Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	557,120 people	560,742 people	513,777 people
Urbanization rate	9.9%	27.5%	45.9%
Urban population	55,036 people	154,167 people	235,603 people
Male	290,142 people	290,426 people	263,674 people
Female	266,978 people	270,316 people	250,103 people
Households	153,872	149,692	169,243
Average household size	3.59	3.71	2.95

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+	2,690 people	3,830 people	6,520 people
80–84	4,359 people	5,241 people	9,600 people
75–79	6,349 people	6,918 people	13,267 people
70–74	9,994 people	9,859 people	19,853 people
65–69	15,339 people	14,973 people	30,312 people
60–64	14,995 people	13,912 people	28,907 people
55–59	21,166 people	20,612 people	41,778 people
50–54	22,013 people	22,490 people	44,503 people
45–49	18,397 people	17,492 people	35,889 people
40–44	13,716 people	13,327 people	27,043 people
35–39	16,926 people	16,474 people	33,400 people
30–34	21,558 people	21,211 people	42,769 people
25–29	8,860 people	8,841 people	17,701 people
20–24	7,496 people	7,117 people	14,613 people
15–19	13,936 people	11,002 people	24,938 people
10–14	25,411 people	22,063 people	47,474 people
5–9	23,955 people	20,369 people	44,324 people
1–4	14,030 people	12,175 people	26,205 people
0	2,484 people	2,197 people	4,681 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,390 people	1,993 people	3,383 people
80–84	3,204 people	3,633 people	6,837 people
75–79	5,671 people	6,004 people	11,675 people
70–74	8,369 people	8,106 people	16,475 people
65–69	9,133 people	8,655 people	17,788 people
60–64	12,630 people	11,296 people	23,926 people
55–59	17,596 people	16,392 people	33,988 people
50–54	16,505 people	15,109 people	31,614 people
45–49	22,458 people	21,397 people	43,855 people
40–44	24,599 people	23,402 people	48,001 people
35–39	23,260 people	20,437 people	43,697 people
30–34	18,870 people	17,731 people	36,601 people
25–29	24,238 people	23,821 people	48,059 people
20–24	29,944 people	31,038 people	60,982 people
15–19	13,358 people	12,061 people	25,419 people
10–14	13,603 people	11,788 people	25,391 people
5–9	20,095 people	16,237 people	36,332 people
1–4	20,679 people	17,241 people	37,920 people
0	4,824 people	3,975 people	8,799 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	689 people	1,092 people	1,781 people
80–84	1,565 people	2,011 people	3,576 people
75–79	3,756 people	4,024 people	7,780 people
70–74	6,700 people	6,427 people	13,127 people
65–69	8,787 people	8,231 people	17,018 people
60–64	10,838 people	9,750 people	20,588 people
55–59	10,680 people	9,598 people	20,278 people
50–54	13,998 people	12,238 people	26,236 people
45–49	19,492 people	17,552 people	37,044 people
40–44	18,493 people	16,409 people	34,902 people
35–39	25,843 people	23,796 people	49,639 people
30–34	27,806 people	26,892 people	54,698 people
25–29	24,338 people	22,259 people	46,597 people
20–24	19,014 people	18,718 people	37,732 people
15–19	28,051 people	25,138 people	53,189 people
10–14	39,664 people	36,951 people	76,615 people
5–9	16,370 people	14,393 people	30,763 people
1–4	10,959 people	9,070 people	20,029 people
0	3,099 people	2,429 people	5,528 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han96.61%

541,730 people

Yao2.90%

16,266 people

Miao0.34%

1,917 people

Dong0.06%

343 people

Zhuang0.04%

234 people

Tujia0.02%

93 people

Li0.01%

36 people

Hui0.00%

25 people

Yi0.00%

17 people

Bouyei0.00%

17 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

Gelao0.00%

9 people

She0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Manchu0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

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