Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	251,636 people	250,014 people	233,790 people
Urbanization rate	6.7%	29.8%	52.4%
Urban population	16,927 people	74,483 people	122,493 people
Male	127,915 people	126,774 people	116,352 people
Female	123,721 people	123,240 people	117,438 people
Households	63,381	68,642	88,388
Average household size	3.86	3.58	2.57

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+	722 people	1,279 people	2,001 people
80–84	1,454 people	1,839 people	3,293 people
75–79	2,655 people	3,063 people	5,718 people
70–74	5,154 people	5,487 people	10,641 people
65–69	7,451 people	8,340 people	15,791 people
60–64	7,898 people	8,714 people	16,612 people
55–59	9,033 people	10,084 people	19,117 people
50–54	9,968 people	10,059 people	20,027 people
45–49	8,175 people	8,016 people	16,191 people
40–44	7,864 people	7,635 people	15,499 people
35–39	10,972 people	10,635 people	21,607 people
30–34	9,836 people	10,010 people	19,846 people
25–29	4,717 people	4,737 people	9,454 people
20–24	3,407 people	2,916 people	6,323 people
15–19	4,559 people	3,980 people	8,539 people
10–14	7,859 people	7,296 people	15,155 people
5–9	8,005 people	7,264 people	15,269 people
1–4	5,634 people	5,257 people	10,891 people
0	989 people	827 people	1,816 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	343 people	859 people	1,202 people
80–84	926 people	1,503 people	2,429 people
75–79	1,809 people	2,020 people	3,829 people
70–74	3,077 people	3,113 people	6,190 people
65–69	4,091 people	4,032 people	8,123 people
60–64	6,768 people	6,523 people	13,291 people
55–59	8,691 people	9,433 people	18,124 people
50–54	9,065 people	9,731 people	18,796 people
45–49	10,046 people	10,978 people	21,024 people
40–44	10,920 people	10,597 people	21,517 people
35–39	8,905 people	8,344 people	17,249 people
30–34	8,587 people	8,062 people	16,649 people
25–29	12,642 people	11,618 people	24,260 people
20–24	12,563 people	11,155 people	23,718 people
15–19	7,405 people	6,869 people	14,274 people
10–14	6,078 people	5,274 people	11,352 people
5–9	6,762 people	5,890 people	12,652 people
1–4	6,375 people	5,681 people	12,056 people
0	1,721 people	1,558 people	3,279 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	264 people	547 people	811 people
80–84	567 people	958 people	1,525 people
75–79	1,339 people	2,018 people	3,357 people
70–74	2,392 people	2,973 people	5,365 people
65–69	3,013 people	2,915 people	5,928 people
60–64	4,607 people	4,106 people	8,713 people
55–59	4,988 people	4,529 people	9,517 people
50–54	7,467 people	7,024 people	14,491 people
45–49	9,433 people	9,892 people	19,325 people
40–44	9,495 people	10,084 people	19,579 people
35–39	10,480 people	11,273 people	21,753 people
30–34	11,597 people	10,865 people	22,462 people
25–29	9,266 people	8,518 people	17,784 people
20–24	9,159 people	7,882 people	17,041 people
15–19	15,827 people	14,544 people	30,371 people
10–14	14,451 people	13,558 people	28,009 people
5–9	6,632 people	6,062 people	12,694 people
1–4	5,457 people	4,735 people	10,192 people
0	1,481 people	1,238 people	2,719 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.84%

249,611 people

Manchu0.08%

191 people

Hui0.03%

64 people

Bouyei0.02%

40 people

Mongol0.01%

35 people

Zhuang0.01%

14 people

Miao0.00%

11 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Jingpo0.00%

8 people

Korean0.00%

6 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Oroqen0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

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