Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	35,778 people	51,245 people	58,117 people
Urbanization rate	36.0%	47.0%	56.8%
Urban population	12,869 people	24,098 people	33,004 people
Male	18,494 people	27,439 people	31,144 people
Female	17,284 people	23,806 people	26,973 people
Households	8,830	15,205	19,786
Average household size	3.82	3.14	2.42

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+	332 people	304 people	636 people
80–84	1,791 people	1,641 people	3,432 people
75–79	2,550 people	2,374 people	4,924 people
70–74	2,313 people	2,162 people	4,475 people
65–69	2,646 people	2,740 people	5,386 people
60–64	2,655 people	2,138 people	4,793 people
55–59	3,149 people	2,646 people	5,795 people
50–54	2,998 people	2,388 people	5,386 people
45–49	2,503 people	2,103 people	4,606 people
40–44	2,590 people	2,114 people	4,704 people
35–39	2,648 people	2,031 people	4,679 people
30–34	2,147 people	1,504 people	3,651 people
25–29	1,243 people	935 people	2,178 people
20–24	463 people	412 people	875 people
15–19	423 people	454 people	877 people
10–14	313 people	382 people	695 people
5–9	217 people	267 people	484 people
1–4	107 people	203 people	310 people
0	56 people	175 people	231 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	382 people	353 people	735 people
80–84	1,819 people	1,668 people	3,487 people
75–79	2,308 people	2,240 people	4,548 people
70–74	2,401 people	2,228 people	4,629 people
65–69	2,641 people	2,270 people	4,911 people
60–64	2,833 people	2,074 people	4,907 people
55–59	2,594 people	2,324 people	4,918 people
50–54	2,731 people	2,419 people	5,150 people
45–49	2,816 people	2,311 people	5,127 people
40–44	2,429 people	1,871 people	4,300 people
35–39	1,669 people	1,255 people	2,924 people
30–34	768 people	602 people	1,370 people
25–29	662 people	539 people	1,201 people
20–24	492 people	472 people	964 people
15–19	370 people	375 people	745 people
10–14	259 people	321 people	580 people
5–9	149 people	235 people	384 people
1–4	76 people	155 people	231 people
0	40 people	94 people	134 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	372 people	314 people	686 people
80–84	1,543 people	1,507 people	3,050 people
75–79	1,951 people	1,928 people	3,879 people
70–74	1,634 people	1,604 people	3,238 people
65–69	1,748 people	1,777 people	3,525 people
60–64	2,036 people	1,852 people	3,888 people
55–59	2,165 people	1,999 people	4,164 people
50–54	2,007 people	1,771 people	3,778 people
45–49	1,570 people	1,264 people	2,834 people
40–44	746 people	605 people	1,351 people
35–39	840 people	653 people	1,493 people
30–34	605 people	478 people	1,083 people
25–29	417 people	376 people	793 people
20–24	337 people	343 people	680 people
15–19	236 people	331 people	567 people
10–14	150 people	208 people	358 people
5–9	92 people	137 people	229 people
1–4	29 people	101 people	130 people
0	16 people	36 people	52 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Miao82.65%

48,036 people

Han13.84%

8,044 people

Hui2.39%

1,388 people

Mulao0.32%

183 people

Salar0.21%

119 people

Sui0.18%

102 people

Korean0.12%

70 people

Zhuang0.09%

53 people

Bai0.07%

39 people

Yugur0.05%

31 people

Yi0.04%

23 people

Dong0.02%

10 people

Manchu0.01%

7 people

Jingpo0.01%

5 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Dongxiang0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

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