Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	542,916 people	553,268 people	556,102 people
Urbanization rate	31.4%	40.8%	57.9%
Urban population	170,490 people	225,736 people	322,014 people
Male	281,809 people	283,444 people	284,268 people
Female	261,107 people	269,824 people	271,834 people
Households	131,752	144,344	173,227
Average household size	4.01	3.47	2.96

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+	2,032 people	2,285 people	4,317 people
80–84	3,643 people	3,796 people	7,439 people
75–79	5,950 people	6,358 people	12,308 people
70–74	9,318 people	9,381 people	18,699 people
65–69	13,984 people	13,538 people	27,522 people
60–64	13,507 people	12,553 people	26,060 people
55–59	20,817 people	20,370 people	41,187 people
50–54	27,313 people	26,203 people	53,516 people
45–49	26,078 people	24,422 people	50,500 people
40–44	17,572 people	16,095 people	33,667 people
35–39	18,118 people	18,057 people	36,175 people
30–34	21,780 people	22,256 people	44,036 people
25–29	19,636 people	19,194 people	38,830 people
20–24	14,227 people	12,760 people	26,987 people
15–19	16,467 people	14,035 people	30,502 people
10–14	17,939 people	17,002 people	34,941 people
5–9	18,420 people	17,168 people	35,588 people
1–4	14,507 people	13,663 people	28,170 people
0	2,960 people	2,698 people	5,658 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	904 people	994 people	1,898 people
80–84	1,970 people	1,740 people	3,710 people
75–79	4,440 people	4,231 people	8,671 people
70–74	6,918 people	6,469 people	13,387 people
65–69	8,766 people	8,516 people	17,282 people
60–64	11,928 people	11,177 people	23,105 people
55–59	16,161 people	15,062 people	31,223 people
50–54	15,199 people	14,087 people	29,286 people
45–49	21,577 people	20,902 people	42,479 people
40–44	28,479 people	26,935 people	55,414 people
35–39	27,645 people	26,428 people	54,073 people
30–34	21,138 people	19,559 people	40,697 people
25–29	19,537 people	21,162 people	40,699 people
20–24	23,769 people	24,734 people	48,503 people
15–19	24,013 people	22,066 people	46,079 people
10–14	19,945 people	17,904 people	37,849 people
5–9	15,797 people	14,418 people	30,215 people
1–4	12,145 people	10,626 people	22,771 people
0	3,113 people	2,814 people	5,927 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	357 people	456 people	813 people
80–84	1,129 people	1,294 people	2,423 people
75–79	2,748 people	2,543 people	5,291 people
70–74	4,477 people	3,796 people	8,273 people
65–69	7,134 people	6,493 people	13,627 people
60–64	9,546 people	8,603 people	18,149 people
55–59	10,245 people	9,836 people	20,081 people
50–54	13,477 people	12,478 people	25,955 people
45–49	17,533 people	16,372 people	33,905 people
40–44	16,136 people	14,711 people	30,847 people
35–39	23,285 people	22,504 people	45,789 people
30–34	29,892 people	28,376 people	58,268 people
25–29	27,209 people	26,052 people	53,261 people
20–24	18,318 people	17,125 people	35,443 people
15–19	25,655 people	23,526 people	49,181 people
10–14	29,842 people	28,199 people	58,041 people
5–9	27,105 people	24,228 people	51,333 people
1–4	14,192 people	11,506 people	25,698 people
0	3,529 people	3,009 people	6,538 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.37%

549,800 people

Hui0.52%

2,860 people

Manchu0.05%

284 people

Tibetan0.01%

80 people

Kazakh0.01%

78 people

Mongol0.01%

29 people

Zhuang0.00%

17 people

Tujia0.00%

14 people

Xibe0.00%

13 people

Li0.00%

12 people

Korean0.00%

11 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Bouyei0.00%

9 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Nu0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Dongxiang0.00%

6 people

Yi0.00%

5 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

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