Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	792,600 people	834,437 people	698,322 people
Urbanization rate	51.0%	57.9%	63.7%
Urban population	403,956 people	483,058 people	444,612 people
Male	416,829 people	432,203 people	355,409 people
Female	375,771 people	402,234 people	342,913 people
Households	220,401	253,315	264,800
Average household size	3.44	3.09	2.51

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+	3,071 people	4,016 people	7,087 people
80–84	5,658 people	7,266 people	12,924 people
75–79	8,631 people	10,727 people	19,358 people
70–74	11,773 people	13,542 people	25,315 people
65–69	19,190 people	19,383 people	38,573 people
60–64	24,610 people	23,211 people	47,821 people
55–59	32,986 people	30,254 people	63,240 people
50–54	38,861 people	36,097 people	74,958 people
45–49	34,561 people	33,256 people	67,817 people
40–44	22,797 people	22,543 people	45,340 people
35–39	21,221 people	19,985 people	41,206 people
30–34	29,835 people	28,140 people	57,975 people
25–29	23,538 people	22,095 people	45,633 people
20–24	12,072 people	10,675 people	22,747 people
15–19	12,636 people	11,629 people	24,265 people
10–14	16,520 people	15,068 people	31,588 people
5–9	19,017 people	17,499 people	36,516 people
1–4	15,503 people	14,711 people	30,214 people
0	2,929 people	2,816 people	5,745 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,394 people	1,631 people	3,025 people
80–84	3,325 people	3,153 people	6,478 people
75–79	7,471 people	7,322 people	14,793 people
70–74	12,150 people	12,429 people	24,579 people
65–69	14,279 people	14,987 people	29,266 people
60–64	17,392 people	17,536 people	34,928 people
55–59	26,240 people	24,525 people	50,765 people
50–54	31,583 people	28,837 people	60,420 people
45–49	40,408 people	35,885 people	76,293 people
40–44	46,881 people	42,393 people	89,274 people
35–39	42,405 people	38,956 people	81,361 people
30–34	29,501 people	28,146 people	57,647 people
25–29	26,963 people	24,997 people	51,960 people
20–24	37,923 people	34,246 people	72,169 people
15–19	37,241 people	35,139 people	72,380 people
10–14	22,434 people	20,518 people	42,952 people
5–9	17,396 people	16,021 people	33,417 people
1–4	13,618 people	12,242 people	25,860 people
0	3,599 people	3,271 people	6,870 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	446 people	646 people	1,092 people
80–84	1,415 people	1,700 people	3,115 people
75–79	3,869 people	3,575 people	7,444 people
70–74	6,965 people	5,998 people	12,963 people
65–69	11,539 people	10,257 people	21,796 people
60–64	15,412 people	14,807 people	30,219 people
55–59	15,243 people	15,954 people	31,197 people
50–54	18,946 people	18,089 people	37,035 people
45–49	27,412 people	24,799 people	52,211 people
40–44	32,469 people	28,535 people	61,004 people
35–39	41,455 people	35,021 people	76,476 people
30–34	47,106 people	40,371 people	87,477 people
25–29	40,821 people	36,086 people	76,907 people
20–24	25,829 people	23,722 people	49,551 people
15–19	28,012 people	24,677 people	52,689 people
10–14	43,739 people	40,798 people	84,537 people
5–9	35,192 people	32,108 people	67,300 people
1–4	16,952 people	15,083 people	32,035 people
0	4,007 people	3,545 people	7,552 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.66%

831,594 people

Hui0.28%

2,301 people

Manchu0.02%

165 people

Mongol0.02%

151 people

Tujia0.01%

84 people

Zhuang0.00%

28 people

Miao0.00%

27 people

Yi0.00%

22 people

Bouyei0.00%

14 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Evenki0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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