Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	807,718 people	788,216 people	730,103 people
Urbanization rate	19.3%	26.7%	49.6%
Urban population	156,056 people	210,799 people	361,924 people
Male	413,489 people	398,776 people	370,407 people
Female	394,229 people	389,440 people	359,696 people
Households	243,766	241,243	265,078
Average household size	3.26	3.18	2.60

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+	4,506 people	7,045 people	11,551 people
80–84	7,901 people	8,434 people	16,335 people
75–79	11,765 people	11,722 people	23,487 people
70–74	19,485 people	19,557 people	39,042 people
65–69	24,320 people	24,569 people	48,889 people
60–64	18,373 people	17,787 people	36,160 people
55–59	29,962 people	32,477 people	62,439 people
50–54	37,996 people	40,273 people	78,269 people
45–49	29,309 people	28,974 people	58,283 people
40–44	20,199 people	20,209 people	40,408 people
35–39	20,376 people	20,245 people	40,621 people
30–34	29,278 people	27,393 people	56,671 people
25–29	15,378 people	14,187 people	29,565 people
20–24	14,218 people	12,186 people	26,404 people
15–19	16,478 people	12,935 people	29,413 people
10–14	24,476 people	21,056 people	45,532 people
5–9	25,429 people	22,056 people	47,485 people
1–4	17,762 people	15,837 people	33,599 people
0	3,196 people	2,754 people	5,950 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,393 people	4,200 people	6,593 people
80–84	4,875 people	6,582 people	11,457 people
75–79	9,020 people	9,932 people	18,952 people
70–74	14,469 people	12,655 people	27,124 people
65–69	17,098 people	14,608 people	31,706 people
60–64	24,865 people	22,455 people	47,320 people
55–59	27,900 people	27,367 people	55,267 people
50–54	20,155 people	19,704 people	39,859 people
45–49	31,532 people	34,456 people	65,988 people
40–44	39,650 people	41,736 people	81,386 people
35–39	31,524 people	31,561 people	63,085 people
30–34	22,585 people	23,515 people	46,100 people
25–29	23,483 people	25,179 people	48,662 people
20–24	31,501 people	33,546 people	65,047 people
15–19	23,237 people	20,601 people	43,838 people
10–14	23,133 people	19,593 people	42,726 people
5–9	24,527 people	19,890 people	44,417 people
1–4	20,891 people	17,113 people	38,004 people
0	5,938 people	4,747 people	10,685 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,078 people	2,216 people	3,294 people
80–84	2,897 people	4,442 people	7,339 people
75–79	6,547 people	8,228 people	14,775 people
70–74	10,837 people	11,612 people	22,449 people
65–69	14,253 people	13,534 people	27,787 people
60–64	19,584 people	15,434 people	35,018 people
55–59	20,378 people	16,284 people	36,662 people
50–54	28,347 people	24,626 people	52,973 people
45–49	30,890 people	29,258 people	60,148 people
40–44	21,846 people	20,881 people	42,727 people
35–39	34,183 people	36,912 people	71,095 people
30–34	42,163 people	45,249 people	87,412 people
25–29	31,008 people	31,544 people	62,552 people
20–24	19,983 people	21,004 people	40,987 people
15–19	29,877 people	24,626 people	54,503 people
10–14	50,374 people	47,093 people	97,467 people
5–9	25,168 people	22,075 people	47,243 people
1–4	18,781 people	15,076 people	33,857 people
0	5,295 people	4,135 people	9,430 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

787,097 people

Tujia0.04%

315 people

Miao0.03%

268 people

Hui0.01%

89 people

Dong0.01%

89 people

Zhuang0.01%

79 people

Yao0.01%

53 people

Bai0.00%

35 people

Manchu0.00%

29 people

Yi0.00%

26 people

Uyghur0.00%

24 people

Tu0.00%

20 people

Bouyei0.00%

19 people

Mongol0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

14 people

Hani0.00%

10 people

Li0.00%

10 people

Other groups0.00%

6 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Gaoshan0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

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