Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	256,238 people	257,464 people	268,557 people
Urbanization rate	14.0%	27.2%	48.1%
Urban population	35,882 people	70,126 people	129,108 people
Male	130,644 people	131,821 people	136,775 people
Female	125,594 people	125,643 people	131,782 people
Households	65,728	69,788	91,060
Average household size	3.25	3.60	2.84

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+	1,360 people	1,112 people	2,472 people
80–84	7,330 people	6,145 people	13,475 people
75–79	11,662 people	9,856 people	21,518 people
70–74	14,905 people	11,856 people	26,761 people
65–69	9,311 people	7,234 people	16,545 people
60–64	4,610 people	4,310 people	8,920 people
55–59	6,122 people	5,644 people	11,766 people
50–54	8,594 people	8,705 people	17,299 people
45–49	7,236 people	7,733 people	14,969 people
40–44	9,963 people	10,483 people	20,446 people
35–39	11,770 people	12,174 people	23,944 people
30–34	11,672 people	11,737 people	23,409 people
25–29	9,097 people	9,168 people	18,265 people
20–24	6,457 people	6,323 people	12,780 people
15–19	6,534 people	6,907 people	13,441 people
10–14	4,259 people	4,550 people	8,809 people
5–9	2,877 people	3,226 people	6,103 people
1–4	1,958 people	2,859 people	4,817 people
0	1,058 people	1,760 people	2,818 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,305 people	1,609 people	3,914 people
80–84	11,805 people	8,643 people	20,448 people
75–79	11,635 people	9,237 people	20,872 people
70–74	8,298 people	7,174 people	15,472 people
65–69	8,309 people	6,893 people	15,202 people
60–64	8,179 people	8,695 people	16,874 people
55–59	7,539 people	8,012 people	15,551 people
50–54	10,474 people	10,441 people	20,915 people
45–49	11,940 people	12,143 people	24,083 people
40–44	11,385 people	11,108 people	22,493 people
35–39	8,738 people	8,753 people	17,491 people
30–34	6,723 people	6,752 people	13,475 people
25–29	7,330 people	7,576 people	14,906 people
20–24	5,325 people	5,228 people	10,553 people
15–19	4,212 people	3,943 people	8,155 people
10–14	3,705 people	4,288 people	7,993 people
5–9	2,229 people	2,703 people	4,932 people
1–4	1,179 people	1,559 people	2,738 people
0	511 people	886 people	1,397 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,846 people	1,621 people	3,467 people
80–84	6,660 people	5,456 people	12,116 people
75–79	9,957 people	8,012 people	17,969 people
70–74	13,812 people	12,573 people	26,385 people
65–69	8,693 people	8,099 people	16,792 people
60–64	11,925 people	12,303 people	24,228 people
55–59	13,699 people	13,641 people	27,340 people
50–54	12,993 people	12,966 people	25,959 people
45–49	10,271 people	10,391 people	20,662 people
40–44	7,431 people	7,292 people	14,723 people
35–39	8,145 people	7,963 people	16,108 people
30–34	5,920 people	5,452 people	11,372 people
25–29	4,990 people	4,530 people	9,520 people
20–24	5,366 people	5,122 people	10,488 people
15–19	3,765 people	3,736 people	7,501 people
10–14	2,671 people	2,901 people	5,572 people
5–9	1,533 people	1,943 people	3,476 people
1–4	717 people	1,064 people	1,781 people
0	250 people	529 people	779 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.69%

265,035 people

Dongxiang1.10%

2,963 people

Tujia0.07%

185 people

Manchu0.02%

65 people

Korean0.02%

62 people

Yao0.02%

54 people

Yi0.01%

34 people

Bouyei0.01%

32 people

Hui0.01%

26 people

Tibetan0.01%

15 people

Dai0.00%

12 people

Uyghur0.00%

10 people

Zhuang0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Dong0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

7 people

Lisu0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Wa0.00%

4 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Evenki0.00%

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