Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	757,844 people	741,230 people	629,664 people
Urbanization rate	35.1%	43.2%	59.2%
Urban population	266,331 people	319,942 people	372,864 people
Male	385,636 people	375,226 people	315,615 people
Female	372,208 people	366,004 people	314,049 people
Households	244,245	262,184	261,722
Average household size	3.07	2.77	2.33

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+	1,394 people	1,464 people	2,858 people
80–84	8,608 people	8,086 people	16,694 people
75–79	11,283 people	10,807 people	22,090 people
70–74	10,719 people	10,094 people	20,813 people
65–69	8,613 people	8,152 people	16,765 people
60–64	9,621 people	8,753 people	18,374 people
55–59	13,512 people	12,615 people	26,127 people
50–54	21,530 people	20,609 people	42,139 people
45–49	16,032 people	16,625 people	32,657 people
40–44	19,106 people	19,655 people	38,761 people
35–39	29,959 people	30,128 people	60,087 people
30–34	34,032 people	33,743 people	67,775 people
25–29	33,104 people	33,637 people	66,741 people
20–24	29,567 people	29,174 people	58,741 people
15–19	26,535 people	26,984 people	53,519 people
10–14	18,404 people	19,822 people	38,226 people
5–9	11,749 people	11,570 people	23,319 people
1–4	7,376 people	6,910 people	14,286 people
0	4,471 people	5,221 people	9,692 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,990 people	1,842 people	3,832 people
80–84	9,567 people	8,932 people	18,499 people
75–79	12,757 people	12,200 people	24,957 people
70–74	16,871 people	16,081 people	32,952 people
65–69	21,027 people	20,772 people	41,799 people
60–64	25,054 people	24,280 people	49,334 people
55–59	18,450 people	19,238 people	37,688 people
50–54	21,697 people	21,939 people	43,636 people
45–49	33,428 people	32,061 people	65,489 people
40–44	37,977 people	36,385 people	74,362 people
35–39	37,307 people	37,002 people	74,309 people
30–34	34,629 people	33,897 people	68,526 people
25–29	33,019 people	32,125 people	65,144 people
20–24	24,247 people	24,898 people	49,145 people
15–19	17,471 people	15,968 people	33,439 people
10–14	13,606 people	11,487 people	25,093 people
5–9	8,430 people	7,920 people	16,350 people
1–4	4,892 people	5,354 people	10,246 people
0	2,807 people	3,623 people	6,430 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,045 people	2,920 people	5,965 people
80–84	14,160 people	13,507 people	27,667 people
75–79	21,580 people	20,719 people	42,299 people
70–74	34,095 people	32,901 people	66,996 people
65–69	21,192 people	19,079 people	40,271 people
60–64	18,350 people	17,373 people	35,723 people
55–59	31,410 people	31,380 people	62,790 people
50–54	37,562 people	36,356 people	73,918 people
45–49	37,357 people	37,220 people	74,577 people
40–44	35,341 people	34,386 people	69,727 people
35–39	34,514 people	33,425 people	67,939 people
30–34	26,489 people	27,045 people	53,534 people
25–29	20,159 people	17,847 people	38,006 people
20–24	17,339 people	14,133 people	31,472 people
15–19	12,304 people	11,271 people	23,575 people
10–14	9,235 people	9,753 people	18,988 people
5–9	6,424 people	6,792 people	13,216 people
1–4	3,376 people	3,806 people	7,182 people
0	1,704 people	2,295 people	3,999 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.45%

722,297 people

Dong2.11%

15,604 people

Hui0.21%

1,548 people

Zhuang0.18%

1,302 people

Mongol0.03%

219 people

Tajik0.02%

114 people

Xibe0.01%

48 people

Tujia0.00%

15 people

Bonan0.00%

15 people

Korean0.00%

13 people

Manchu0.00%

11 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

5 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Nanai0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

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