Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	652,963 people	633,174 people	565,696 people
Urbanization rate	11.6%	22.6%	38.0%
Urban population	75,556 people	143,042 people	214,979 people
Male	356,160 people	332,989 people	294,190 people
Female	296,803 people	300,185 people	271,506 people
Households	208,651	213,616	209,185
Average household size	3.12	2.92	2.56

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+	3,866 people	5,440 people	9,306 people
80–84	5,414 people	6,702 people	12,116 people
75–79	6,830 people	7,242 people	14,072 people
70–74	10,592 people	11,322 people	21,914 people
65–69	17,925 people	18,984 people	36,909 people
60–64	19,422 people	18,743 people	38,165 people
55–59	24,012 people	21,386 people	45,398 people
50–54	25,252 people	23,156 people	48,408 people
45–49	21,840 people	20,206 people	42,046 people
40–44	19,006 people	18,179 people	37,185 people
35–39	19,871 people	17,389 people	37,260 people
30–34	18,307 people	14,985 people	33,292 people
25–29	11,732 people	9,298 people	21,030 people
20–24	8,003 people	6,672 people	14,675 people
15–19	14,954 people	12,577 people	27,531 people
10–14	26,986 people	23,862 people	50,848 people
5–9	23,347 people	20,605 people	43,952 people
1–4	14,087 people	12,394 people	26,481 people
0	2,744 people	2,364 people	5,108 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,144 people	2,924 people	5,068 people
80–84	4,502 people	4,745 people	9,247 people
75–79	7,817 people	7,759 people	15,576 people
70–74	10,444 people	10,354 people	20,798 people
65–69	9,970 people	9,378 people	19,348 people
60–64	13,462 people	13,202 people	26,664 people
55–59	21,345 people	21,808 people	43,153 people
50–54	22,858 people	21,753 people	44,611 people
45–49	27,557 people	24,688 people	52,245 people
40–44	29,444 people	26,736 people	56,180 people
35–39	25,811 people	23,758 people	49,569 people
30–34	22,538 people	21,707 people	44,245 people
25–29	24,288 people	21,506 people	45,794 people
20–24	22,153 people	17,944 people	40,097 people
15–19	19,676 people	14,701 people	34,377 people
10–14	16,766 people	13,421 people	30,187 people
5–9	23,131 people	18,999 people	42,130 people
1–4	23,199 people	19,808 people	43,007 people
0	5,884 people	4,994 people	10,878 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	979 people	1,500 people	2,479 people
80–84	2,513 people	2,908 people	5,421 people
75–79	5,485 people	5,251 people	10,736 people
70–74	9,737 people	8,665 people	18,402 people
65–69	12,169 people	10,553 people	22,722 people
60–64	14,073 people	12,487 people	26,560 people
55–59	12,128 people	10,673 people	22,801 people
50–54	15,633 people	14,688 people	30,321 people
45–49	23,843 people	23,911 people	47,754 people
40–44	25,271 people	23,400 people	48,671 people
35–39	30,452 people	26,863 people	57,315 people
30–34	31,986 people	28,646 people	60,632 people
25–29	27,238 people	24,329 people	51,567 people
20–24	23,366 people	18,494 people	41,860 people
15–19	37,456 people	24,156 people	61,612 people
10–14	41,301 people	29,556 people	70,857 people
5–9	24,845 people	17,126 people	41,971 people
1–4	13,943 people	10,637 people	24,580 people
0	3,742 people	2,960 people	6,702 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han95.35%

539,416 people

Yao3.80%

21,483 people

Zhuang0.51%

2,867 people

Miao0.15%

849 people

Dong0.06%

313 people

Tujia0.03%

143 people

Bouyei0.02%

138 people

Mulao0.02%

93 people

Yi0.01%

78 people

Hui0.01%

66 people

Manchu0.01%

37 people

Maonan0.01%

37 people

Sui0.01%

33 people

Li0.01%

30 people

Bai0.00%

22 people

Mongol0.00%

18 people

Dai0.00%

14 people

Gelao0.00%

12 people

Other groups0.00%

10 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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