Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	535,070 people	489,537 people	485,252 people
Urbanization rate	29.7%	37.8%	46.0%
Urban population	158,911 people	184,895 people	223,178 people
Male	272,403 people	245,613 people	244,949 people
Female	262,667 people	243,924 people	240,303 people
Households	163,287	172,692	185,591
Average household size	3.08	2.78	2.57

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+	2,416 people	2,241 people	4,657 people
80–84	14,515 people	12,865 people	27,380 people
75–79	19,532 people	16,288 people	35,820 people
70–74	17,290 people	14,536 people	31,826 people
65–69	9,492 people	8,830 people	18,322 people
60–64	8,727 people	7,940 people	16,667 people
55–59	7,255 people	6,611 people	13,866 people
50–54	20,435 people	18,714 people	39,149 people
45–49	12,850 people	12,733 people	25,583 people
40–44	11,532 people	11,660 people	23,192 people
35–39	18,970 people	19,243 people	38,213 people
30–34	25,660 people	26,053 people	51,713 people
25–29	20,825 people	20,880 people	41,705 people
20–24	15,970 people	16,554 people	32,524 people
15–19	14,940 people	15,819 people	30,759 people
10–14	9,764 people	10,927 people	20,691 people
5–9	7,340 people	8,116 people	15,456 people
1–4	4,737 people	5,913 people	10,650 people
0	2,699 people	4,380 people	7,079 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,272 people	3,411 people	7,683 people
80–84	12,642 people	10,497 people	23,139 people
75–79	13,055 people	11,854 people	24,909 people
70–74	15,818 people	14,242 people	30,060 people
65–69	11,612 people	10,851 people	22,463 people
60–64	19,143 people	18,564 people	37,707 people
55–59	12,955 people	13,384 people	26,339 people
50–54	11,832 people	12,116 people	23,948 people
45–49	19,965 people	19,947 people	39,912 people
40–44	27,292 people	27,736 people	55,028 people
35–39	22,838 people	23,207 people	46,045 people
30–34	18,034 people	18,475 people	36,509 people
25–29	17,163 people	17,573 people	34,736 people
20–24	11,929 people	12,319 people	24,248 people
15–19	10,018 people	9,818 people	19,836 people
10–14	8,364 people	8,566 people	16,930 people
5–9	5,667 people	6,627 people	12,294 people
1–4	1,764 people	2,561 people	4,325 people
0	1,250 people	2,176 people	3,426 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,578 people	3,150 people	6,728 people
80–84	13,522 people	12,072 people	25,594 people
75–79	13,601 people	11,969 people	25,570 people
70–74	34,979 people	31,014 people	65,993 people
65–69	18,872 people	18,469 people	37,341 people
60–64	14,209 people	14,837 people	29,046 people
55–59	23,793 people	22,950 people	46,743 people
50–54	31,578 people	30,441 people	62,019 people
45–49	25,642 people	24,742 people	50,384 people
40–44	20,077 people	19,453 people	39,530 people
35–39	19,153 people	18,882 people	38,035 people
30–34	13,599 people	13,437 people	27,036 people
25–29	11,745 people	10,888 people	22,633 people
20–24	10,864 people	10,191 people	21,055 people
15–19	8,312 people	8,854 people	17,166 people
10–14	3,458 people	4,243 people	7,701 people
5–9	2,835 people	3,566 people	6,401 people
1–4	1,762 people	2,225 people	3,987 people
0	824 people	1,284 people	2,108 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.82%

484,395 people

Hui0.12%

585 people

Dong0.01%

64 people

Manchu0.01%

43 people

Tujia0.01%

24 people

Zhuang0.01%

23 people

Yi0.00%

15 people

Kazakh0.00%

15 people

Bouyei0.00%

14 people

Korean0.00%

13 people

Tibetan0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

10 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Dongxiang0.00%

5 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Russian0.00%

2 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

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