Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	236,120 people	255,286 people	203,630 people
Urbanization rate	8.1%	14.0%	24.3%
Urban population	19,113 people	35,843 people	49,415 people
Male	125,885 people	133,795 people	107,875 people
Female	110,235 people	121,491 people	95,755 people
Households	59,818	58,833	62,045
Average household size	3.93	4.27	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+	1,078 people	1,005 people	2,083 people
80–84	5,791 people	5,352 people	11,143 people
75–79	7,378 people	6,948 people	14,326 people
70–74	7,655 people	7,038 people	14,693 people
65–69	6,301 people	5,461 people	11,762 people
60–64	6,105 people	5,136 people	11,241 people
55–59	5,528 people	4,659 people	10,187 people
50–54	6,992 people	6,135 people	13,127 people
45–49	7,628 people	6,086 people	13,714 people
40–44	8,580 people	6,510 people	15,090 people
35–39	9,636 people	7,206 people	16,842 people
30–34	9,804 people	7,952 people	17,756 people
25–29	7,195 people	6,320 people	13,515 people
20–24	5,184 people	4,619 people	9,803 people
15–19	5,076 people	5,189 people	10,265 people
10–14	3,431 people	3,840 people	7,271 people
5–9	2,291 people	2,721 people	5,012 people
1–4	1,328 people	1,872 people	3,200 people
0	894 people	1,706 people	2,600 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,611 people	1,444 people	3,055 people
80–84	6,931 people	6,247 people	13,178 people
75–79	9,103 people	7,974 people	17,077 people
70–74	10,578 people	9,363 people	19,941 people
65–69	8,957 people	8,392 people	17,349 people
60–64	10,585 people	10,898 people	21,483 people
55–59	11,786 people	10,711 people	22,497 people
50–54	12,428 people	10,619 people	23,047 people
45–49	13,137 people	10,334 people	23,471 people
40–44	12,358 people	9,813 people	22,171 people
35–39	8,858 people	7,626 people	16,484 people
30–34	6,315 people	5,364 people	11,679 people
25–29	6,465 people	6,053 people	12,518 people
20–24	4,807 people	4,680 people	9,487 people
15–19	3,556 people	3,556 people	7,112 people
10–14	2,755 people	3,039 people	5,794 people
5–9	2,017 people	2,534 people	4,551 people
1–4	1,103 people	1,738 people	2,841 people
0	445 people	1,106 people	1,551 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,152 people	1,946 people	4,098 people
80–84	8,461 people	7,409 people	15,870 people
75–79	8,875 people	8,104 people	16,979 people
70–74	11,236 people	10,106 people	21,342 people
65–69	11,528 people	9,986 people	21,514 people
60–64	12,790 people	10,526 people	23,316 people
55–59	13,486 people	9,932 people	23,418 people
50–54	12,715 people	9,783 people	22,498 people
45–49	9,333 people	7,839 people	17,172 people
40–44	6,805 people	5,547 people	12,352 people
35–39	6,967 people	6,302 people	13,269 people
30–34	5,427 people	4,987 people	10,414 people
25–29	4,271 people	3,872 people	8,143 people
20–24	3,840 people	3,626 people	7,466 people
15–19	3,336 people	3,549 people	6,885 people
10–14	2,505 people	3,024 people	5,529 people
5–9	1,384 people	1,969 people	3,353 people
1–4	507 people	1,017 people	1,524 people
0	267 people	711 people	978 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han78.62%

160,084 people

Tujia9.91%

20,177 people

Manchu6.66%

13,560 people

Yi3.64%

7,411 people

Yao0.42%

845 people

Zhuang0.30%

610 people

Bai0.08%

164 people

Hui0.07%

141 people

Hani0.07%

138 people

Kazakh0.05%

109 people

Korean0.04%

85 people

Tibetan0.04%

78 people

She0.02%

39 people

Mulao0.01%

26 people

Bouyei0.01%

19 people

Dai0.01%

15 people

Lisu0.01%

15 people

Maonan0.01%

14 people

Naxi0.01%

13 people

Lahu0.01%

10 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Dong0.00%

6 people

Achang0.00%

6 people

Monba0.00%

6 people

Qiang0.00%

5 people

Daur0.00%

3 people

Pumi0.00%

3 people

Evenki0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

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