Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	554,196 people	544,650 people	473,195 people
Urbanization rate	12.9%	31.1%	44.3%
Urban population	71,214 people	169,380 people	209,804 people
Male	295,896 people	288,997 people	247,244 people
Female	258,300 people	255,653 people	225,951 people
Households	150,783	153,807	166,791
Average household size	3.49	3.37	2.73

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+	1,722 people	2,315 people	4,037 people
80–84	3,403 people	4,019 people	7,422 people
75–79	5,997 people	6,412 people	12,409 people
70–74	9,197 people	8,953 people	18,150 people
65–69	15,182 people	14,438 people	29,620 people
60–64	16,997 people	15,532 people	32,529 people
55–59	23,094 people	21,777 people	44,871 people
50–54	23,353 people	22,883 people	46,236 people
45–49	17,935 people	17,957 people	35,892 people
40–44	12,959 people	12,990 people	25,949 people
35–39	12,977 people	12,837 people	25,814 people
30–34	22,186 people	20,258 people	42,444 people
25–29	16,286 people	12,902 people	29,188 people
20–24	7,131 people	4,956 people	12,087 people
15–19	9,116 people	6,660 people	15,776 people
10–14	15,625 people	12,417 people	28,042 people
5–9	18,292 people	14,759 people	33,051 people
1–4	13,075 people	11,484 people	24,559 people
0	2,717 people	2,402 people	5,119 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	647 people	1,004 people	1,651 people
80–84	1,778 people	2,131 people	3,909 people
75–79	4,212 people	4,461 people	8,673 people
70–74	7,509 people	7,211 people	14,720 people
65–69	10,058 people	8,976 people	19,034 people
60–64	13,246 people	11,210 people	24,456 people
55–59	19,463 people	17,002 people	36,465 people
50–54	21,031 people	18,584 people	39,615 people
45–49	27,319 people	25,123 people	52,442 people
40–44	27,553 people	26,190 people	53,743 people
35–39	22,097 people	21,435 people	43,532 people
30–34	16,596 people	16,299 people	32,895 people
25–29	16,868 people	17,334 people	34,202 people
20–24	27,364 people	26,643 people	54,007 people
15–19	27,966 people	19,941 people	47,907 people
10–14	14,781 people	9,690 people	24,471 people
5–9	13,706 people	9,806 people	23,512 people
1–4	13,274 people	10,104 people	23,378 people
0	3,529 people	2,509 people	6,038 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	194 people	413 people	607 people
80–84	801 people	1,194 people	1,995 people
75–79	2,619 people	3,085 people	5,704 people
70–74	4,879 people	5,107 people	9,986 people
65–69	7,815 people	7,221 people	15,036 people
60–64	10,600 people	9,443 people	20,043 people
55–59	11,774 people	10,435 people	22,209 people
50–54	13,991 people	11,910 people	25,901 people
45–49	20,020 people	17,808 people	37,828 people
40–44	21,451 people	19,119 people	40,570 people
35–39	28,903 people	26,194 people	55,097 people
30–34	29,894 people	27,713 people	57,607 people
25–29	21,884 people	20,908 people	42,792 people
20–24	15,629 people	14,720 people	30,349 people
15–19	21,642 people	18,509 people	40,151 people
10–14	41,644 people	35,294 people	76,938 people
5–9	28,413 people	20,600 people	49,013 people
1–4	11,408 people	7,196 people	18,604 people
0	2,335 people	1,431 people	3,766 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.96%

544,409 people

Tujia0.01%

49 people

Miao0.01%

42 people

Zhuang0.01%

39 people

Yi0.00%

23 people

Hui0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Bouyei0.00%

11 people

Yao0.00%

10 people

Tu0.00%

7 people

Manchu0.00%

6 people

Li0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

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