Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	798,983 people	741,014 people	757,797 people
Urbanization rate	14.9%	28.5%	27.4%
Urban population	119,333 people	211,166 people	207,405 people
Male	415,715 people	379,487 people	390,170 people
Female	383,268 people	361,527 people	367,627 people
Households	217,973	216,608	273,686
Average household size	3.61	3.36	2.69

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+	4,338 people	6,014 people	10,352 people
80–84	7,165 people	8,202 people	15,367 people
75–79	10,082 people	10,914 people	20,996 people
70–74	16,733 people	16,706 people	33,439 people
65–69	23,030 people	22,663 people	45,693 people
60–64	21,961 people	20,508 people	42,469 people
55–59	27,095 people	26,930 people	54,025 people
50–54	35,491 people	35,255 people	70,746 people
45–49	32,176 people	28,875 people	61,051 people
40–44	23,878 people	22,222 people	46,100 people
35–39	21,216 people	20,466 people	41,682 people
30–34	28,927 people	27,185 people	56,112 people
25–29	14,969 people	14,485 people	29,454 people
20–24	12,397 people	11,669 people	24,066 people
15–19	18,548 people	15,819 people	34,367 people
10–14	34,129 people	29,738 people	63,867 people
5–9	33,874 people	29,014 people	62,888 people
1–4	20,549 people	17,944 people	38,493 people
0	3,612 people	3,018 people	6,630 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,096 people	3,462 people	5,558 people
80–84	4,564 people	5,438 people	10,002 people
75–79	7,965 people	8,458 people	16,423 people
70–74	12,301 people	12,000 people	24,301 people
65–69	13,516 people	13,149 people	26,665 people
60–64	19,712 people	18,740 people	38,452 people
55–59	25,110 people	24,308 people	49,418 people
50–54	22,931 people	21,752 people	44,683 people
45–49	27,267 people	27,044 people	54,311 people
40–44	35,622 people	33,671 people	69,293 people
35–39	34,303 people	30,748 people	65,051 people
30–34	26,392 people	25,495 people	51,887 people
25–29	23,546 people	24,758 people	48,304 people
20–24	29,603 people	30,736 people	60,339 people
15–19	18,947 people	17,131 people	36,078 people
10–14	18,802 people	17,397 people	36,199 people
5–9	25,053 people	21,544 people	46,597 people
1–4	26,012 people	21,179 people	47,191 people
0	5,745 people	4,517 people	10,262 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,213 people	2,076 people	3,289 people
80–84	2,543 people	3,424 people	5,967 people
75–79	5,203 people	6,048 people	11,251 people
70–74	8,983 people	8,949 people	17,932 people
65–69	11,884 people	11,303 people	23,187 people
60–64	15,629 people	14,403 people	30,032 people
55–59	15,891 people	14,534 people	30,425 people
50–54	22,291 people	20,647 people	42,938 people
45–49	28,368 people	26,420 people	54,788 people
40–44	26,907 people	23,970 people	50,877 people
35–39	33,565 people	31,159 people	64,724 people
30–34	44,931 people	41,492 people	86,423 people
25–29	42,142 people	37,131 people	79,273 people
20–24	30,770 people	29,256 people	60,026 people
15–19	31,762 people	27,738 people	59,500 people
10–14	48,604 people	44,649 people	93,253 people
5–9	24,480 people	21,608 people	46,088 people
1–4	15,803 people	14,179 people	29,982 people
0	4,746 people	4,282 people	9,028 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han90.35%

669,526 people

Tujia5.22%

38,673 people

Yao3.07%

22,735 people

Dong0.71%

5,253 people

Miao0.36%

2,688 people

Hui0.24%

1,741 people

Zhuang0.02%

154 people

Other groups0.01%

56 people

Bouyei0.01%

51 people

Manchu0.01%

38 people

Yi0.00%

16 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Gelao0.00%

15 people

Li0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Hani0.00%

5 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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