Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	462,189 people	476,856 people	486,435 people
Urbanization rate	14.5%	27.6%	51.3%
Urban population	67,180 people	131,478 people	249,318 people
Male	242,857 people	244,647 people	248,182 people
Female	219,332 people	232,209 people	238,253 people
Households	117,516	128,997	147,222
Average household size	3.84	3.65	3.16

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+	1,344 people	2,179 people	3,523 people
80–84	2,837 people	3,521 people	6,358 people
75–79	4,075 people	4,443 people	8,518 people
70–74	6,808 people	7,129 people	13,937 people
65–69	10,563 people	10,412 people	20,975 people
60–64	12,730 people	12,483 people	25,213 people
55–59	16,175 people	15,484 people	31,659 people
50–54	19,315 people	18,389 people	37,704 people
45–49	19,765 people	18,249 people	38,014 people
40–44	17,886 people	17,566 people	35,452 people
35–39	14,879 people	15,375 people	30,254 people
30–34	15,327 people	16,120 people	31,447 people
25–29	9,384 people	9,876 people	19,260 people
20–24	9,706 people	8,982 people	18,688 people
15–19	18,368 people	16,282 people	34,650 people
10–14	28,982 people	26,016 people	54,998 people
5–9	23,050 people	20,952 people	44,002 people
1–4	14,155 people	12,331 people	26,486 people
0	2,833 people	2,464 people	5,297 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	820 people	1,254 people	2,074 people
80–84	1,580 people	1,770 people	3,350 people
75–79	3,085 people	3,566 people	6,651 people
70–74	5,649 people	5,636 people	11,285 people
65–69	6,036 people	5,708 people	11,744 people
60–64	8,553 people	8,143 people	16,696 people
55–59	12,106 people	11,271 people	23,377 people
50–54	13,976 people	13,331 people	27,307 people
45–49	16,818 people	16,050 people	32,868 people
40–44	20,073 people	18,462 people	38,535 people
35–39	20,557 people	18,864 people	39,421 people
30–34	18,566 people	18,758 people	37,324 people
25–29	15,629 people	17,120 people	32,749 people
20–24	16,241 people	18,251 people	34,492 people
15–19	14,969 people	13,471 people	28,440 people
10–14	17,730 people	15,189 people	32,919 people
5–9	24,901 people	22,243 people	47,144 people
1–4	22,284 people	19,029 people	41,313 people
0	5,074 people	4,093 people	9,167 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	488 people	840 people	1,328 people
80–84	1,272 people	1,586 people	2,858 people
75–79	2,809 people	3,126 people	5,935 people
70–74	3,998 people	3,675 people	7,673 people
65–69	5,635 people	5,371 people	11,006 people
60–64	8,277 people	7,303 people	15,580 people
55–59	7,621 people	6,614 people	14,235 people
50–54	9,977 people	8,893 people	18,870 people
45–49	13,727 people	12,331 people	26,058 people
40–44	15,969 people	14,698 people	30,667 people
35–39	19,704 people	17,697 people	37,401 people
30–34	23,377 people	21,020 people	44,397 people
25–29	24,202 people	21,156 people	45,358 people
20–24	22,721 people	22,220 people	44,941 people
15–19	22,429 people	19,848 people	42,277 people
10–14	26,268 people	23,916 people	50,184 people
5–9	16,554 people	14,384 people	30,938 people
1–4	14,010 people	11,277 people	25,287 people
0	3,819 people	3,377 people	7,196 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.83%

485,614 people

Miao0.05%

226 people

Zhuang0.03%

137 people

Tujia0.02%

102 people

Dong0.01%

69 people

Yi0.01%

63 people

Bouyei0.01%

62 people

Hui0.01%

27 people

Yao0.00%

20 people

Other groups0.00%

14 people

Hani0.00%

12 people

Sui0.00%

11 people

Mulao0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

She0.00%

7 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Tu0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Li0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Manchu0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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