Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	490,363 people	501,590 people	476,439 people
Urbanization rate	13.2%	28.8%	50.7%
Urban population	64,883 people	144,510 people	241,740 people
Male	251,620 people	255,517 people	243,639 people
Female	238,743 people	246,073 people	232,800 people
Households	126,504	132,463	159,817
Average household size	3.82	3.70	2.92

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+	1,905 people	3,325 people	5,230 people
80–84	3,585 people	4,835 people	8,420 people
75–79	5,551 people	6,443 people	11,994 people
70–74	9,931 people	10,358 people	20,289 people
65–69	12,412 people	12,347 people	24,759 people
60–64	10,119 people	10,302 people	20,421 people
55–59	16,176 people	16,732 people	32,908 people
50–54	19,964 people	19,983 people	39,947 people
45–49	17,865 people	16,440 people	34,305 people
40–44	13,359 people	12,223 people	25,582 people
35–39	14,522 people	13,538 people	28,060 people
30–34	19,451 people	17,921 people	37,372 people
25–29	16,945 people	15,521 people	32,466 people
20–24	11,782 people	10,970 people	22,752 people
15–19	12,456 people	10,811 people	23,267 people
10–14	20,067 people	18,090 people	38,157 people
5–9	21,374 people	18,901 people	40,275 people
1–4	13,492 people	11,799 people	25,291 people
0	2,683 people	2,261 people	4,944 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	852 people	1,722 people	2,574 people
80–84	1,908 people	2,804 people	4,712 people
75–79	4,299 people	4,922 people	9,221 people
70–74	6,863 people	7,050 people	13,913 people
65–69	7,814 people	7,880 people	15,694 people
60–64	12,085 people	11,677 people	23,762 people
55–59	13,972 people	13,355 people	27,327 people
50–54	11,039 people	10,930 people	21,969 people
45–49	17,553 people	17,096 people	34,649 people
40–44	22,023 people	20,866 people	42,889 people
35–39	20,348 people	18,743 people	39,091 people
30–34	15,636 people	14,971 people	30,607 people
25–29	17,658 people	17,430 people	35,088 people
20–24	23,741 people	23,887 people	47,628 people
15–19	24,384 people	23,356 people	47,740 people
10–14	19,608 people	18,434 people	38,042 people
5–9	16,998 people	15,031 people	32,029 people
1–4	14,502 people	12,533 people	27,035 people
0	4,234 people	3,386 people	7,620 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	403 people	834 people	1,237 people
80–84	1,106 people	1,643 people	2,749 people
75–79	2,563 people	3,264 people	5,827 people
70–74	4,434 people	4,959 people	9,393 people
65–69	6,930 people	6,498 people	13,428 people
60–64	9,083 people	8,520 people	17,603 people
55–59	9,195 people	8,758 people	17,953 people
50–54	13,212 people	12,397 people	25,609 people
45–49	15,138 people	14,136 people	29,274 people
40–44	12,137 people	11,740 people	23,877 people
35–39	19,273 people	18,359 people	37,632 people
30–34	23,888 people	22,464 people	46,352 people
25–29	20,759 people	19,490 people	40,249 people
20–24	14,790 people	15,237 people	30,027 people
15–19	19,764 people	17,774 people	37,538 people
10–14	32,688 people	30,822 people	63,510 people
5–9	27,360 people	25,086 people	52,446 people
1–4	15,273 people	13,646 people	28,919 people
0	3,624 people	3,116 people	6,740 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tujia54.70%

274,355 people

Han30.62%

153,575 people

Miao13.75%

68,945 people

Hui0.75%

3,752 people

Dong0.05%

228 people

Yao0.03%

156 people

Bai0.03%

137 people

Zhuang0.02%

94 people

Kazakh0.02%

76 people

Yi0.01%

55 people

Li0.01%

54 people

Manchu0.01%

50 people

Korean0.01%

35 people

Bouyei0.01%

25 people

Mongol0.00%

16 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Nu0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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