Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,079,278 people	983,583 people	956,631 people
Urbanization rate	12.7%	26.5%	40.8%
Urban population	136,604 people	261,029 people	390,421 people
Male	556,826 people	482,409 people	466,389 people
Female	522,452 people	501,174 people	490,242 people
Households	273,855	275,005	296,473
Average household size	3.93	3.52	2.97

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+	5,043 people	4,796 people	9,839 people
80–84	28,574 people	27,314 people	55,888 people
75–79	47,095 people	42,783 people	89,878 people
70–74	45,984 people	39,400 people	85,384 people
65–69	29,675 people	25,265 people	54,940 people
60–64	22,412 people	19,316 people	41,728 people
55–59	23,346 people	25,226 people	48,572 people
50–54	32,749 people	38,334 people	71,083 people
45–49	27,358 people	30,264 people	57,622 people
40–44	24,331 people	27,107 people	51,438 people
35–39	25,290 people	27,063 people	52,353 people
30–34	33,403 people	40,018 people	73,421 people
25–29	29,134 people	35,645 people	64,779 people
20–24	22,273 people	23,561 people	45,834 people
15–19	27,466 people	29,319 people	56,785 people
10–14	20,300 people	22,148 people	42,448 people
5–9	12,165 people	15,334 people	27,499 people
1–4	6,003 people	8,657 people	14,660 people
0	3,788 people	8,692 people	12,480 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,837 people	4,813 people	10,650 people
80–84	35,981 people	27,879 people	63,860 people
75–79	40,703 people	32,483 people	73,186 people
70–74	47,953 people	37,058 people	85,011 people
65–69	45,845 people	40,000 people	85,845 people
60–64	42,981 people	47,440 people	90,421 people
55–59	30,144 people	36,969 people	67,113 people
50–54	25,341 people	31,065 people	56,406 people
45–49	25,187 people	30,084 people	55,271 people
40–44	33,724 people	41,568 people	75,292 people
35–39	30,014 people	37,561 people	67,575 people
30–34	23,876 people	26,671 people	50,547 people
25–29	29,775 people	30,995 people	60,770 people
20–24	23,945 people	24,630 people	48,575 people
15–19	16,648 people	18,305 people	34,953 people
10–14	10,817 people	12,157 people	22,974 people
5–9	7,532 people	10,339 people	17,871 people
1–4	4,214 people	6,886 people	11,100 people
0	1,892 people	4,271 people	6,163 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,116 people	7,398 people	16,514 people
80–84	27,144 people	16,793 people	43,937 people
75–79	48,847 people	34,820 people	83,667 people
70–74	79,779 people	67,517 people	147,296 people
65–69	56,584 people	51,232 people	107,816 people
60–64	41,927 people	39,381 people	81,308 people
55–59	39,731 people	38,188 people	77,919 people
50–54	48,066 people	49,139 people	97,205 people
45–49	41,376 people	43,806 people	85,182 people
40–44	28,043 people	27,669 people	55,712 people
35–39	35,066 people	35,022 people	70,088 people
30–34	29,529 people	28,640 people	58,169 people
25–29	20,973 people	20,738 people	41,711 people
20–24	16,077 people	15,684 people	31,761 people
15–19	13,405 people	15,044 people	28,449 people
10–14	11,103 people	13,866 people	24,969 people
5–9	6,087 people	9,142 people	15,229 people
1–4	2,834 people	5,443 people	8,277 people
0	1,139 people	2,930 people	4,069 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.05%

937,956 people

Hui1.92%

18,396 people

Manchu0.01%

44 people

Korean0.00%

34 people

Tujia0.00%

24 people

Yi0.00%

22 people

Zhuang0.00%

20 people

Dong0.00%

16 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Sui0.00%

13 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Kazakh0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

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