Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	516,498 people	507,386 people	480,149 people
Urbanization rate	10.0%	23.9%	39.3%
Urban population	51,843 people	121,345 people	188,693 people
Male	265,549 people	255,502 people	242,136 people
Female	250,949 people	251,884 people	238,013 people
Households	118,545	132,184	160,349
Average household size	4.28	3.74	2.92

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+	965 people	1,599 people	2,564 people
80–84	2,727 people	3,364 people	6,091 people
75–79	5,659 people	6,485 people	12,144 people
70–74	9,046 people	9,861 people	18,907 people
65–69	12,745 people	12,560 people	25,305 people
60–64	13,346 people	12,128 people	25,474 people
55–59	19,836 people	19,077 people	38,913 people
50–54	24,312 people	24,602 people	48,914 people
45–49	21,298 people	20,298 people	41,596 people
40–44	14,289 people	14,020 people	28,309 people
35–39	15,342 people	14,830 people	30,172 people
30–34	19,239 people	19,526 people	38,765 people
25–29	15,638 people	15,967 people	31,605 people
20–24	8,113 people	8,119 people	16,232 people
15–19	10,527 people	9,720 people	20,247 people
10–14	14,714 people	13,702 people	28,416 people
5–9	17,204 people	16,148 people	33,352 people
1–4	14,512 people	13,587 people	28,099 people
0	2,624 people	2,420 people	5,044 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	493 people	1,015 people	1,508 people
80–84	1,155 people	1,580 people	2,735 people
75–79	3,591 people	4,408 people	7,999 people
70–74	6,477 people	6,805 people	13,282 people
65–69	9,352 people	9,244 people	18,596 people
60–64	11,893 people	12,024 people	23,917 people
55–59	14,839 people	14,151 people	28,990 people
50–54	14,865 people	13,420 people	28,285 people
45–49	21,602 people	20,433 people	42,035 people
40–44	26,158 people	26,599 people	52,757 people
35–39	22,518 people	21,925 people	44,443 people
30–34	15,480 people	15,194 people	30,674 people
25–29	16,071 people	16,752 people	32,823 people
20–24	21,682 people	23,483 people	45,165 people
15–19	26,347 people	25,311 people	51,658 people
10–14	15,569 people	14,801 people	30,370 people
5–9	13,050 people	11,950 people	25,000 people
1–4	11,075 people	9,851 people	20,926 people
0	3,285 people	2,938 people	6,223 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	327 people	536 people	863 people
80–84	944 people	1,500 people	2,444 people
75–79	1,956 people	2,688 people	4,644 people
70–74	3,136 people	3,509 people	6,645 people
65–69	6,622 people	6,835 people	13,457 people
60–64	9,347 people	8,638 people	17,985 people
55–59	11,125 people	10,237 people	21,362 people
50–54	13,166 people	12,946 people	26,112 people
45–49	16,010 people	14,693 people	30,703 people
40–44	15,822 people	13,823 people	29,645 people
35–39	23,488 people	21,244 people	44,732 people
30–34	28,442 people	27,877 people	56,319 people
25–29	24,711 people	23,171 people	47,882 people
20–24	16,362 people	17,045 people	33,407 people
15–19	21,471 people	19,500 people	40,971 people
10–14	30,200 people	28,495 people	58,695 people
5–9	26,976 people	24,443 people	51,419 people
1–4	11,959 people	10,568 people	22,527 people
0	3,485 people	3,201 people	6,686 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.51%

504,922 people

Tibetan0.24%

1,224 people

Dongxiang0.13%

658 people

Hui0.10%

512 people

Manchu0.00%

22 people

Tu0.00%

21 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Tujia0.00%

3 people

Bonan0.00%

3 people

Zhuang0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

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