Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	429,514 people	450,654 people	425,627 people
Urbanization rate	5.7%	12.0%	27.1%
Urban population	24,454 people	54,199 people	115,495 people
Male	224,040 people	230,887 people	214,180 people
Female	205,474 people	219,767 people	211,447 people
Households	97,683	106,866	131,442
Average household size	4.37	4.17	3.20

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+	479 people	991 people	1,470 people
80–84	1,425 people	2,444 people	3,869 people
75–79	3,117 people	4,271 people	7,388 people
70–74	5,836 people	7,164 people	13,000 people
65–69	8,494 people	8,748 people	17,242 people
60–64	8,656 people	8,064 people	16,720 people
55–59	15,051 people	14,193 people	29,244 people
50–54	21,329 people	20,693 people	42,022 people
45–49	20,436 people	19,546 people	39,982 people
40–44	13,564 people	12,613 people	26,177 people
35–39	12,840 people	12,182 people	25,022 people
30–34	14,692 people	14,801 people	29,493 people
25–29	13,985 people	14,834 people	28,819 people
20–24	10,163 people	9,976 people	20,139 people
15–19	12,510 people	12,350 people	24,860 people
10–14	17,625 people	16,645 people	34,270 people
5–9	18,261 people	17,169 people	35,430 people
1–4	13,365 people	12,627 people	25,992 people
0	2,352 people	2,136 people	4,488 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	262 people	436 people	698 people
80–84	652 people	1,080 people	1,732 people
75–79	2,142 people	2,848 people	4,990 people
70–74	4,487 people	5,286 people	9,773 people
65–69	6,089 people	6,595 people	12,684 people
60–64	9,117 people	9,116 people	18,233 people
55–59	10,714 people	10,024 people	20,738 people
50–54	10,570 people	9,236 people	19,806 people
45–49	17,824 people	15,765 people	33,589 people
40–44	24,844 people	22,400 people	47,244 people
35–39	23,110 people	21,566 people	44,676 people
30–34	16,439 people	15,558 people	31,997 people
25–29	15,933 people	15,490 people	31,423 people
20–24	17,355 people	18,412 people	35,767 people
15–19	20,199 people	19,464 people	39,663 people
10–14	17,487 people	15,997 people	33,484 people
5–9	16,699 people	15,521 people	32,220 people
1–4	13,708 people	12,137 people	25,845 people
0	3,256 people	2,836 people	6,092 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	117 people	155 people	272 people
80–84	390 people	682 people	1,072 people
75–79	1,254 people	1,743 people	2,997 people
70–74	2,385 people	3,049 people	5,434 people
65–69	4,683 people	5,196 people	9,879 people
60–64	7,222 people	7,533 people	14,755 people
55–59	8,081 people	7,874 people	15,955 people
50–54	10,967 people	10,564 people	21,531 people
45–49	12,010 people	11,004 people	23,014 people
40–44	11,411 people	9,643 people	21,054 people
35–39	19,874 people	17,054 people	36,928 people
30–34	28,129 people	24,633 people	52,762 people
25–29	25,144 people	22,580 people	47,724 people
20–24	15,621 people	14,498 people	30,119 people
15–19	16,910 people	14,041 people	30,951 people
10–14	21,785 people	20,080 people	41,865 people
5–9	22,393 people	20,735 people	43,128 people
1–4	12,667 people	11,581 people	24,248 people
0	2,997 people	2,829 people	5,826 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han96.80%

436,250 people

Hui2.92%

13,170 people

Tibetan0.26%

1,171 people

Kazakh0.00%

17 people

Dongxiang0.00%

13 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Manchu0.00%

3 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

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