0	3,325 people	3,051 people	6,376 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han95.70%

465,861 people

Hui4.20%

20,461 people

Mongol0.02%

108 people

Manchu0.02%

105 people

Yi0.01%

61 people

Miao0.01%

39 people

Bai0.01%

33 people

Korean0.01%

24 people

Bouyei0.00%

16 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Tujia0.00%

11 people

Zhuang0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Daur0.00%

6 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Russian0.00%

4 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Salar0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

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