Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	928,584 people	813,053 people	938,157 people
Urbanization rate	14.4%	19.5%	46.1%
Urban population	133,930 people	158,797 people	432,050 people
Male	483,851 people	416,319 people	474,286 people
Female	444,733 people	396,734 people	463,871 people
Households	260,194	265,526	330,368
Average household size	3.38	2.99	2.66

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+	4,424 people	6,229 people	10,653 people
80–84	6,965 people	8,091 people	15,056 people
75–79	11,612 people	11,929 people	23,541 people
70–74	18,178 people	18,102 people	36,280 people
65–69	29,623 people	31,287 people	60,910 people
60–64	23,297 people	22,437 people	45,734 people
55–59	33,463 people	34,483 people	67,946 people
50–54	45,057 people	44,440 people	89,497 people
45–49	50,829 people	48,371 people	99,200 people
40–44	28,367 people	27,688 people	56,055 people
35–39	26,390 people	26,452 people	52,842 people
30–34	33,220 people	32,081 people	65,301 people
25–29	28,037 people	27,080 people	55,117 people
20–24	20,572 people	19,076 people	39,648 people
15–19	29,862 people	27,738 people	57,600 people
10–14	32,130 people	29,823 people	61,953 people
5–9	28,031 people	25,922 people	53,953 people
1–4	20,344 people	19,056 people	39,400 people
0	3,885 people	3,586 people	7,471 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,193 people	3,372 people	5,565 people
80–84	4,789 people	5,513 people	10,302 people
75–79	8,347 people	8,920 people	17,267 people
70–74	13,044 people	11,995 people	25,039 people
65–69	16,326 people	14,544 people	30,870 people
60–64	21,376 people	19,656 people	41,032 people
55–59	31,786 people	31,206 people	62,992 people
50–54	21,984 people	20,558 people	42,542 people
45–49	27,724 people	28,428 people	56,152 people
40–44	38,295 people	37,086 people	75,381 people
35–39	43,117 people	40,848 people	83,965 people
30–34	22,654 people	22,107 people	44,761 people
25–29	17,685 people	17,051 people	34,736 people
20–24	24,187 people	23,486 people	47,673 people
15–19	33,813 people	32,337 people	66,150 people
10–14	30,362 people	27,535 people	57,897 people
5–9	30,274 people	26,755 people	57,029 people
1–4	23,346 people	20,827 people	44,173 people
0	5,017 people	4,510 people	9,527 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,021 people	2,197 people	3,218 people
80–84	2,344 people	3,440 people	5,784 people
75–79	5,892 people	6,800 people	12,692 people
70–74	10,308 people	10,235 people	20,543 people
65–69	14,181 people	13,134 people	27,315 people
60–64	19,063 people	16,306 people	35,369 people
55–59	20,082 people	17,106 people	37,188 people
50–54	25,783 people	22,504 people	48,287 people
45–49	37,213 people	35,072 people	72,285 people
40–44	26,114 people	23,596 people	49,710 people
35–39	35,633 people	34,958 people	70,591 people
30–34	50,888 people	47,437 people	98,325 people
25–29	57,083 people	52,038 people	109,121 people
20–24	30,621 people	30,615 people	61,236 people
15–19	30,591 people	26,736 people	57,327 people
10–14	45,780 people	41,184 people	86,964 people
5–9	39,343 people	34,552 people	73,895 people
1–4	26,555 people	22,359 people	48,914 people
0	5,356 people	4,464 people	9,820 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

812,116 people

Miao0.05%

435 people

Yi0.02%

177 people

Tujia0.01%

96 people

Hui0.01%

67 people

Zhuang0.01%

38 people

Bouyei0.00%

22 people

Manchu0.00%

21 people

Tibetan0.00%

19 people

Tu0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

7 people

Mongol0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

6 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Pumi0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

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