Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	593,720 people	606,992 people	467,609 people
Urbanization rate	9.1%	19.1%	38.0%
Urban population	54,128 people	115,831 people	177,443 people
Male	309,645 people	309,836 people	238,654 people
Female	284,075 people	297,156 people	228,955 people
Households	160,498	175,037	180,325
Average household size	3.64	3.37	2.49

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+	1,860 people	2,246 people	4,106 people
80–84	4,524 people	4,775 people	9,299 people
75–79	9,548 people	9,886 people	19,434 people
70–74	13,316 people	12,664 people	25,980 people
65–69	15,037 people	15,397 people	30,434 people
60–64	11,844 people	11,473 people	23,317 people
55–59	15,518 people	15,612 people	31,130 people
50–54	21,291 people	21,743 people	43,034 people
45–49	23,120 people	22,935 people	46,055 people
40–44	12,828 people	12,871 people	25,699 people
35–39	8,456 people	8,144 people	16,600 people
30–34	14,192 people	13,182 people	27,374 people
25–29	14,560 people	13,353 people	27,913 people
20–24	15,278 people	13,047 people	28,325 people
15–19	15,911 people	13,700 people	29,611 people
10–14	15,711 people	14,086 people	29,797 people
5–9	13,988 people	13,161 people	27,149 people
1–4	9,715 people	8,919 people	18,634 people
0	1,957 people	1,761 people	3,718 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,110 people	1,449 people	2,559 people
80–84	2,521 people	2,616 people	5,137 people
75–79	3,648 people	3,508 people	7,156 people
70–74	8,241 people	7,635 people	15,876 people
65–69	13,807 people	13,389 people	27,196 people
60–64	17,031 people	16,011 people	33,042 people
55–59	18,075 people	18,354 people	36,429 people
50–54	14,623 people	14,337 people	28,960 people
45–49	19,096 people	19,105 people	38,201 people
40–44	26,879 people	27,331 people	54,210 people
35–39	30,705 people	30,936 people	61,641 people
30–34	18,022 people	18,963 people	36,985 people
25–29	12,513 people	12,847 people	25,360 people
20–24	21,352 people	21,301 people	42,653 people
15–19	29,446 people	26,043 people	55,489 people
10–14	33,763 people	29,118 people	62,881 people
5–9	22,300 people	19,520 people	41,820 people
1–4	13,547 people	12,030 people	25,577 people
0	3,157 people	2,663 people	5,820 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	595 people	813 people	1,408 people
80–84	1,595 people	1,877 people	3,472 people
75–79	3,180 people	3,042 people	6,222 people
70–74	5,670 people	5,150 people	10,820 people
65–69	5,958 people	5,005 people	10,963 people
60–64	11,162 people	9,798 people	20,960 people
55–59	15,858 people	14,741 people	30,599 people
50–54	18,637 people	17,038 people	35,675 people
45–49	19,521 people	19,333 people	38,854 people
40–44	16,058 people	15,215 people	31,273 people
35–39	21,926 people	21,290 people	43,216 people
30–34	30,642 people	30,386 people	61,028 people
25–29	33,282 people	33,108 people	66,390 people
20–24	19,124 people	18,921 people	38,045 people
15–19	14,798 people	12,464 people	27,262 people
10–14	31,078 people	25,807 people	56,885 people
5–9	29,726 people	24,813 people	54,539 people
1–4	25,934 people	21,237 people	47,171 people
0	4,901 people	4,037 people	8,938 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.99%

606,925 people

Hui0.01%

34 people

Manchu0.00%

9 people

Tujia0.00%

8 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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