Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	311,400 people	330,814 people	280,473 people
Urbanization rate	9.1%	16.4%	31.0%
Urban population	28,314 people	54,201 people	87,043 people
Male	160,191 people	170,613 people	143,264 people
Female	151,209 people	160,201 people	137,209 people
Households	86,078	90,150	102,432
Average household size	3.60	3.62	2.66

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+	1,541 people	1,238 people	2,779 people
80–84	8,663 people	7,253 people	15,916 people
75–79	13,902 people	11,304 people	25,206 people
70–74	15,177 people	12,756 people	27,933 people
65–69	7,967 people	6,535 people	14,502 people
60–64	3,914 people	3,225 people	7,139 people
55–59	5,658 people	4,609 people	10,267 people
50–54	8,718 people	8,205 people	16,923 people
45–49	8,277 people	7,785 people	16,062 people
40–44	8,374 people	7,748 people	16,122 people
35–39	9,598 people	8,526 people	18,124 people
30–34	11,112 people	10,080 people	21,192 people
25–29	10,800 people	10,624 people	21,424 people
20–24	7,269 people	7,507 people	14,776 people
15–19	8,320 people	9,000 people	17,320 people
10–14	5,914 people	7,623 people	13,537 people
5–9	4,177 people	6,161 people	10,338 people
1–4	2,370 people	3,985 people	6,355 people
0	1,513 people	3,045 people	4,558 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,009 people	2,260 people	5,269 people
80–84	13,579 people	10,517 people	24,096 people
75–79	13,897 people	11,456 people	25,353 people
70–74	10,550 people	8,153 people	18,703 people
65–69	10,080 people	7,674 people	17,754 people
60–64	12,488 people	11,774 people	24,262 people
55–59	12,992 people	12,120 people	25,112 people
50–54	12,717 people	11,769 people	24,486 people
45–49	13,136 people	11,856 people	24,992 people
40–44	13,558 people	12,324 people	25,882 people
35–39	12,167 people	11,481 people	23,648 people
30–34	8,387 people	8,400 people	16,787 people
25–29	10,001 people	10,018 people	20,019 people
20–24	7,827 people	8,689 people	16,516 people
15–19	6,327 people	7,536 people	13,863 people
10–14	4,466 people	5,786 people	10,252 people
5–9	2,947 people	4,103 people	7,050 people
1–4	1,564 people	2,443 people	4,007 people
0	921 people	1,842 people	2,763 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,312 people	1,725 people	4,037 people
80–84	8,104 people	5,708 people	13,812 people
75–79	13,654 people	9,476 people	23,130 people
70–74	22,680 people	20,680 people	43,360 people
65–69	14,811 people	10,245 people	25,056 people
60–64	8,028 people	6,883 people	14,911 people
55–59	9,798 people	9,875 people	19,673 people
50–54	12,724 people	12,810 people	25,534 people
45–49	12,583 people	12,898 people	25,481 people
40–44	8,804 people	8,807 people	17,611 people
35–39	11,029 people	10,748 people	21,777 people
30–34	9,250 people	10,034 people	19,284 people
25–29	7,878 people	8,374 people	16,252 people
20–24	6,296 people	7,086 people	13,382 people
15–19	4,929 people	5,536 people	10,465 people
10–14	3,334 people	4,196 people	7,530 people
5–9	2,311 people	3,086 people	5,397 people
1–4	1,126 people	1,969 people	3,095 people
0	540 people	1,073 people	1,613 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tujia97.84%

274,406 people

Han1.94%

5,450 people

Yao0.14%

383 people

Manchu0.03%

77 people

Korean0.01%

32 people

Bouyei0.01%

26 people

Tibetan0.01%

18 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

16 people

Yi0.01%

14 people

Dai0.00%

8 people

Blang0.00%

5 people

Hui0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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