Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	712,499 people	658,759 people	607,211 people
Urbanization rate	30.2%	43.8%	61.7%
Urban population	215,196 people	288,664 people	374,436 people
Male	362,913 people	327,149 people	302,423 people
Female	349,586 people	331,610 people	304,788 people
Households	189,862	182,496	224,333
Average household size	3.72	3.45	2.64

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+	2,118 people	1,931 people	4,049 people
80–84	12,207 people	11,359 people	23,566 people
75–79	19,846 people	18,181 people	38,027 people
70–74	23,873 people	22,101 people	45,974 people
65–69	12,717 people	11,594 people	24,311 people
60–64	8,936 people	8,793 people	17,729 people
55–59	15,057 people	15,337 people	30,394 people
50–54	21,221 people	22,808 people	44,029 people
45–49	17,103 people	18,390 people	35,493 people
40–44	16,521 people	17,228 people	33,749 people
35–39	23,310 people	24,309 people	47,619 people
30–34	31,763 people	33,039 people	64,802 people
25–29	25,915 people	25,278 people	51,193 people
20–24	21,653 people	19,725 people	41,378 people
15–19	21,633 people	20,637 people	42,270 people
10–14	11,036 people	11,001 people	22,037 people
5–9	9,261 people	10,993 people	20,254 people
1–4	4,838 people	6,441 people	11,279 people
0	3,415 people	5,643 people	9,058 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,579 people	3,896 people	8,475 people
80–84	20,748 people	18,176 people	38,924 people
75–79	17,977 people	16,296 people	34,273 people
70–74	17,574 people	16,375 people	33,949 people
65–69	25,218 people	24,636 people	49,854 people
60–64	22,581 people	27,009 people	49,590 people
55–59	18,157 people	20,929 people	39,086 people
50–54	17,659 people	18,897 people	36,556 people
45–49	25,110 people	26,811 people	51,921 people
40–44	34,627 people	35,796 people	70,423 people
35–39	28,579 people	27,504 people	56,083 people
30–34	24,214 people	21,870 people	46,084 people
25–29	24,281 people	22,462 people	46,743 people
20–24	13,290 people	12,555 people	25,845 people
15–19	12,708 people	13,501 people	26,209 people
10–14	8,555 people	9,630 people	18,185 people
5–9	6,482 people	7,493 people	13,975 people
1–4	3,374 people	4,835 people	8,209 people
0	1,436 people	2,939 people	4,375 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,649 people	3,201 people	6,850 people
80–84	14,366 people	12,149 people	26,515 people
75–79	28,341 people	25,270 people	53,611 people
70–74	39,071 people	36,161 people	75,232 people
65–69	27,109 people	24,439 people	51,548 people
60–64	20,788 people	22,009 people	42,797 people
55–59	30,769 people	31,499 people	62,268 people
50–54	42,113 people	41,971 people	84,084 people
45–49	34,436 people	31,922 people	66,358 people
40–44	27,332 people	23,937 people	51,269 people
35–39	27,593 people	24,687 people	52,280 people
30–34	15,375 people	13,829 people	29,204 people
25–29	15,281 people	15,426 people	30,707 people
20–24	11,992 people	12,464 people	24,456 people
15–19	10,360 people	10,596 people	20,956 people
10–14	7,608 people	8,943 people	16,551 people
5–9	4,283 people	6,198 people	10,481 people
1–4	1,872 people	3,525 people	5,397 people
0	575 people	1,360 people	1,935 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.90%

658,112 people

Hui0.03%

198 people

Manchu0.02%

105 people

Yi0.01%

81 people

Tibetan0.01%

72 people

Korean0.01%

39 people

Tujia0.01%

35 people

Dong0.00%

20 people

Hani0.00%

11 people

Bai0.00%

10 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

6 people

Lahu0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Miao0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Dongxiang0.00%

4 people

Mulao0.00%

4 people

Salar0.00%

4 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

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