Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	632,427 people	710,845 people	593,673 people
Urbanization rate	16.9%	34.5%	50.1%
Urban population	107,130 people	245,200 people	297,683 people
Male	326,357 people	365,932 people	302,386 people
Female	306,070 people	344,913 people	291,287 people
Households	166,701	180,247	185,147
Average household size	3.73	3.80	2.93

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+	2,577 people	2,352 people	4,929 people
80–84	14,300 people	14,094 people	28,394 people
75–79	22,729 people	20,424 people	43,153 people
70–74	25,303 people	21,500 people	46,803 people
65–69	18,355 people	13,387 people	31,742 people
60–64	11,771 people	8,179 people	19,950 people
55–59	16,923 people	14,384 people	31,307 people
50–54	24,851 people	23,796 people	48,647 people
45–49	19,877 people	19,131 people	39,008 people
40–44	17,130 people	16,775 people	33,905 people
35–39	21,341 people	20,741 people	42,082 people
30–34	25,187 people	26,755 people	51,942 people
25–29	20,013 people	21,989 people	42,002 people
20–24	14,710 people	14,992 people	29,702 people
15–19	19,919 people	20,759 people	40,678 people
10–14	12,830 people	13,105 people	25,935 people
5–9	7,128 people	7,577 people	14,705 people
1–4	3,986 people	5,137 people	9,123 people
0	3,456 people	6,210 people	9,666 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,949 people	3,414 people	7,363 people
80–84	23,078 people	18,605 people	41,683 people
75–79	26,296 people	19,008 people	45,304 people
70–74	22,871 people	16,066 people	38,937 people
65–69	30,778 people	26,151 people	56,929 people
60–64	34,508 people	34,620 people	69,128 people
55–59	26,464 people	27,052 people	53,516 people
50–54	22,690 people	22,133 people	44,823 people
45–49	26,757 people	25,840 people	52,597 people
40–44	31,029 people	31,627 people	62,656 people
35–39	24,891 people	26,596 people	51,487 people
30–34	18,988 people	18,956 people	37,944 people
25–29	24,606 people	24,708 people	49,314 people
20–24	17,671 people	16,577 people	34,248 people
15–19	10,683 people	10,072 people	20,755 people
10–14	8,013 people	7,948 people	15,961 people
5–9	6,596 people	7,338 people	13,934 people
1–4	3,899 people	4,808 people	8,707 people
0	2,165 people	3,394 people	5,559 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,163 people	3,229 people	7,392 people
80–84	14,861 people	9,170 people	24,031 people
75–79	26,648 people	19,765 people	46,413 people
70–74	41,848 people	37,707 people	79,555 people
65–69	30,436 people	28,305 people	58,741 people
60–64	21,668 people	21,522 people	43,190 people
55–59	26,423 people	24,597 people	51,020 people
50–54	30,656 people	30,212 people	60,868 people
45–49	24,360 people	25,155 people	49,515 people
40–44	17,791 people	17,566 people	35,357 people
35–39	24,728 people	24,536 people	49,264 people
30–34	17,432 people	16,539 people	33,971 people
25–29	10,910 people	9,820 people	20,730 people
20–24	9,313 people	8,547 people	17,860 people
15–19	9,524 people	9,621 people	19,145 people
10–14	7,730 people	8,094 people	15,824 people
5–9	4,598 people	5,824 people	10,422 people
1–4	2,294 people	3,789 people	6,083 people
0	974 people	2,072 people	3,046 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.46%

590,467 people

Hui0.49%

2,928 people

Tujia0.01%

48 people

Manchu0.01%

40 people

Korean0.01%

34 people

Zhuang0.01%

27 people

Tibetan0.00%

18 people

Dong0.00%

17 people

Yao0.00%

16 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Uyghur0.00%

11 people

Yi0.00%

11 people

Bai0.00%

8 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

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