Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	230,196 people	219,356 people	192,476 people
Urbanization rate	5.9%	22.2%	46.7%
Urban population	13,683 people	48,691 people	89,881 people
Male	118,809 people	113,855 people	98,207 people
Female	111,387 people	105,501 people	94,269 people
Households	58,000	59,942	65,930
Average household size	3.84	3.46	2.79

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+	911 people	799 people	1,710 people
80–84	5,305 people	4,633 people	9,938 people
75–79	7,067 people	5,451 people	12,518 people
70–74	8,878 people	6,427 people	15,305 people
65–69	5,937 people	4,620 people	10,557 people
60–64	3,196 people	2,808 people	6,004 people
55–59	3,772 people	3,809 people	7,581 people
50–54	6,060 people	7,204 people	13,264 people
45–49	5,668 people	6,100 people	11,768 people
40–44	5,473 people	5,924 people	11,397 people
35–39	8,242 people	9,382 people	17,624 people
30–34	11,708 people	11,516 people	23,224 people
25–29	8,861 people	8,462 people	17,323 people
20–24	5,533 people	4,476 people	10,009 people
15–19	5,307 people	5,262 people	10,569 people
10–14	3,486 people	3,805 people	7,291 people
5–9	1,931 people	2,304 people	4,235 people
1–4	679 people	985 people	1,664 people
0	193 people	302 people	495 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,560 people	1,013 people	2,573 people
80–84	7,054 people	4,904 people	11,958 people
75–79	7,687 people	5,874 people	13,561 people
70–74	8,481 people	6,575 people	15,056 people
65–69	8,646 people	7,293 people	15,939 people
60–64	6,446 people	8,115 people	14,561 people
55–59	6,787 people	6,646 people	13,433 people
50–54	6,608 people	6,502 people	13,110 people
45–49	10,113 people	10,592 people	20,705 people
40–44	14,250 people	13,578 people	27,828 people
35–39	10,766 people	10,079 people	20,845 people
30–34	6,796 people	5,335 people	12,131 people
25–29	6,622 people	6,116 people	12,738 people
20–24	5,100 people	5,099 people	10,199 people
15–19	3,644 people	3,738 people	7,382 people
10–14	2,013 people	2,357 people	4,370 people
5–9	943 people	1,212 people	2,155 people
1–4	267 people	360 people	627 people
0	72 people	113 people	185 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,655 people	1,061 people	2,716 people
80–84	6,523 people	4,774 people	11,297 people
75–79	9,379 people	8,039 people	17,418 people
70–74	14,181 people	13,636 people	27,817 people
65–69	9,079 people	9,205 people	18,284 people
60–64	7,497 people	7,999 people	15,496 people
55–59	11,050 people	11,457 people	22,507 people
50–54	14,406 people	14,041 people	28,447 people
45–49	11,356 people	10,262 people	21,618 people
40–44	6,776 people	5,541 people	12,317 people
35–39	7,512 people	6,626 people	14,138 people
30–34	6,265 people	5,699 people	11,964 people
25–29	4,792 people	4,495 people	9,287 people
20–24	3,712 people	3,682 people	7,394 people
15–19	2,392 people	2,612 people	5,004 people
10–14	1,283 people	1,315 people	2,598 people
5–9	652 people	677 people	1,329 people
1–4	244 people	218 people	462 people
0	55 people	48 people	103 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.76%

218,832 people

Hui0.11%

241 people

Miao0.09%

187 people

Mulao0.02%

37 people

Zhuang0.01%

19 people

Uzbek0.01%

16 people

Dong0.00%

7 people

Manchu0.00%

6 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

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