Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	651,357 people	589,620 people	435,405 people
Urbanization rate	27.3%	34.7%	41.2%
Urban population	178,088 people	204,633 people	179,396 people
Male	331,148 people	299,686 people	220,700 people
Female	320,209 people	289,934 people	214,705 people
Households	228,191	226,416	186,977
Average household size	2.79	2.52	2.25

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+	999 people	967 people	1,966 people
80–84	5,665 people	5,408 people	11,073 people
75–79	6,821 people	6,390 people	13,211 people
70–74	7,655 people	7,054 people	14,709 people
65–69	6,558 people	6,200 people	12,758 people
60–64	6,374 people	5,792 people	12,166 people
55–59	8,821 people	7,594 people	16,415 people
50–54	12,646 people	11,216 people	23,862 people
45–49	11,031 people	9,980 people	21,011 people
40–44	11,618 people	10,981 people	22,599 people
35–39	19,149 people	18,806 people	37,955 people
30–34	26,137 people	25,574 people	51,711 people
25–29	27,066 people	26,682 people	53,748 people
20–24	21,746 people	21,213 people	42,959 people
15–19	19,009 people	18,923 people	37,932 people
10–14	12,808 people	13,052 people	25,860 people
5–9	7,948 people	8,226 people	16,174 people
1–4	5,475 people	5,819 people	11,294 people
0	3,174 people	4,828 people	8,002 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,060 people	1,851 people	3,911 people
80–84	7,448 people	6,788 people	14,236 people
75–79	9,585 people	9,116 people	18,701 people
70–74	12,087 people	11,413 people	23,500 people
65–69	17,779 people	17,017 people	34,796 people
60–64	17,226 people	17,167 people	34,393 people
55–59	14,853 people	14,208 people	29,061 people
50–54	14,951 people	14,045 people	28,996 people
45–49	23,936 people	22,332 people	46,268 people
40–44	32,672 people	30,988 people	63,660 people
35–39	34,609 people	33,800 people	68,409 people
30–34	29,177 people	28,041 people	57,218 people
25–29	26,476 people	25,473 people	51,949 people
20–24	18,753 people	17,965 people	36,718 people
15–19	13,046 people	12,270 people	25,316 people
10–14	11,418 people	10,387 people	21,805 people
5–9	7,908 people	8,479 people	16,387 people
1–4	3,855 people	5,378 people	9,233 people
0	1,847 people	3,216 people	5,063 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,226 people	1,984 people	4,210 people
80–84	10,648 people	9,920 people	20,568 people
75–79	19,303 people	17,954 people	37,257 people
70–74	30,332 people	28,826 people	59,158 people
65–69	21,490 people	19,532 people	41,022 people
60–64	13,402 people	13,492 people	26,894 people
55–59	23,682 people	23,106 people	46,788 people
50–54	33,410 people	32,190 people	65,600 people
45–49	36,241 people	35,192 people	71,433 people
40–44	31,180 people	29,603 people	60,783 people
35–39	29,291 people	27,715 people	57,006 people
30–34	21,334 people	20,229 people	41,563 people
25–29	15,674 people	14,167 people	29,841 people
20–24	14,926 people	12,851 people	27,777 people
15–19	12,128 people	11,952 people	24,080 people
10–14	7,585 people	9,684 people	17,269 people
5–9	4,616 people	6,011 people	10,627 people
1–4	2,568 people	3,718 people	6,286 people
0	1,112 people	2,083 people	3,195 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

434,776 people

Dong0.03%

114 people

Manchu0.02%

80 people

Hui0.02%

75 people

Tujia0.01%

62 people

Zhuang0.01%

55 people

Lisu0.01%

45 people

Korean0.01%

43 people

Mongol0.01%

29 people

Yi0.00%

16 people

Tibetan0.00%

15 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

Miao0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

9 people

Bouyei0.00%

8 people

Lahu0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

Xibe0.00%

5 people

Daur0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Russian0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

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