Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	506,955 people	535,974 people	512,109 people
Urbanization rate	13.5%	26.9%	39.7%
Urban population	68,397 people	144,031 people	203,438 people
Male	263,988 people	279,545 people	264,579 people
Female	242,967 people	256,429 people	247,530 people
Households	120,895	132,450	156,469
Average household size	4.07	3.95	3.17

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+	1,623 people	2,600 people	4,223 people
80–84	3,160 people	4,119 people	7,279 people
75–79	4,735 people	5,523 people	10,258 people
70–74	6,982 people	7,662 people	14,644 people
65–69	11,239 people	11,667 people	22,906 people
60–64	12,734 people	12,445 people	25,179 people
55–59	16,951 people	16,563 people	33,514 people
50–54	20,674 people	20,088 people	40,762 people
45–49	21,024 people	20,593 people	41,617 people
40–44	20,204 people	19,783 people	39,987 people
35–39	15,327 people	15,655 people	30,982 people
30–34	16,567 people	17,034 people	33,601 people
25–29	11,092 people	10,934 people	22,026 people
20–24	9,401 people	8,151 people	17,552 people
15–19	17,590 people	13,153 people	30,743 people
10–14	30,520 people	24,507 people	55,027 people
5–9	26,243 people	21,510 people	47,753 people
1–4	15,541 people	13,124 people	28,665 people
0	2,972 people	2,419 people	5,391 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	750 people	1,319 people	2,069 people
80–84	2,061 people	2,545 people	4,606 people
75–79	3,845 people	4,324 people	8,169 people
70–74	6,273 people	6,416 people	12,689 people
65–69	7,028 people	6,906 people	13,934 people
60–64	8,816 people	8,660 people	17,476 people
55–59	12,981 people	12,700 people	25,681 people
50–54	14,173 people	13,511 people	27,684 people
45–49	18,216 people	17,552 people	35,768 people
40–44	22,649 people	21,535 people	44,184 people
35–39	24,025 people	22,953 people	46,978 people
30–34	24,630 people	23,093 people	47,723 people
25–29	20,861 people	20,126 people	40,987 people
20–24	22,853 people	23,724 people	46,577 people
15–19	19,586 people	17,351 people	36,937 people
10–14	18,383 people	14,453 people	32,836 people
5–9	23,565 people	17,686 people	41,251 people
1–4	25,005 people	18,010 people	43,015 people
0	3,845 people	3,565 people	7,410 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	404 people	770 people	1,174 people
80–84	1,278 people	1,738 people	3,016 people
75–79	2,684 people	3,157 people	5,841 people
70–74	5,028 people	5,114 people	10,142 people
65–69	6,776 people	6,399 people	13,175 people
60–64	8,949 people	8,041 people	16,990 people
55–59	8,843 people	7,890 people	16,733 people
50–54	10,460 people	9,463 people	19,923 people
45–49	14,615 people	13,464 people	28,079 people
40–44	15,914 people	14,305 people	30,219 people
35–39	20,848 people	19,104 people	39,952 people
30–34	25,628 people	23,427 people	49,055 people
25–29	26,274 people	24,690 people	50,964 people
20–24	25,701 people	24,977 people	50,678 people
15–19	22,763 people	20,522 people	43,285 people
10–14	29,251 people	27,848 people	57,099 people
5–9	19,693 people	17,426 people	37,119 people
1–4	14,782 people	11,387 people	26,169 people
0	4,097 people	3,245 people	7,342 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.56%

509,846 people

She0.32%

1,661 people

Miao0.03%

153 people

Zhuang0.02%

96 people

Tujia0.02%

84 people

Yi0.01%

53 people

Dong0.01%

38 people

Bouyei0.01%

38 people

Hui0.01%

30 people

Yao0.01%

28 people

Manchu0.00%

18 people

Mongol0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Lisu0.00%

7 people

Mulao0.00%

6 people

Li0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

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