Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	720,196 people	819,000 people	811,631 people
Urbanization rate	20.5%	35.8%	55.9%
Urban population	147,778 people	293,151 people	453,442 people
Male	373,108 people	421,377 people	408,963 people
Female	347,088 people	397,623 people	402,668 people
Households	188,920	209,363	232,934
Average household size	3.69	3.71	3.29

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+	3,956 people	3,523 people	7,479 people
80–84	25,517 people	23,322 people	48,839 people
75–79	41,855 people	36,645 people	78,500 people
70–74	36,586 people	31,851 people	68,437 people
65–69	23,967 people	20,209 people	44,176 people
60–64	16,151 people	13,384 people	29,535 people
55–59	25,677 people	23,763 people	49,440 people
50–54	39,675 people	41,018 people	80,693 people
45–49	28,655 people	28,478 people	57,133 people
40–44	20,253 people	19,765 people	40,018 people
35–39	27,180 people	28,976 people	56,156 people
30–34	29,010 people	30,792 people	59,802 people
25–29	26,606 people	28,067 people	54,673 people
20–24	22,640 people	23,132 people	45,772 people
15–19	19,103 people	21,257 people	40,360 people
10–14	12,130 people	14,609 people	26,739 people
5–9	5,681 people	7,247 people	12,928 people
1–4	2,905 people	4,114 people	7,019 people
0	1,416 people	2,516 people	3,932 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,457 people	5,611 people	12,068 people
80–84	28,276 people	23,634 people	51,910 people
75–79	29,062 people	22,738 people	51,800 people
70–74	26,004 people	19,952 people	45,956 people
65–69	38,787 people	34,396 people	73,183 people
60–64	47,047 people	46,801 people	93,848 people
55–59	33,529 people	31,959 people	65,488 people
50–54	23,420 people	21,511 people	44,931 people
45–49	32,102 people	31,330 people	63,432 people
40–44	34,489 people	33,348 people	67,837 people
35–39	31,282 people	30,856 people	62,138 people
30–34	27,152 people	26,024 people	53,176 people
25–29	23,822 people	24,415 people	48,237 people
20–24	17,013 people	18,040 people	35,053 people
15–19	9,565 people	10,262 people	19,827 people
10–14	6,947 people	7,777 people	14,724 people
5–9	4,260 people	5,432 people	9,692 people
1–4	1,629 people	2,482 people	4,111 people
0	534 people	1,055 people	1,589 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,411 people	4,071 people	9,482 people
80–84	24,136 people	18,111 people	42,247 people
75–79	30,165 people	25,411 people	55,576 people
70–74	47,333 people	45,112 people	92,445 people
65–69	32,995 people	29,503 people	62,498 people
60–64	22,306 people	19,317 people	41,623 people
55–59	32,318 people	30,001 people	62,319 people
50–54	34,794 people	32,748 people	67,542 people
45–49	31,597 people	30,033 people	61,630 people
40–44	27,697 people	25,589 people	53,286 people
35–39	25,260 people	24,782 people	50,042 people
30–34	18,774 people	19,086 people	37,860 people
25–29	11,842 people	11,875 people	23,717 people
20–24	10,728 people	10,439 people	21,167 people
15–19	9,000 people	9,102 people	18,102 people
10–14	5,155 people	6,258 people	11,413 people
5–9	2,487 people	3,508 people	5,995 people
1–4	871 people	1,517 people	2,388 people
0	239 people	625 people	864 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.94%

818,521 people

Hui0.01%

106 people

Dong0.01%

100 people

Tujia0.01%

86 people

Yi0.01%

52 people

Zhuang0.01%

39 people

Manchu0.01%

39 people

Korean0.00%

26 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Tajik0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

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