Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	738,259 people	702,562 people	684,121 people
Urbanization rate	13.3%	33.0%	48.0%
Urban population	98,102 people	232,023 people	328,055 people
Male	396,100 people	374,262 people	362,876 people
Female	342,159 people	328,300 people	321,245 people
Households	195,051	184,842	221,114
Average household size	3.77	3.73	2.93

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+	2,900 people	4,531 people	7,431 people
80–84	4,881 people	6,066 people	10,947 people
75–79	8,541 people	8,903 people	17,444 people
70–74	12,882 people	11,978 people	24,860 people
65–69	19,119 people	18,069 people	37,188 people
60–64	18,728 people	16,988 people	35,716 people
55–59	22,824 people	22,987 people	45,811 people
50–54	27,704 people	27,583 people	55,287 people
45–49	24,590 people	24,173 people	48,763 people
40–44	19,980 people	19,086 people	39,066 people
35–39	23,390 people	22,004 people	45,394 people
30–34	23,446 people	22,700 people	46,146 people
25–29	18,365 people	14,246 people	32,611 people
20–24	14,584 people	10,693 people	25,277 people
15–19	29,144 people	19,139 people	48,283 people
10–14	37,717 people	29,096 people	66,813 people
5–9	31,943 people	24,997 people	56,940 people
1–4	18,790 people	15,286 people	34,076 people
0	3,348 people	2,720 people	6,068 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,262 people	2,221 people	3,483 people
80–84	2,820 people	3,711 people	6,531 people
75–79	5,778 people	6,745 people	12,523 people
70–74	9,249 people	9,237 people	18,486 people
65–69	12,220 people	11,100 people	23,320 people
60–64	16,080 people	13,878 people	29,958 people
55–59	21,435 people	19,430 people	40,865 people
50–54	20,019 people	17,887 people	37,906 people
45–49	24,285 people	23,466 people	47,751 people
40–44	30,571 people	29,214 people	59,785 people
35–39	28,682 people	27,541 people	56,223 people
30–34	23,787 people	23,327 people	47,114 people
25–29	28,897 people	28,849 people	57,746 people
20–24	28,463 people	28,983 people	57,446 people
15–19	29,521 people	21,752 people	51,273 people
10–14	24,861 people	17,185 people	42,046 people
5–9	36,301 people	23,778 people	60,079 people
1–4	25,400 people	16,974 people	42,374 people
0	4,631 people	3,022 people	7,653 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	620 people	1,193 people	1,813 people
80–84	1,470 people	2,136 people	3,606 people
75–79	3,639 people	4,378 people	8,017 people
70–74	6,683 people	7,110 people	13,793 people
65–69	10,016 people	10,106 people	20,122 people
60–64	13,401 people	11,847 people	25,248 people
55–59	15,389 people	13,306 people	28,695 people
50–54	19,209 people	15,940 people	35,149 people
45–49	25,978 people	22,308 people	48,286 people
40–44	25,349 people	21,447 people	46,796 people
35–39	31,933 people	29,597 people	61,530 people
30–34	38,729 people	35,999 people	74,728 people
25–29	35,836 people	31,705 people	67,541 people
20–24	29,446 people	26,059 people	55,505 people
15–19	40,407 people	34,364 people	74,771 people
10–14	43,552 people	39,513 people	83,065 people
5–9	32,429 people	21,559 people	53,988 people
1–4	17,722 people	11,147 people	28,869 people
0	4,292 people	2,445 people	6,737 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.94%

688,067 people

Yao1.99%

14,005 people

Zhuang0.02%

127 people

Miao0.01%

63 people

Tujia0.01%

50 people

Dong0.01%

38 people

Bouyei0.01%

38 people

Bai0.01%

37 people

She0.00%

21 people

Yi0.00%

20 people

Manchu0.00%

16 people

Mongol0.00%

16 people

Sui0.00%

15 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Hui0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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