Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	282,840 people	320,676 people	287,969 people
Urbanization rate	20.3%	30.4%	48.7%
Urban population	57,309 people	97,422 people	140,139 people
Male	147,811 people	172,883 people	152,971 people
Female	135,029 people	147,793 people	134,998 people
Households	69,713	87,442	114,124
Average household size	4.02	3.39	2.37

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+	840 people	1,015 people	1,855 people
80–84	1,333 people	1,505 people	2,838 people
75–79	2,367 people	2,474 people	4,841 people
70–74	3,943 people	3,969 people	7,912 people
65–69	5,549 people	5,628 people	11,177 people
60–64	7,013 people	6,228 people	13,241 people
55–59	10,083 people	9,253 people	19,336 people
50–54	13,070 people	11,304 people	24,374 people
45–49	13,034 people	11,482 people	24,516 people
40–44	8,675 people	7,254 people	15,929 people
35–39	11,661 people	10,261 people	21,922 people
30–34	15,089 people	13,207 people	28,296 people
25–29	13,152 people	11,705 people	24,857 people
20–24	7,730 people	6,510 people	14,240 people
15–19	7,560 people	6,175 people	13,735 people
10–14	11,752 people	9,671 people	21,423 people
5–9	11,194 people	9,665 people	20,859 people
1–4	7,472 people	6,475 people	13,947 people
0	1,454 people	1,217 people	2,671 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	340 people	391 people	731 people
80–84	816 people	885 people	1,701 people
75–79	1,877 people	1,863 people	3,740 people
70–74	2,607 people	2,559 people	5,166 people
65–69	3,344 people	3,211 people	6,555 people
60–64	4,956 people	4,665 people	9,621 people
55–59	6,510 people	6,087 people	12,597 people
50–54	8,677 people	6,887 people	15,564 people
45–49	12,170 people	10,083 people	22,253 people
40–44	15,615 people	12,398 people	28,013 people
35–39	15,897 people	12,931 people	28,828 people
30–34	11,216 people	8,863 people	20,079 people
25–29	14,998 people	12,731 people	27,729 people
20–24	18,060 people	15,708 people	33,768 people
15–19	17,805 people	16,930 people	34,735 people
10–14	14,249 people	12,438 people	26,687 people
5–9	11,996 people	10,014 people	22,010 people
1–4	10,076 people	7,585 people	17,661 people
0	1,674 people	1,564 people	3,238 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	196 people	210 people	406 people
80–84	528 people	579 people	1,107 people
75–79	1,282 people	1,291 people	2,573 people
70–74	2,275 people	2,147 people	4,422 people
65–69	3,372 people	3,092 people	6,464 people
60–64	3,913 people	3,487 people	7,400 people
55–59	4,249 people	3,902 people	8,151 people
50–54	5,542 people	5,094 people	10,636 people
45–49	7,118 people	6,627 people	13,745 people
40–44	8,472 people	7,203 people	15,675 people
35–39	11,169 people	10,307 people	21,476 people
30–34	13,434 people	12,033 people	25,467 people
25–29	13,554 people	12,405 people	25,959 people
20–24	8,668 people	8,119 people	16,787 people
15–19	13,350 people	12,584 people	25,934 people
10–14	19,290 people	18,168 people	37,458 people
5–9	18,490 people	16,559 people	35,049 people
1–4	10,628 people	9,222 people	19,850 people
0	2,281 people	2,000 people	4,281 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.98%

320,597 people

Manchu0.01%

15 people

Hui0.00%

10 people

Tujia0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Zhuang0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

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