Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	256,214 people	256,484 people	254,632 people
Urbanization rate	15.3%	20.3%	42.9%
Urban population	39,073 people	52,131 people	109,285 people
Male	132,771 people	130,403 people	130,305 people
Female	123,443 people	126,081 people	124,327 people
Households	75,121	76,266	83,261
Average household size	3.36	3.28	2.88

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+	1,395 people	1,888 people	3,283 people
80–84	2,197 people	2,423 people	4,620 people
75–79	4,277 people	4,343 people	8,620 people
70–74	5,167 people	5,431 people	10,598 people
65–69	8,714 people	9,030 people	17,744 people
60–64	6,320 people	5,603 people	11,923 people
55–59	11,551 people	10,196 people	21,747 people
50–54	16,007 people	14,907 people	30,914 people
45–49	15,361 people	14,331 people	29,692 people
40–44	6,980 people	6,275 people	13,255 people
35–39	7,125 people	6,465 people	13,590 people
30–34	7,839 people	7,622 people	15,461 people
25–29	6,740 people	6,677 people	13,417 people
20–24	5,077 people	4,861 people	9,938 people
15–19	5,573 people	5,332 people	10,905 people
10–14	6,966 people	6,762 people	13,728 people
5–9	6,852 people	6,466 people	13,318 people
1–4	5,226 people	4,885 people	10,111 people
0	938 people	830 people	1,768 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	715 people	1,097 people	1,812 people
80–84	1,611 people	1,943 people	3,554 people
75–79	2,667 people	2,775 people	5,442 people
70–74	3,686 people	3,580 people	7,266 people
65–69	5,637 people	5,373 people	11,010 people
60–64	6,067 people	6,118 people	12,185 people
55–59	9,547 people	9,758 people	19,305 people
50–54	6,740 people	6,026 people	12,766 people
45–49	12,029 people	10,675 people	22,704 people
40–44	16,625 people	15,040 people	31,665 people
35–39	15,592 people	14,450 people	30,042 people
30–34	7,012 people	6,688 people	13,700 people
25–29	7,259 people	7,259 people	14,518 people
20–24	7,171 people	8,155 people	15,326 people
15–19	8,436 people	8,451 people	16,887 people
10–14	6,558 people	6,402 people	12,960 people
5–9	5,853 people	5,506 people	11,359 people
1–4	5,836 people	5,490 people	11,326 people
0	1,362 people	1,295 people	2,657 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	371 people	703 people	1,074 people
80–84	850 people	1,184 people	2,034 people
75–79	1,871 people	2,099 people	3,970 people
70–74	3,332 people	3,308 people	6,640 people
65–69	4,051 people	3,768 people	7,819 people
60–64	4,773 people	4,310 people	9,083 people
55–59	6,569 people	5,857 people	12,426 people
50–54	6,648 people	6,506 people	13,154 people
45–49	10,199 people	10,129 people	20,328 people
40–44	7,133 people	6,208 people	13,341 people
35–39	12,789 people	10,955 people	23,744 people
30–34	17,893 people	15,563 people	33,456 people
25–29	16,807 people	15,075 people	31,882 people
20–24	6,957 people	7,006 people	13,963 people
15–19	8,000 people	7,344 people	15,344 people
10–14	9,317 people	8,988 people	18,305 people
5–9	8,590 people	8,048 people	16,638 people
1–4	5,524 people	5,344 people	10,868 people
0	1,097 people	1,048 people	2,145 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.33%

254,777 people

Tibetan0.48%

1,237 people

Yi0.09%

241 people

Miao0.02%

38 people

Hui0.01%

31 people

Qiang0.01%

27 people

Tujia0.01%

16 people

Mongol0.01%

16 people

Lisu0.01%

14 people

Zhuang0.01%

13 people

Manchu0.01%

12 people

Kazakh0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Wa0.00%

6 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Li0.00%

4 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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