Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	448,452 people	498,319 people	433,200 people
Urbanization rate	42.1%	45.2%	58.6%
Urban population	188,651 people	225,054 people	253,804 people
Male	235,723 people	260,365 people	225,435 people
Female	212,729 people	237,954 people	207,765 people
Households	122,072	131,580	146,550
Average household size	3.54	3.69	2.87

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+	2,018 people	3,306 people	5,324 people
80–84	3,195 people	3,820 people	7,015 people
75–79	4,846 people	5,387 people	10,233 people
70–74	8,584 people	9,146 people	17,730 people
65–69	12,468 people	12,635 people	25,103 people
60–64	11,450 people	11,198 people	22,648 people
55–59	17,758 people	17,420 people	35,178 people
50–54	21,580 people	21,531 people	43,111 people
45–49	19,330 people	18,594 people	37,924 people
40–44	12,484 people	12,400 people	24,884 people
35–39	12,796 people	12,372 people	25,168 people
30–34	16,320 people	15,771 people	32,091 people
25–29	12,212 people	10,131 people	22,343 people
20–24	9,063 people	6,869 people	15,932 people
15–19	11,844 people	8,184 people	20,028 people
10–14	17,993 people	13,750 people	31,743 people
5–9	17,356 people	13,936 people	31,292 people
1–4	11,774 people	9,438 people	21,212 people
0	2,364 people	1,877 people	4,241 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	842 people	1,399 people	2,241 people
80–84	1,827 people	2,391 people	4,218 people
75–79	4,177 people	4,707 people	8,884 people
70–74	6,081 people	5,824 people	11,905 people
65–69	7,209 people	6,755 people	13,964 people
60–64	11,222 people	10,708 people	21,930 people
55–59	15,156 people	14,395 people	29,551 people
50–54	13,814 people	13,167 people	26,981 people
45–49	20,966 people	20,012 people	40,978 people
40–44	25,610 people	24,490 people	50,100 people
35–39	24,667 people	22,886 people	47,553 people
30–34	16,838 people	16,888 people	33,726 people
25–29	17,853 people	18,029 people	35,882 people
20–24	22,390 people	23,033 people	45,423 people
15–19	19,878 people	15,972 people	35,850 people
10–14	15,257 people	11,110 people	26,367 people
5–9	17,424 people	12,097 people	29,521 people
1–4	15,960 people	11,841 people	27,801 people
0	3,194 people	2,250 people	5,444 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	368 people	670 people	1,038 people
80–84	828 people	1,261 people	2,089 people
75–79	2,045 people	2,342 people	4,387 people
70–74	3,758 people	3,746 people	7,504 people
65–69	6,186 people	5,954 people	12,140 people
60–64	7,706 people	6,542 people	14,248 people
55–59	8,032 people	7,127 people	15,159 people
50–54	11,994 people	11,123 people	23,117 people
45–49	16,146 people	14,872 people	31,018 people
40–44	14,536 people	13,353 people	27,889 people
35–39	21,603 people	20,233 people	41,836 people
30–34	25,615 people	24,258 people	49,873 people
25–29	23,027 people	21,398 people	44,425 people
20–24	14,842 people	14,352 people	29,194 people
15–19	19,090 people	15,995 people	35,085 people
10–14	27,178 people	24,722 people	51,900 people
5–9	18,941 people	14,908 people	33,849 people
1–4	10,744 people	7,606 people	18,350 people
0	3,084 people	2,267 people	5,351 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.92%

497,910 people

Miao0.02%

96 people

Tujia0.01%

69 people

Zhuang0.01%

61 people

Hui0.01%

56 people

Kazakh0.01%

24 people

Mongol0.00%

20 people

Yao0.00%

18 people

Li0.00%

16 people

Bouyei0.00%

11 people

Manchu0.00%

10 people

Dong0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Nu0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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