Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	530,470 people	505,779 people	370,238 people
Urbanization rate	40.1%	45.1%	44.2%
Urban population	212,513 people	228,004 people	163,592 people
Male	273,219 people	257,882 people	186,362 people
Female	257,251 people	247,897 people	183,876 people
Households	151,541	173,045	152,612
Average household size	3.47	2.88	2.35

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+	780 people	752 people	1,532 people
80–84	4,457 people	4,139 people	8,596 people
75–79	8,333 people	7,562 people	15,895 people
70–74	9,762 people	9,081 people	18,843 people
65–69	6,720 people	6,024 people	12,744 people
60–64	4,510 people	4,308 people	8,818 people
55–59	7,833 people	7,890 people	15,723 people
50–54	13,187 people	13,192 people	26,379 people
45–49	12,805 people	12,381 people	25,186 people
40–44	14,749 people	14,322 people	29,071 people
35–39	17,865 people	17,360 people	35,225 people
30–34	21,196 people	20,441 people	41,637 people
25–29	18,691 people	18,514 people	37,205 people
20–24	14,654 people	14,506 people	29,160 people
15–19	14,058 people	14,636 people	28,694 people
10–14	8,849 people	9,426 people	18,275 people
5–9	4,178 people	4,860 people	9,038 people
1–4	2,351 people	2,670 people	5,021 people
0	1,384 people	1,812 people	3,196 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,874 people	1,726 people	3,600 people
80–84	9,158 people	8,435 people	17,593 people
75–79	10,901 people	10,032 people	20,933 people
70–74	10,660 people	9,941 people	20,601 people
65–69	15,749 people	15,215 people	30,964 people
60–64	18,083 people	18,111 people	36,194 people
55–59	17,939 people	17,314 people	35,253 people
50–54	20,237 people	19,356 people	39,593 people
45–49	23,909 people	22,688 people	46,597 people
40–44	28,102 people	26,363 people	54,465 people
35–39	25,312 people	24,407 people	49,719 people
30–34	20,724 people	19,660 people	40,384 people
25–29	20,402 people	19,890 people	40,292 people
20–24	13,894 people	13,655 people	27,549 people
15–19	7,878 people	7,981 people	15,859 people
10–14	5,877 people	5,742 people	11,619 people
5–9	3,666 people	3,794 people	7,460 people
1–4	2,249 people	2,329 people	4,578 people
0	1,268 people	1,258 people	2,526 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,803 people	2,583 people	5,386 people
80–84	7,873 people	7,198 people	15,071 people
75–79	16,822 people	16,222 people	33,044 people
70–74	27,012 people	25,711 people	52,723 people
65–69	21,732 people	20,508 people	42,240 people
60–64	20,460 people	20,062 people	40,522 people
55–59	24,274 people	23,153 people	47,427 people
50–54	29,677 people	27,500 people	57,177 people
45–49	26,896 people	25,312 people	52,208 people
40–44	22,460 people	20,645 people	43,105 people
35–39	22,801 people	21,152 people	43,953 people
30–34	15,964 people	15,114 people	31,078 people
25–29	9,572 people	9,422 people	18,994 people
20–24	8,467 people	7,704 people	16,171 people
15–19	6,292 people	6,029 people	12,321 people
10–14	5,194 people	4,685 people	9,879 people
5–9	3,069 people	2,659 people	5,728 people
1–4	1,321 people	1,101 people	2,422 people
0	530 people	491 people	1,021 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han93.13%

471,051 people

Mongol4.16%

21,031 people

Dong2.38%

12,060 people

Hui0.21%

1,060 people

Zhuang0.09%

443 people

Tajik0.01%

40 people

Tujia0.00%

20 people

Korean0.00%

19 people

Manchu0.00%

12 people

Yi0.00%

12 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Bonan0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Nanai0.00%

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