Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	286,348 people	329,830 people	286,077 people
Urbanization rate	20.3%	30.3%	49.2%
Urban population	58,165 people	99,883 people	140,831 people
Male	149,905 people	174,655 people	149,744 people
Female	136,443 people	155,175 people	136,333 people
Households	75,388	91,889	105,008
Average household size	3.28	3.49	2.62

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+	1,016 people	1,687 people	2,703 people
80–84	1,706 people	2,192 people	3,898 people
75–79	2,615 people	2,933 people	5,548 people
70–74	4,403 people	4,985 people	9,388 people
65–69	6,730 people	7,282 people	14,012 people
60–64	7,957 people	8,117 people	16,074 people
55–59	9,754 people	9,766 people	19,520 people
50–54	11,993 people	11,591 people	23,584 people
45–49	12,889 people	12,587 people	25,476 people
40–44	12,198 people	12,350 people	24,548 people
35–39	7,305 people	7,877 people	15,182 people
30–34	9,611 people	9,796 people	19,407 people
25–29	6,548 people	5,661 people	12,209 people
20–24	5,869 people	4,257 people	10,126 people
15–19	9,840 people	5,892 people	15,732 people
10–14	15,466 people	10,723 people	26,189 people
5–9	13,722 people	10,331 people	24,053 people
1–4	8,521 people	6,972 people	15,493 people
0	1,601 people	1,334 people	2,935 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	431 people	824 people	1,255 people
80–84	1,103 people	1,645 people	2,748 people
75–79	2,208 people	2,715 people	4,923 people
70–74	3,168 people	3,406 people	6,574 people
65–69	3,740 people	3,754 people	7,494 people
60–64	5,512 people	5,744 people	11,256 people
55–59	8,076 people	8,350 people	16,426 people
50–54	9,595 people	9,666 people	19,261 people
45–49	11,710 people	11,751 people	23,461 people
40–44	14,725 people	14,132 people	28,857 people
35–39	16,472 people	15,214 people	31,686 people
30–34	16,387 people	15,548 people	31,935 people
25–29	10,455 people	10,964 people	21,419 people
20–24	14,578 people	14,313 people	28,891 people
15–19	12,751 people	9,059 people	21,810 people
10–14	12,113 people	7,934 people	20,047 people
5–9	14,883 people	9,089 people	23,972 people
1–4	14,162 people	8,946 people	23,108 people
0	2,586 people	2,121 people	4,707 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	203 people	387 people	590 people
80–84	573 people	911 people	1,484 people
75–79	1,402 people	1,871 people	3,273 people
70–74	2,488 people	2,875 people	5,363 people
65–69	3,536 people	3,624 people	7,160 people
60–64	4,145 people	3,884 people	8,029 people
55–59	4,361 people	3,994 people	8,355 people
50–54	6,084 people	6,003 people	12,087 people
45–49	8,493 people	8,549 people	17,042 people
40–44	9,916 people	9,684 people	19,600 people
35–39	11,846 people	11,712 people	23,558 people
30–34	14,337 people	13,761 people	28,098 people
25–29	15,735 people	14,729 people	30,464 people
20–24	14,864 people	13,897 people	28,761 people
15–19	11,335 people	9,241 people	20,576 people
10–14	17,777 people	15,692 people	33,469 people
5–9	11,674 people	8,099 people	19,773 people
1–4	8,814 people	5,514 people	14,328 people
0	2,322 people	2,016 people	4,338 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.73%

285,314 people

Miao0.07%

188 people

Zhuang0.03%

95 people

Tujia0.03%

78 people

She0.02%

70 people

Dong0.02%

49 people

Yi0.02%

47 people

Bouyei0.02%

44 people

Hani0.01%

22 people

Lahu0.01%

22 people

Manchu0.01%

18 people

Dai0.01%

16 people

Wa0.01%

16 people

Yao0.01%

14 people

Bai0.01%

14 people

Hui0.01%

13 people

Other groups0.00%

11 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

5 people

Sui0.00%

5 people

Blang0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Nu0.00%

2 people

Gin0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

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