Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	885,290 people	882,201 people	817,442 people
Urbanization rate	37.8%	47.5%	48.3%
Urban population	334,188 people	418,709 people	394,636 people
Male	449,733 people	442,057 people	416,555 people
Female	435,557 people	440,144 people	400,887 people
Households	203,926	208,629	235,960
Average household size	4.28	4.04	3.35

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+	3,963 people	8,534 people	12,497 people
80–84	5,703 people	7,897 people	13,600 people
75–79	8,476 people	9,512 people	17,988 people
70–74	13,715 people	14,987 people	28,702 people
65–69	22,265 people	23,589 people	45,854 people
60–64	26,356 people	25,534 people	51,890 people
55–59	33,186 people	30,627 people	63,813 people
50–54	35,877 people	33,251 people	69,128 people
45–49	31,574 people	30,564 people	62,138 people
40–44	23,866 people	23,958 people	47,824 people
35–39	25,847 people	25,433 people	51,280 people
30–34	26,851 people	24,354 people	51,205 people
25–29	27,781 people	23,775 people	51,556 people
20–24	21,992 people	18,402 people	40,394 people
15–19	20,578 people	18,836 people	39,414 people
10–14	30,906 people	28,934 people	59,840 people
5–9	30,465 people	28,544 people	59,009 people
1–4	22,797 people	20,326 people	43,123 people
0	4,357 people	3,830 people	8,187 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,887 people	5,395 people	7,282 people
80–84	4,258 people	7,396 people	11,654 people
75–79	7,692 people	9,902 people	17,594 people
70–74	10,856 people	11,131 people	21,987 people
65–69	12,828 people	11,615 people	24,443 people
60–64	17,572 people	16,766 people	34,338 people
55–59	26,526 people	25,999 people	52,525 people
50–54	29,559 people	28,647 people	58,206 people
45–49	35,432 people	33,409 people	68,841 people
40–44	37,392 people	35,788 people	73,180 people
35–39	32,253 people	32,852 people	65,105 people
30–34	25,138 people	27,159 people	52,297 people
25–29	27,937 people	31,635 people	59,572 people
20–24	30,072 people	31,995 people	62,067 people
15–19	45,032 people	42,496 people	87,528 people
10–14	38,897 people	36,062 people	74,959 people
5–9	27,315 people	24,355 people	51,670 people
1–4	24,788 people	21,865 people	46,653 people
0	6,623 people	5,677 people	12,300 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	802 people	3,315 people	4,117 people
80–84	1,865 people	4,559 people	6,424 people
75–79	4,482 people	8,112 people	12,594 people
70–74	8,582 people	11,601 people	20,183 people
65–69	11,794 people	12,815 people	24,609 people
60–64	14,164 people	13,038 people	27,202 people
55–59	14,943 people	12,654 people	27,597 people
50–54	20,111 people	18,180 people	38,291 people
45–49	29,374 people	28,174 people	57,548 people
40–44	31,723 people	30,361 people	62,084 people
35–39	37,696 people	35,188 people	72,884 people
30–34	39,167 people	37,147 people	76,314 people
25–29	34,379 people	35,267 people	69,646 people
20–24	27,953 people	29,382 people	57,335 people
15–19	40,007 people	37,998 people	78,005 people
10–14	46,662 people	43,002 people	89,664 people
5–9	48,994 people	43,271 people	92,265 people
1–4	31,184 people	26,652 people	57,836 people
0	5,851 people	4,841 people	10,692 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.93%

881,584 people

She0.03%

231 people

Zhuang0.02%

146 people

Miao0.01%

97 people

Tujia0.00%

29 people

Yao0.00%

28 people

Li0.00%

24 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Hani0.00%

7 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Hui0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Gaoshan0.00%

3 people

Manchu0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

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