Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	425,608 people	402,054 people	412,445 people
Urbanization rate	11.7%	25.8%	38.7%
Urban population	49,787 people	103,627 people	159,467 people
Male	222,457 people	208,915 people	215,785 people
Female	203,151 people	193,139 people	196,660 people
Households	103,892	116,295	140,016
Average household size	4.06	3.39	2.86

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+	2,183 people	1,916 people	4,099 people
80–84	11,375 people	9,853 people	21,228 people
75–79	16,647 people	14,187 people	30,834 people
70–74	17,731 people	15,015 people	32,746 people
65–69	10,965 people	10,096 people	21,061 people
60–64	8,018 people	7,158 people	15,176 people
55–59	9,292 people	8,452 people	17,744 people
50–54	15,237 people	13,817 people	29,054 people
45–49	16,154 people	13,601 people	29,755 people
40–44	17,392 people	13,989 people	31,381 people
35–39	19,986 people	16,801 people	36,787 people
30–34	20,153 people	17,454 people	37,607 people
25–29	15,269 people	14,283 people	29,552 people
20–24	8,706 people	8,234 people	16,940 people
15–19	9,468 people	9,753 people	19,221 people
10–14	7,216 people	7,998 people	15,214 people
5–9	4,861 people	6,174 people	11,035 people
1–4	2,989 people	4,256 people	7,245 people
0	2,143 people	3,623 people	5,766 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,514 people	2,931 people	6,445 people
80–84	12,982 people	10,671 people	23,653 people
75–79	15,461 people	13,632 people	29,093 people
70–74	14,008 people	12,490 people	26,498 people
65–69	12,031 people	11,200 people	23,231 people
60–64	13,449 people	13,294 people	26,743 people
55–59	14,847 people	13,467 people	28,314 people
50–54	16,840 people	13,902 people	30,742 people
45–49	19,792 people	17,155 people	36,947 people
40–44	20,414 people	17,833 people	38,247 people
35–39	16,051 people	14,764 people	30,815 people
30–34	9,684 people	8,893 people	18,577 people
25–29	11,005 people	10,580 people	21,585 people
20–24	9,194 people	9,110 people	18,304 people
15–19	7,028 people	7,644 people	14,672 people
10–14	5,670 people	6,448 people	12,118 people
5–9	3,968 people	4,689 people	8,657 people
1–4	2,046 people	2,798 people	4,844 people
0	931 people	1,638 people	2,569 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,942 people	2,554 people	5,496 people
80–84	11,198 people	9,560 people	20,758 people
75–79	15,359 people	13,779 people	29,138 people
70–74	24,933 people	23,355 people	48,288 people
65–69	21,650 people	18,694 people	40,344 people
60–64	18,049 people	16,003 people	34,052 people
55–59	21,711 people	19,205 people	40,916 people
50–54	22,930 people	19,625 people	42,555 people
45–49	17,902 people	16,152 people	34,054 people
40–44	10,498 people	9,311 people	19,809 people
35–39	12,277 people	11,155 people	23,432 people
30–34	10,829 people	10,123 people	20,952 people
25–29	8,505 people	8,629 people	17,134 people
20–24	8,161 people	7,849 people	16,010 people
15–19	6,649 people	6,457 people	13,106 people
10–14	4,563 people	5,023 people	9,586 people
5–9	2,305 people	2,695 people	5,000 people
1–4	1,248 people	1,738 people	2,986 people
0	748 people	1,244 people	1,992 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Manchu40.48%

166,957 people

Han27.11%

111,832 people

Tujia12.85%

52,999 people

Bouyei11.41%

47,077 people

Yao6.62%

27,306 people

Wa0.72%

2,976 people

Kyrgyz0.51%

2,093 people

Korean0.15%

609 people

Tibetan0.02%

97 people

Hui0.02%

85 people

Bai0.02%

62 people

Blang0.02%

62 people

Dong0.01%

48 people

Maonan0.01%

48 people

Yi0.01%

36 people

Miao0.01%

28 people

Dai0.01%

22 people

Lisu0.00%

12 people

Zhuang0.00%

10 people

Kazakh0.00%

10 people

Dongxiang0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

7 people

She0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Tajik0.00%

5 people

Gelao0.00%

4 people

Monba0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

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