Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	510,965 people	541,721 people	582,206 people
Urbanization rate	55.1%	65.4%	71.0%
Urban population	281,385 people	354,507 people	413,117 people
Male	260,835 people	279,075 people	293,640 people
Female	250,130 people	262,646 people	288,566 people
Households	148,810	181,249	236,835
Average household size	3.29	2.72	2.32

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+	2,039 people	2,076 people	4,115 people
80–84	3,452 people	3,858 people	7,310 people
75–79	5,615 people	6,156 people	11,771 people
70–74	8,583 people	9,429 people	18,012 people
65–69	14,589 people	14,751 people	29,340 people
60–64	17,054 people	16,983 people	34,037 people
55–59	24,172 people	23,845 people	48,017 people
50–54	28,659 people	29,757 people	58,416 people
45–49	29,861 people	30,195 people	60,056 people
40–44	23,158 people	21,691 people	44,849 people
35–39	24,532 people	22,409 people	46,941 people
30–34	26,717 people	25,465 people	52,182 people
25–29	19,746 people	18,711 people	38,457 people
20–24	12,179 people	13,042 people	25,221 people
15–19	12,258 people	11,722 people	23,980 people
10–14	12,697 people	12,061 people	24,758 people
5–9	13,887 people	13,103 people	26,990 people
1–4	11,973 people	11,104 people	23,077 people
0	2,469 people	2,208 people	4,677 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	660 people	600 people	1,260 people
80–84	1,511 people	1,250 people	2,761 people
75–79	3,990 people	3,530 people	7,520 people
70–74	6,137 people	5,866 people	12,003 people
65–69	7,485 people	7,361 people	14,846 people
60–64	10,206 people	10,060 people	20,266 people
55–59	15,937 people	14,927 people	30,864 people
50–54	18,303 people	17,098 people	35,401 people
45–49	25,499 people	23,833 people	49,332 people
40–44	30,880 people	29,717 people	60,597 people
35–39	31,939 people	29,869 people	61,808 people
30–34	25,156 people	21,388 people	46,544 people
25–29	23,286 people	20,881 people	44,167 people
20–24	20,505 people	21,218 people	41,723 people
15–19	19,483 people	19,023 people	38,506 people
10–14	15,646 people	15,014 people	30,660 people
5–9	11,545 people	10,688 people	22,233 people
1–4	8,885 people	8,463 people	17,348 people
0	2,022 people	1,860 people	3,882 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	304 people	285 people	589 people
80–84	951 people	841 people	1,792 people
75–79	2,205 people	1,843 people	4,048 people
70–74	3,442 people	2,776 people	6,218 people
65–69	6,384 people	5,451 people	11,835 people
60–64	8,007 people	7,469 people	15,476 people
55–59	8,393 people	7,959 people	16,352 people
50–54	11,031 people	10,459 people	21,490 people
45–49	17,136 people	15,545 people	32,681 people
40–44	18,967 people	17,615 people	36,582 people
35–39	25,798 people	24,279 people	50,077 people
30–34	28,838 people	28,412 people	57,250 people
25–29	28,638 people	28,999 people	57,637 people
20–24	19,694 people	20,045 people	39,739 people
15–19	24,978 people	25,808 people	50,786 people
10–14	23,799 people	22,703 people	46,502 people
5–9	18,065 people	16,366 people	34,431 people
1–4	11,463 people	10,670 people	22,133 people
0	2,742 people	2,605 people	5,347 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han95.02%

514,747 people

Mongol3.11%

16,871 people

Hui1.46%

7,901 people

Manchu0.26%

1,432 people

Tibetan0.03%

150 people

Daur0.02%

117 people

Tujia0.02%

95 people

Yi0.01%

74 people

Miao0.01%

68 people

Korean0.01%

59 people

Uyghur0.01%

36 people

Zhuang0.01%

29 people

Xibe0.00%

24 people

Li0.00%

20 people

Evenki0.00%

19 people

Russian0.00%

12 people

Kazakh0.00%

10 people

Tu0.00%

10 people

Dongxiang0.00%

8 people

Bouyei0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Oroqen0.00%

5 people

Gelao0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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