Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	612,166 people	588,666 people	483,367 people
Urbanization rate	13.7%	31.1%	46.3%
Urban population	84,069 people	182,818 people	223,866 people
Male	321,407 people	303,958 people	254,049 people
Female	290,759 people	284,708 people	229,318 people
Households	145,517	150,000	168,138
Average household size	4.12	3.82	2.79

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+	1,984 people	3,588 people	5,572 people
80–84	3,256 people	4,210 people	7,466 people
75–79	6,346 people	6,953 people	13,299 people
70–74	9,251 people	9,683 people	18,934 people
65–69	12,548 people	12,732 people	25,280 people
60–64	13,316 people	12,753 people	26,069 people
55–59	19,173 people	19,202 people	38,375 people
50–54	20,603 people	20,541 people	41,144 people
45–49	19,777 people	19,134 people	38,911 people
40–44	15,493 people	15,015 people	30,508 people
35–39	15,170 people	14,947 people	30,117 people
30–34	21,817 people	19,986 people	41,803 people
25–29	22,128 people	17,965 people	40,093 people
20–24	9,891 people	6,218 people	16,109 people
15–19	10,571 people	6,875 people	17,446 people
10–14	17,874 people	12,629 people	30,503 people
5–9	19,019 people	14,258 people	33,277 people
1–4	13,291 people	10,537 people	23,828 people
0	2,541 people	2,092 people	4,633 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	920 people	1,763 people	2,683 people
80–84	1,826 people	2,827 people	4,653 people
75–79	4,482 people	5,342 people	9,824 people
70–74	6,376 people	6,742 people	13,118 people
65–69	9,538 people	9,067 people	18,605 people
60–64	12,133 people	11,753 people	23,886 people
55–59	15,498 people	15,065 people	30,563 people
50–54	16,152 people	15,487 people	31,639 people
45–49	22,951 people	23,032 people	45,983 people
40–44	25,674 people	25,833 people	51,507 people
35–39	25,509 people	25,615 people	51,124 people
30–34	20,747 people	20,983 people	41,730 people
25–29	20,250 people	22,355 people	42,605 people
20–24	27,943 people	29,708 people	57,651 people
15–19	34,619 people	29,253 people	63,872 people
10–14	18,662 people	12,016 people	30,678 people
5–9	17,920 people	12,066 people	29,986 people
1–4	17,760 people	12,369 people	30,129 people
0	4,998 people	3,432 people	8,430 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	348 people	915 people	1,263 people
80–84	961 people	1,740 people	2,701 people
75–79	2,462 people	3,296 people	5,758 people
70–74	4,409 people	5,016 people	9,425 people
65–69	7,241 people	7,177 people	14,418 people
60–64	8,696 people	7,995 people	16,691 people
55–59	10,895 people	9,640 people	20,535 people
50–54	13,780 people	12,557 people	26,337 people
45–49	17,038 people	15,966 people	33,004 people
40–44	18,119 people	16,474 people	34,593 people
35–39	27,317 people	25,548 people	52,865 people
30–34	30,864 people	28,940 people	59,804 people
25–29	28,890 people	26,965 people	55,855 people
20–24	24,129 people	22,020 people	46,149 people
15–19	27,076 people	24,477 people	51,553 people
10–14	41,812 people	38,309 people	80,121 people
5–9	39,052 people	32,606 people	71,658 people
1–4	15,123 people	9,073 people	24,196 people
0	3,195 people	2,045 people	5,240 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.97%

588,459 people

Tujia0.01%

80 people

Hui0.01%

64 people

Zhuang0.01%

30 people

Manchu0.00%

10 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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