Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	263,182 people	257,423 people	260,194 people
Urbanization rate	19.4%	42.0%	52.9%
Urban population	51,107 people	108,217 people	137,738 people
Male	138,081 people	131,323 people	133,597 people
Female	125,101 people	126,100 people	126,597 people
Households	67,156	71,260	79,531
Average household size	3.89	3.54	3.14

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+	1,070 people	1,560 people	2,630 people
80–84	2,019 people	2,110 people	4,129 people
75–79	2,868 people	2,998 people	5,866 people
70–74	5,319 people	4,965 people	10,284 people
65–69	7,925 people	7,406 people	15,331 people
60–64	7,916 people	7,759 people	15,675 people
55–59	9,567 people	9,005 people	18,572 people
50–54	11,507 people	10,808 people	22,315 people
45–49	11,507 people	10,786 people	22,293 people
40–44	10,563 people	9,745 people	20,308 people
35–39	8,651 people	8,620 people	17,271 people
30–34	8,859 people	8,841 people	17,700 people
25–29	5,379 people	5,382 people	10,761 people
20–24	4,061 people	3,962 people	8,023 people
15–19	6,186 people	5,419 people	11,605 people
10–14	12,393 people	11,189 people	23,582 people
5–9	9,961 people	9,104 people	19,065 people
1–4	6,549 people	5,886 people	12,435 people
0	1,297 people	1,052 people	2,349 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	701 people	1,078 people	1,779 people
80–84	1,229 people	1,492 people	2,721 people
75–79	2,036 people	2,167 people	4,203 people
70–74	3,582 people	3,190 people	6,772 people
65–69	4,043 people	3,733 people	7,776 people
60–64	6,453 people	5,664 people	12,117 people
55–59	9,022 people	8,007 people	17,029 people
50–54	8,833 people	8,525 people	17,358 people
45–49	9,938 people	9,479 people	19,417 people
40–44	11,673 people	11,074 people	22,747 people
35–39	11,572 people	10,913 people	22,485 people
30–34	10,310 people	9,976 people	20,286 people
25–29	8,245 people	9,112 people	17,357 people
20–24	7,442 people	8,532 people	15,974 people
15–19	6,948 people	6,555 people	13,503 people
10–14	7,333 people	6,771 people	14,104 people
5–9	9,175 people	8,552 people	17,727 people
1–4	10,909 people	9,514 people	20,423 people
0	1,879 people	1,766 people	3,645 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	388 people	690 people	1,078 people
80–84	918 people	1,173 people	2,091 people
75–79	1,916 people	2,029 people	3,945 people
70–74	2,723 people	2,782 people	5,505 people
65–69	3,279 people	3,032 people	6,311 people
60–64	4,803 people	3,853 people	8,656 people
55–59	4,684 people	4,131 people	8,815 people
50–54	7,272 people	6,140 people	13,412 people
45–49	9,758 people	8,664 people	18,422 people
40–44	9,803 people	9,201 people	19,004 people
35–39	10,997 people	10,080 people	21,077 people
30–34	12,902 people	12,031 people	24,933 people
25–29	13,092 people	11,656 people	24,748 people
20–24	12,292 people	10,976 people	23,268 people
15–19	12,219 people	9,812 people	22,031 people
10–14	14,599 people	13,665 people	28,264 people
5–9	8,751 people	8,272 people	17,023 people
1–4	5,798 people	5,174 people	10,972 people
0	1,887 people	1,740 people	3,627 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.66%

259,321 people

She0.07%

188 people

Miao0.06%

149 people

Tujia0.05%

133 people

Zhuang0.04%

109 people

Dong0.02%

53 people

Yi0.02%

48 people

Yao0.02%

41 people

Bouyei0.01%

36 people

Hui0.01%

20 people

Mongol0.01%

19 people

Li0.01%

13 people

Manchu0.00%

11 people

Tibetan0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Bai0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

Mulao0.00%

4 people

Other groups0.00%

4 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

1 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