Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	573,303 people	533,661 people	455,690 people
Urbanization rate	23.0%	33.7%	46.4%
Urban population	131,546 people	180,047 people	211,310 people
Male	298,533 people	273,122 people	233,711 people
Female	274,770 people	260,539 people	221,979 people
Households	153,665	149,607	164,372
Average household size	3.63	0.15	2.67

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+	1,892 people	1,725 people	3,617 people
80–84	10,180 people	9,337 people	19,517 people
75–79	13,568 people	12,716 people	26,284 people
70–74	12,492 people	11,806 people	24,298 people
65–69	6,222 people	5,893 people	12,115 people
60–64	4,904 people	4,686 people	9,590 people
55–59	12,964 people	12,776 people	25,740 people
50–54	19,156 people	18,720 people	37,876 people
45–49	14,959 people	13,673 people	28,632 people
40–44	15,141 people	13,545 people	28,686 people
35–39	17,815 people	17,045 people	34,860 people
30–34	24,134 people	24,153 people	48,287 people
25–29	24,831 people	23,663 people	48,494 people
20–24	16,847 people	14,481 people	31,328 people
15–19	17,060 people	14,687 people	31,747 people
10–14	10,563 people	10,113 people	20,676 people
5–9	5,748 people	6,191 people	11,939 people
1–4	3,003 people	3,404 people	6,407 people
0	2,232 people	3,365 people	5,597 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,091 people	2,805 people	5,896 people
80–84	10,782 people	10,162 people	20,944 people
75–79	10,205 people	9,920 people	20,125 people
70–74	9,342 people	9,051 people	18,393 people
65–69	20,230 people	20,507 people	40,737 people
60–64	22,546 people	24,168 people	46,714 people
55–59	18,583 people	18,389 people	36,972 people
50–54	18,711 people	16,695 people	35,406 people
45–49	21,261 people	20,071 people	41,332 people
40–44	28,458 people	27,386 people	55,844 people
35–39	29,276 people	27,323 people	56,599 people
30–34	20,147 people	17,361 people	37,508 people
25–29	20,989 people	17,619 people	38,608 people
20–24	14,197 people	12,570 people	26,767 people
15–19	9,070 people	8,710 people	17,780 people
10–14	6,659 people	6,272 people	12,931 people
5–9	5,626 people	6,368 people	11,994 people
1–4	2,822 people	3,349 people	6,171 people
0	1,127 people	1,813 people	2,940 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,008 people	1,847 people	3,855 people
80–84	7,017 people	6,668 people	13,685 people
75–79	21,653 people	21,327 people	42,980 people
70–74	33,771 people	32,859 people	66,630 people
65–69	24,932 people	23,701 people	48,633 people
60–64	21,747 people	19,173 people	40,920 people
55–59	24,163 people	21,565 people	45,728 people
50–54	31,127 people	28,810 people	59,937 people
45–49	30,817 people	27,829 people	58,646 people
40–44	21,335 people	17,497 people	38,832 people
35–39	22,353 people	18,275 people	40,628 people
30–34	15,139 people	13,130 people	28,269 people
25–29	10,579 people	9,704 people	20,283 people
20–24	8,983 people	7,894 people	16,877 people
15–19	9,783 people	9,264 people	19,047 people
10–14	6,949 people	6,986 people	13,935 people
5–9	4,130 people	4,814 people	8,944 people
1–4	1,592 people	2,389 people	3,981 people
0	455 people	1,038 people	1,493 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.93%

533,304 people

Hui0.04%

222 people

Korean0.01%

35 people

Tujia0.01%

33 people

Manchu0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Dong0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Zhuang0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

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