Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	36,015 people	38,272 people	31,507 people
Urbanization rate	40.5%	46.9%	63.9%
Urban population	14,582 people	17,944 people	20,116 people
Male	18,866 people	21,683 people	16,888 people
Female	17,149 people	16,589 people	14,619 people
Households	9,883	10,790	13,252
Average household size	3.53	2.99	2.18

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+	48 people	62 people	110 people
80–84	76 people	108 people	184 people
75–79	150 people	231 people	381 people
70–74	264 people	312 people	576 people
65–69	442 people	456 people	898 people
60–64	539 people	469 people	1,008 people
55–59	1,067 people	908 people	1,975 people
50–54	1,811 people	1,405 people	3,216 people
45–49	1,861 people	1,594 people	3,455 people
40–44	1,433 people	1,288 people	2,721 people
35–39	1,231 people	981 people	2,212 people
30–34	1,684 people	1,301 people	2,985 people
25–29	1,536 people	1,236 people	2,772 people
20–24	1,128 people	899 people	2,027 people
15–19	740 people	694 people	1,434 people
10–14	898 people	878 people	1,776 people
5–9	1,002 people	898 people	1,900 people
1–4	806 people	760 people	1,566 people
0	172 people	139 people	311 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	15 people	27 people	42 people
80–84	39 people	59 people	98 people
75–79	109 people	136 people	245 people
70–74	201 people	229 people	430 people
65–69	317 people	343 people	660 people
60–64	490 people	451 people	941 people
55–59	791 people	595 people	1,386 people
50–54	1,019 people	647 people	1,666 people
45–49	1,941 people	1,383 people	3,324 people
40–44	2,755 people	1,955 people	4,710 people
35–39	2,583 people	1,905 people	4,488 people
30–34	2,120 people	1,547 people	3,667 people
25–29	1,922 people	1,295 people	3,217 people
20–24	2,345 people	1,438 people	3,783 people
15–19	1,752 people	1,463 people	3,215 people
10–14	1,413 people	1,363 people	2,776 people
5–9	1,009 people	959 people	1,968 people
1–4	694 people	645 people	1,339 people
0	168 people	149 people	317 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6 people	10 people	16 people
80–84	29 people	38 people	67 people
75–79	71 people	69 people	140 people
70–74	124 people	137 people	261 people
65–69	223 people	257 people	480 people
60–64	371 people	292 people	663 people
55–59	395 people	437 people	832 people
50–54	605 people	524 people	1,129 people
45–49	932 people	773 people	1,705 people
40–44	1,135 people	880 people	2,015 people
35–39	2,022 people	1,655 people	3,677 people
30–34	2,675 people	2,294 people	4,969 people
25–29	2,348 people	2,118 people	4,466 people
20–24	1,609 people	1,442 people	3,051 people
15–19	1,327 people	1,229 people	2,556 people
10–14	1,839 people	1,764 people	3,603 people
5–9	1,738 people	1,832 people	3,570 people
1–4	1,157 people	1,137 people	2,294 people
0	260 people	261 people	521 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han51.83%

16,329 people

Mongol16.82%

5,299 people

Hui15.00%

4,725 people

Tibetan7.37%

2,322 people

Tu4.08%

1,284 people

Salar3.48%

1,096 people

Dongxiang0.58%

182 people

Tujia0.45%

141 people

Yi0.16%

49 people

Bonan0.10%

30 people

Manchu0.06%

18 people

Korean0.03%

9 people

Yugur0.02%

6 people

Zhuang0.02%

5 people

Miao0.01%

2 people

Yao0.01%

2 people

Mulao0.01%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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