Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	522,421 people	588,559 people	573,975 people
Urbanization rate	3.9%	21.1%	41.0%
Urban population	20,160 people	124,237 people	235,213 people
Male	266,992 people	296,755 people	286,496 people
Female	255,429 people	291,804 people	287,479 people
Households	128,674	153,570	204,381
Average household size	3.96	3.77	2.71

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+	1,108 people	2,427 people	3,535 people
80–84	2,050 people	3,014 people	5,064 people
75–79	4,056 people	5,233 people	9,289 people
70–74	9,133 people	10,828 people	19,961 people
65–69	13,652 people	14,850 people	28,502 people
60–64	14,460 people	14,842 people	29,302 people
55–59	16,835 people	17,955 people	34,790 people
50–54	18,243 people	20,210 people	38,453 people
45–49	17,891 people	18,361 people	36,252 people
40–44	20,036 people	19,786 people	39,822 people
35–39	22,442 people	23,160 people	45,602 people
30–34	23,345 people	24,090 people	47,435 people
25–29	15,139 people	15,593 people	30,732 people
20–24	10,328 people	9,709 people	20,037 people
15–19	19,072 people	17,018 people	36,090 people
10–14	31,858 people	28,558 people	60,416 people
5–9	29,139 people	25,642 people	54,781 people
1–4	15,056 people	13,786 people	28,842 people
0	2,653 people	2,417 people	5,070 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	698 people	1,302 people	2,000 people
80–84	1,704 people	2,450 people	4,154 people
75–79	3,325 people	4,048 people	7,373 people
70–74	5,020 people	5,275 people	10,295 people
65–69	6,817 people	6,893 people	13,710 people
60–64	12,550 people	12,700 people	25,250 people
55–59	16,245 people	16,352 people	32,597 people
50–54	16,984 people	16,385 people	33,369 people
45–49	19,712 people	19,614 people	39,326 people
40–44	21,093 people	21,848 people	42,941 people
35–39	20,625 people	19,754 people	40,379 people
30–34	23,522 people	22,495 people	46,017 people
25–29	27,109 people	27,578 people	54,687 people
20–24	28,595 people	29,956 people	58,551 people
15–19	21,614 people	21,363 people	42,977 people
10–14	16,126 people	15,096 people	31,222 people
5–9	25,258 people	22,652 people	47,910 people
1–4	24,391 people	21,434 people	45,825 people
0	5,367 people	4,609 people	9,976 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	309 people	790 people	1,099 people
80–84	829 people	1,477 people	2,306 people
75–79	2,345 people	3,122 people	5,467 people
70–74	4,551 people	4,998 people	9,549 people
65–69	6,102 people	6,239 people	12,341 people
60–64	7,234 people	6,607 people	13,841 people
55–59	8,315 people	7,700 people	16,015 people
50–54	14,623 people	13,928 people	28,551 people
45–49	18,167 people	17,319 people	35,486 people
40–44	18,062 people	16,625 people	34,687 people
35–39	21,033 people	19,923 people	40,956 people
30–34	22,359 people	21,877 people	44,236 people
25–29	22,047 people	20,129 people	42,176 people
20–24	24,879 people	23,098 people	47,977 people
15–19	29,892 people	29,443 people	59,335 people
10–14	31,414 people	30,274 people	61,688 people
5–9	18,438 people	17,244 people	35,682 people
1–4	12,721 people	11,379 people	24,100 people
0	3,672 people	3,257 people	6,929 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.99%

588,468 people

Hui0.01%

33 people

Manchu0.01%

32 people

Li0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

Miao0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Tujia0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

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