Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	265,286 people	278,246 people	283,182 people
Urbanization rate	16.7%	30.8%	48.0%
Urban population	44,285 people	85,692 people	135,954 people
Male	137,932 people	143,821 people	147,738 people
Female	127,354 people	134,425 people	135,444 people
Households	62,947	69,875	84,779
Average household size	4.07	3.92	3.25

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+	1,007 people	1,416 people	2,423 people
80–84	1,882 people	2,493 people	4,375 people
75–79	2,573 people	3,049 people	5,622 people
70–74	4,070 people	4,463 people	8,533 people
65–69	5,654 people	5,941 people	11,595 people
60–64	6,902 people	6,828 people	13,730 people
55–59	8,895 people	8,605 people	17,500 people
50–54	11,543 people	11,099 people	22,642 people
45–49	12,024 people	11,708 people	23,732 people
40–44	10,037 people	9,839 people	19,876 people
35–39	8,401 people	8,187 people	16,588 people
30–34	12,109 people	11,172 people	23,281 people
25–29	10,083 people	8,624 people	18,707 people
20–24	7,139 people	5,858 people	12,997 people
15–19	10,641 people	7,716 people	18,357 people
10–14	12,550 people	9,898 people	22,448 people
5–9	12,160 people	10,119 people	22,279 people
1–4	8,513 people	7,196 people	15,709 people
0	1,555 people	1,233 people	2,788 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	475 people	857 people	1,332 people
80–84	1,044 people	1,358 people	2,402 people
75–79	1,796 people	2,004 people	3,800 people
70–74	3,486 people	3,630 people	7,116 people
65–69	3,712 people	3,750 people	7,462 people
60–64	4,997 people	5,185 people	10,182 people
55–59	6,411 people	6,532 people	12,943 people
50–54	7,473 people	7,577 people	15,050 people
45–49	9,151 people	9,373 people	18,524 people
40–44	11,601 people	11,873 people	23,474 people
35–39	12,183 people	12,487 people	24,670 people
30–34	10,293 people	10,731 people	21,024 people
25–29	8,832 people	9,178 people	18,010 people
20–24	12,946 people	13,035 people	25,981 people
15–19	13,877 people	10,876 people	24,753 people
10–14	11,600 people	9,031 people	20,631 people
5–9	13,166 people	9,394 people	22,560 people
1–4	8,927 people	6,084 people	15,011 people
0	1,851 people	1,470 people	3,321 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	182 people	364 people	546 people
80–84	545 people	869 people	1,414 people
75–79	1,403 people	1,829 people	3,232 people
70–74	2,315 people	2,521 people	4,836 people
65–69	2,905 people	2,904 people	5,809 people
60–64	4,686 people	4,415 people	9,101 people
55–59	4,366 people	4,184 people	8,550 people
50–54	5,571 people	5,463 people	11,034 people
45–49	7,061 people	7,046 people	14,107 people
40–44	8,182 people	7,843 people	16,025 people
35–39	10,205 people	9,957 people	20,162 people
30–34	11,955 people	11,914 people	23,869 people
25–29	12,050 people	11,864 people	23,914 people
20–24	10,223 people	10,121 people	20,344 people
15–19	11,408 people	8,703 people	20,111 people
10–14	19,082 people	17,202 people	36,284 people
5–9	15,425 people	12,290 people	27,715 people
1–4	8,057 people	5,764 people	13,821 people
0	2,311 people	2,101 people	4,412 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.69%

282,305 people

She0.25%

703 people

Miao0.01%

32 people

Tujia0.01%

25 people

Tibetan0.01%

22 people

Zhuang0.01%

18 people

Yi0.01%

16 people

Dong0.01%

16 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Hui0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Manchu0.00%

6 people

Bouyei0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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