Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	508,213 people	511,105 people	473,421 people
Urbanization rate	28.9%	41.3%	37.8%
Urban population	146,909 people	210,891 people	179,097 people
Male	256,524 people	255,364 people	236,764 people
Female	251,689 people	255,741 people	236,657 people
Households	136,536	153,891	160,555
Average household size	3.62	3.26	2.81

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+	1,625 people	3,291 people	4,916 people
80–84	2,673 people	3,823 people	6,496 people
75–79	5,260 people	6,401 people	11,661 people
70–74	10,778 people	12,233 people	23,011 people
65–69	14,991 people	15,577 people	30,568 people
60–64	13,304 people	13,309 people	26,613 people
55–59	15,240 people	16,782 people	32,022 people
50–54	25,532 people	25,387 people	50,919 people
45–49	20,916 people	19,832 people	40,748 people
40–44	17,584 people	17,086 people	34,670 people
35–39	15,117 people	14,304 people	29,421 people
30–34	17,834 people	17,472 people	35,306 people
25–29	8,781 people	9,024 people	17,805 people
20–24	8,191 people	8,175 people	16,366 people
15–19	11,845 people	11,595 people	23,440 people
10–14	15,628 people	13,994 people	29,622 people
5–9	15,377 people	13,814 people	29,191 people
1–4	14,131 people	12,831 people	26,962 people
0	1,957 people	1,727 people	3,684 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	684 people	1,528 people	2,212 people
80–84	1,746 people	2,883 people	4,629 people
75–79	4,180 people	5,532 people	9,712 people
70–74	5,892 people	6,524 people	12,416 people
65–69	8,264 people	8,648 people	16,912 people
60–64	14,297 people	14,655 people	28,952 people
55–59	18,021 people	17,752 people	35,773 people
50–54	15,758 people	15,485 people	31,243 people
45–49	17,640 people	19,356 people	36,996 people
40–44	28,594 people	28,624 people	57,218 people
35–39	23,427 people	22,475 people	45,902 people
30–34	20,424 people	19,709 people	40,133 people
25–29	17,172 people	16,878 people	34,050 people
20–24	19,459 people	19,730 people	39,189 people
15–19	13,126 people	13,307 people	26,433 people
10–14	13,261 people	12,679 people	25,940 people
5–9	16,232 people	15,191 people	31,423 people
1–4	13,786 people	11,829 people	25,615 people
0	3,401 people	2,956 people	6,357 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	289 people	794 people	1,083 people
80–84	952 people	1,836 people	2,788 people
75–79	2,211 people	3,243 people	5,454 people
70–74	4,766 people	5,900 people	10,666 people
65–69	7,249 people	7,970 people	15,219 people
60–64	8,589 people	8,497 people	17,086 people
55–59	10,082 people	9,674 people	19,756 people
50–54	16,199 people	16,073 people	32,272 people
45–49	19,489 people	18,283 people	37,772 people
40–44	16,631 people	15,558 people	32,189 people
35–39	18,723 people	19,669 people	38,392 people
30–34	30,308 people	29,209 people	59,517 people
25–29	25,144 people	22,961 people	48,105 people
20–24	21,231 people	19,922 people	41,153 people
15–19	21,125 people	21,128 people	42,253 people
10–14	26,866 people	25,841 people	52,707 people
5–9	13,796 people	13,074 people	26,870 people
1–4	9,621 people	9,024 people	18,645 people
0	3,253 people	3,033 people	6,286 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.04%

459,391 people

Hui2.84%

13,459 people

Mongol0.02%

111 people

Manchu0.02%

105 people

Yi0.02%

87 people

Miao0.01%

61 people

Tujia0.01%

53 people

Bouyei0.01%

34 people

Dong0.00%

20 people

Zhuang0.00%

18 people

Korean0.00%

15 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

Li0.00%

6 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Xibe0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

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