Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	455,183 people	441,613 people	365,736 people
Urbanization rate	15.5%	25.4%	48.2%
Urban population	70,717 people	112,201 people	176,415 people
Male	239,735 people	231,291 people	185,504 people
Female	215,448 people	210,322 people	180,232 people
Households	119,381	115,112	129,496
Average household size	3.57	3.54	2.66

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	1,436 people	2,276 people
80–84	1,900 people	2,558 people	4,458 people
75–79	4,035 people	4,476 people	8,511 people
70–74	6,068 people	6,392 people	12,460 people
65–69	10,441 people	10,192 people	20,633 people
60–64	12,640 people	11,669 people	24,309 people
55–59	15,377 people	15,331 people	30,708 people
50–54	18,730 people	18,617 people	37,347 people
45–49	15,782 people	15,563 people	31,345 people
40–44	10,022 people	10,147 people	20,169 people
35–39	10,464 people	10,470 people	20,934 people
30–34	15,420 people	14,584 people	30,004 people
25–29	12,287 people	11,263 people	23,550 people
20–24	6,788 people	5,968 people	12,756 people
15–19	6,806 people	6,263 people	13,069 people
10–14	10,875 people	10,166 people	21,041 people
5–9	14,699 people	13,598 people	28,297 people
1–4	10,402 people	9,791 people	20,193 people
0	1,928 people	1,748 people	3,676 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	413 people	703 people	1,116 people
80–84	1,096 people	1,486 people	2,582 people
75–79	2,879 people	3,499 people	6,378 people
70–74	4,849 people	5,008 people	9,857 people
65–69	6,792 people	6,769 people	13,561 people
60–64	8,763 people	8,203 people	16,966 people
55–59	13,763 people	12,204 people	25,967 people
50–54	16,133 people	13,812 people	29,945 people
45–49	20,478 people	18,221 people	38,699 people
40–44	25,045 people	22,505 people	47,550 people
35–39	21,759 people	19,155 people	40,914 people
30–34	14,262 people	12,507 people	26,769 people
25–29	15,613 people	14,009 people	29,622 people
20–24	23,445 people	21,801 people	45,246 people
15–19	22,599 people	20,664 people	43,263 people
10–14	12,904 people	11,548 people	24,452 people
5–9	9,690 people	8,425 people	18,115 people
1–4	8,444 people	7,611 people	16,055 people
0	2,364 people	2,192 people	4,556 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	209 people	374 people	583 people
80–84	684 people	1,157 people	1,841 people
75–79	2,153 people	2,696 people	4,849 people
70–74	3,781 people	3,926 people	7,707 people
65–69	6,172 people	5,932 people	12,104 people
60–64	7,631 people	6,875 people	14,506 people
55–59	8,764 people	7,938 people	16,702 people
50–54	10,359 people	9,179 people	19,538 people
45–49	14,872 people	13,031 people	27,903 people
40–44	17,535 people	14,498 people	32,033 people
35–39	20,886 people	18,832 people	39,718 people
30–34	26,274 people	22,993 people	49,267 people
25–29	22,190 people	19,612 people	41,802 people
20–24	14,476 people	13,011 people	27,487 people
15–19	20,104 people	17,563 people	37,667 people
10–14	29,064 people	27,276 people	56,340 people
5–9	22,191 people	20,010 people	42,201 people
1–4	10,393 people	8,825 people	19,218 people
0	1,997 people	1,720 people	3,717 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.97%

441,496 people

Kazakh0.01%

49 people

Hui0.01%

44 people

Manchu0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

Tujia0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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