Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	631,853 people	534,329 people	572,362 people
Urbanization rate	28.5%	47.7%	61.0%
Urban population	179,814 people	255,045 people	348,987 people
Male	326,307 people	268,924 people	290,520 people
Female	305,546 people	265,405 people	281,842 people
Households	175,870	177,229	208,082
Average household size	3.52	2.93	2.64

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+	2,100 people	1,837 people	3,937 people
80–84	10,397 people	9,739 people	20,136 people
75–79	15,354 people	14,452 people	29,806 people
70–74	20,489 people	19,394 people	39,883 people
65–69	13,307 people	11,950 people	25,257 people
60–64	13,047 people	11,936 people	24,983 people
55–59	15,922 people	14,548 people	30,470 people
50–54	16,073 people	15,502 people	31,575 people
45–49	11,679 people	11,732 people	23,411 people
40–44	12,961 people	13,109 people	26,070 people
35–39	38,284 people	36,466 people	74,750 people
30–34	31,560 people	30,521 people	62,081 people
25–29	22,555 people	22,149 people	44,704 people
20–24	12,595 people	11,779 people	24,374 people
15–19	20,621 people	20,863 people	41,484 people
10–14	14,752 people	15,161 people	29,913 people
5–9	10,817 people	10,964 people	21,781 people
1–4	5,016 people	5,739 people	10,755 people
0	2,991 people	4,001 people	6,992 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,222 people	2,998 people	6,220 people
80–84	15,321 people	14,348 people	29,669 people
75–79	14,646 people	13,632 people	28,278 people
70–74	18,373 people	17,417 people	35,790 people
65–69	17,159 people	17,947 people	35,106 people
60–64	12,343 people	12,875 people	25,218 people
55–59	9,844 people	10,352 people	20,196 people
50–54	11,079 people	11,776 people	22,855 people
45–49	32,969 people	32,189 people	65,158 people
40–44	27,792 people	26,866 people	54,658 people
35–39	20,704 people	20,850 people	41,554 people
30–34	12,649 people	12,290 people	24,939 people
25–29	22,172 people	22,153 people	44,325 people
20–24	17,527 people	16,719 people	34,246 people
15–19	14,680 people	13,472 people	28,152 people
10–14	8,695 people	8,432 people	17,127 people
5–9	5,558 people	5,593 people	11,151 people
1–4	2,941 people	3,532 people	6,473 people
0	1,250 people	1,964 people	3,214 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,798 people	2,560 people	5,358 people
80–84	17,796 people	16,420 people	34,216 people
75–79	22,854 people	21,266 people	44,120 people
70–74	22,630 people	21,633 people	44,263 people
65–69	13,967 people	13,378 people	27,345 people
60–64	15,240 people	15,656 people	30,896 people
55–59	47,571 people	43,431 people	91,002 people
50–54	39,897 people	36,390 people	76,287 people
45–49	28,540 people	26,783 people	55,323 people
40–44	15,790 people	14,055 people	29,845 people
35–39	26,226 people	24,944 people	51,170 people
30–34	20,502 people	18,816 people	39,318 people
25–29	18,005 people	15,647 people	33,652 people
20–24	12,365 people	11,035 people	23,400 people
15–19	9,327 people	8,635 people	17,962 people
10–14	6,744 people	6,944 people	13,688 people
5–9	3,654 people	4,201 people	7,855 people
1–4	1,641 people	2,361 people	4,002 people
0	760 people	1,391 people	2,151 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.64%

532,406 people

Manchu0.12%

660 people

Korean0.12%

636 people

Maonan0.06%

308 people

Tujia0.01%

64 people

Tibetan0.01%

41 people

Hui0.01%

40 people

Mulao0.01%

40 people

Yi0.00%

23 people

Li0.00%

23 people

Bouyei0.00%

16 people

Miao0.00%

13 people

Dong0.00%

13 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Zhuang0.00%

10 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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