Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	785,943 people	887,234 people	741,251 people
Urbanization rate	40.5%	49.2%	64.8%
Urban population	318,640 people	436,380 people	480,435 people
Male	404,314 people	454,163 people	371,181 people
Female	381,629 people	433,071 people	370,070 people
Households	229,136	243,365	252,180
Average household size	3.30	3.45	2.77

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+	2,940 people	4,188 people	7,128 people
80–84	5,028 people	5,984 people	11,012 people
75–79	8,739 people	8,873 people	17,612 people
70–74	14,164 people	13,508 people	27,672 people
65–69	18,609 people	21,858 people	40,467 people
60–64	15,733 people	18,129 people	33,862 people
55–59	25,042 people	28,190 people	53,232 people
50–54	29,456 people	32,019 people	61,475 people
45–49	28,836 people	28,334 people	57,170 people
40–44	24,434 people	26,893 people	51,327 people
35–39	22,065 people	24,635 people	46,700 people
30–34	26,319 people	30,465 people	56,784 people
25–29	13,306 people	14,668 people	27,974 people
20–24	14,356 people	12,898 people	27,254 people
15–19	28,801 people	20,332 people	49,133 people
10–14	39,002 people	32,460 people	71,462 people
5–9	33,132 people	27,954 people	61,086 people
1–4	18,326 people	16,061 people	34,387 people
0	2,893 people	2,621 people	5,514 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,492 people	2,632 people	4,124 people
80–84	2,743 people	3,279 people	6,022 people
75–79	6,743 people	7,247 people	13,990 people
70–74	10,596 people	10,317 people	20,913 people
65–69	14,261 people	12,931 people	27,192 people
60–64	20,589 people	18,418 people	39,007 people
55–59	25,456 people	28,283 people	53,739 people
50–54	21,123 people	23,546 people	44,669 people
45–49	33,364 people	35,365 people	68,729 people
40–44	40,312 people	40,133 people	80,445 people
35–39	39,208 people	36,066 people	75,274 people
30–34	33,976 people	34,417 people	68,393 people
25–29	30,803 people	32,391 people	63,194 people
20–24	46,786 people	43,988 people	90,774 people
15–19	27,584 people	23,921 people	51,505 people
10–14	23,213 people	20,660 people	43,873 people
5–9	32,913 people	25,810 people	58,723 people
1–4	37,983 people	29,336 people	67,319 people
0	5,018 people	4,331 people	9,349 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	816 people	1,685 people	2,501 people
80–84	1,866 people	2,842 people	4,708 people
75–79	3,875 people	4,793 people	8,668 people
70–74	6,394 people	6,024 people	12,418 people
65–69	10,828 people	9,761 people	20,589 people
60–64	15,969 people	13,558 people	29,527 people
55–59	17,172 people	14,416 people	31,588 people
50–54	22,976 people	19,581 people	42,557 people
45–49	27,518 people	29,363 people	56,881 people
40–44	22,583 people	23,945 people	46,528 people
35–39	35,355 people	36,165 people	71,520 people
30–34	42,092 people	40,900 people	82,992 people
25–29	39,022 people	35,708 people	74,730 people
20–24	34,332 people	32,740 people	67,072 people
15–19	38,584 people	34,390 people	72,974 people
10–14	42,227 people	38,491 people	80,718 people
5–9	21,397 people	18,451 people	39,848 people
1–4	16,586 people	14,524 people	31,110 people
0	4,722 people	4,292 people	9,014 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han96.01%

608,308 people

Hui3.61%

22,881 people

Mongol0.22%

1,400 people

Manchu0.08%

488 people

Tujia0.02%

97 people

Miao0.01%

80 people

Zhuang0.01%

77 people

Dong0.01%

36 people

Bouyei0.01%

32 people

Tibetan0.00%

23 people

Yao0.00%

18 people

Bai0.00%

18 people

Salar0.00%

18 people

Uyghur0.00%

14 people

Yi0.00%

13 people

Dai0.00%

10 people

Korean0.00%

8 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Daur0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

5 people

Xibe0.00%

5 people

Gaoshan0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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