Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	236,799 people	225,043 people	224,828 people
Urbanization rate	7.5%	16.3%	28.8%
Urban population	17,788 people	36,626 people	64,766 people
Male	122,762 people	115,089 people	116,020 people
Female	114,037 people	109,954 people	108,808 people
Households	57,041	62,113	71,189
Average household size	4.11	3.54	2.98

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+	1,096 people	964 people	2,060 people
80–84	6,189 people	5,451 people	11,640 people
75–79	8,493 people	7,248 people	15,741 people
70–74	10,456 people	9,107 people	19,563 people
65–69	6,775 people	6,075 people	12,850 people
60–64	5,024 people	4,316 people	9,340 people
55–59	5,601 people	4,872 people	10,473 people
50–54	8,419 people	7,513 people	15,932 people
45–49	9,715 people	8,496 people	18,211 people
40–44	9,989 people	8,207 people	18,196 people
35–39	11,193 people	9,923 people	21,116 people
30–34	10,882 people	10,011 people	20,893 people
25–29	8,183 people	7,858 people	16,041 people
20–24	4,697 people	4,987 people	9,684 people
15–19	3,586 people	4,228 people	7,814 people
10–14	2,467 people	3,270 people	5,737 people
5–9	1,759 people	2,985 people	4,744 people
1–4	960 people	1,866 people	2,826 people
0	536 people	1,431 people	1,967 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,517 people	1,289 people	2,806 people
80–84	8,757 people	7,414 people	16,171 people
75–79	11,096 people	9,781 people	20,877 people
70–74	8,184 people	7,623 people	15,807 people
65–69	6,326 people	5,657 people	11,983 people
60–64	7,177 people	7,234 people	14,411 people
55–59	9,043 people	8,507 people	17,550 people
50–54	9,844 people	8,728 people	18,572 people
45–49	11,161 people	10,034 people	21,195 people
40–44	11,596 people	10,488 people	22,084 people
35–39	8,863 people	8,351 people	17,214 people
30–34	5,782 people	5,682 people	11,464 people
25–29	4,701 people	4,637 people	9,338 people
20–24	3,599 people	3,800 people	7,399 people
15–19	3,080 people	3,877 people	6,957 people
10–14	2,228 people	2,962 people	5,190 people
5–9	1,302 people	2,106 people	3,408 people
1–4	594 people	1,178 people	1,772 people
0	239 people	606 people	845 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,777 people	1,649 people	3,426 people
80–84	6,958 people	6,169 people	13,127 people
75–79	8,633 people	7,729 people	16,362 people
70–74	12,263 people	11,819 people	24,082 people
65–69	12,915 people	11,515 people	24,430 people
60–64	12,325 people	10,882 people	23,207 people
55–59	13,504 people	11,638 people	25,142 people
50–54	13,731 people	11,928 people	25,659 people
45–49	10,487 people	9,267 people	19,754 people
40–44	6,722 people	5,946 people	12,668 people
35–39	5,600 people	5,177 people	10,777 people
30–34	4,614 people	4,178 people	8,792 people
25–29	4,187 people	4,685 people	8,872 people
20–24	3,536 people	3,935 people	7,471 people
15–19	2,652 people	3,121 people	5,773 people
10–14	1,660 people	2,260 people	3,920 people
5–9	738 people	1,198 people	1,936 people
1–4	314 people	603 people	917 people
0	146 people	338 people	484 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tujia58.68%

131,936 people

Han27.48%

61,778 people

Yao12.53%

28,164 people

Manchu0.74%

1,669 people

Tibetan0.30%

682 people

Yi0.13%

297 people

Kyrgyz0.02%

51 people

Korean0.02%

44 people

Bouyei0.02%

35 people

Hui0.01%

28 people

Dong0.01%

25 people

Maonan0.01%

25 people

Bai0.01%

20 people

Blang0.01%

13 people

Wa0.01%

11 people

Kazakh0.00%

10 people

Dai0.00%

10 people

Hani0.00%

8 people

Zhuang0.00%

7 people

She0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Monba0.00%

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