Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	283,514 people	300,301 people	319,166 people
Urbanization rate	21.5%	50.6%	64.3%
Urban population	61,079 people	152,051 people	205,197 people
Male	143,806 people	147,761 people	164,164 people
Female	139,708 people	152,540 people	155,002 people
Households	71,294	78,694	99,460
Average household size	3.76	3.62	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+	742 people	2,169 people	2,911 people
80–84	1,473 people	2,673 people	4,146 people
75–79	2,332 people	3,462 people	5,794 people
70–74	3,940 people	4,856 people	8,796 people
65–69	6,809 people	7,009 people	13,818 people
60–64	8,458 people	7,905 people	16,363 people
55–59	11,035 people	10,312 people	21,347 people
50–54	14,201 people	13,041 people	27,242 people
45–49	14,670 people	13,596 people	28,266 people
40–44	13,171 people	12,666 people	25,837 people
35–39	10,794 people	10,475 people	21,269 people
30–34	13,001 people	12,068 people	25,069 people
25–29	11,260 people	10,203 people	21,463 people
20–24	6,693 people	5,578 people	12,271 people
15–19	8,155 people	6,855 people	15,010 people
10–14	13,368 people	11,356 people	24,724 people
5–9	13,100 people	11,249 people	24,349 people
1–4	9,290 people	8,101 people	17,391 people
0	1,672 people	1,428 people	3,100 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	420 people	1,381 people	1,801 people
80–84	780 people	1,740 people	2,520 people
75–79	1,815 people	3,107 people	4,922 people
70–74	2,999 people	3,897 people	6,896 people
65–69	3,710 people	4,305 people	8,015 people
60–64	5,167 people	5,435 people	10,602 people
55–59	7,999 people	7,621 people	15,620 people
50–54	9,104 people	8,508 people	17,612 people
45–49	10,853 people	10,818 people	21,671 people
40–44	13,198 people	14,095 people	27,293 people
35–39	13,577 people	14,210 people	27,787 people
30–34	11,963 people	13,499 people	25,462 people
25–29	9,654 people	11,236 people	20,890 people
20–24	10,580 people	12,114 people	22,694 people
15–19	12,475 people	12,262 people	24,737 people
10–14	9,147 people	8,110 people	17,257 people
5–9	10,726 people	9,347 people	20,073 people
1–4	11,471 people	9,134 people	20,605 people
0	2,123 people	1,721 people	3,844 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	204 people	949 people	1,153 people
80–84	467 people	1,307 people	1,774 people
75–79	1,064 people	2,246 people	3,310 people
70–74	1,924 people	3,088 people	5,012 people
65–69	3,222 people	4,327 people	7,549 people
60–64	4,479 people	4,752 people	9,231 people
55–59	4,591 people	4,602 people	9,193 people
50–54	6,142 people	5,711 people	11,853 people
45–49	8,965 people	7,984 people	16,949 people
40–44	9,925 people	8,982 people	18,907 people
35–39	11,753 people	11,110 people	22,863 people
30–34	13,890 people	13,521 people	27,411 people
25–29	13,820 people	13,289 people	27,109 people
20–24	11,883 people	11,742 people	23,625 people
15–19	11,978 people	10,525 people	22,503 people
10–14	15,747 people	14,542 people	30,289 people
5–9	14,374 people	13,016 people	27,390 people
1–4	6,972 people	5,911 people	12,883 people
0	2,406 people	2,104 people	4,510 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.32%

316,979 people

She0.19%

613 people

Zhuang0.12%

386 people

Miao0.09%

291 people

Tujia0.08%

243 people

Yi0.06%

178 people

Hui0.03%

105 people

Dong0.02%

74 people

Yao0.02%

63 people

Bouyei0.02%

61 people

Uyghur0.02%

50 people

Mongol0.00%

12 people

Li0.00%

11 people

Lahu0.00%

10 people

Mulao0.00%

10 people

Tibetan0.00%

9 people

Lisu0.00%

9 people

Bai0.00%

8 people

Hani0.00%

8 people

Manchu0.00%

7 people

Wa0.00%

7 people

Gelao0.00%

6 people

Jingpo0.00%

6 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Sui0.00%

4 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

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