Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	826,902 people	493,680 people	505,302 people
Urbanization rate	9.9%	43.1%	60.5%
Urban population	81,549 people	212,613 people	305,884 people
Male	425,416 people	254,743 people	252,570 people
Female	401,486 people	238,937 people	252,732 people
Households	218,249	124,851	162,327
Average household size	3.77	3.54	2.96

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+	2,218 people	4,003 people	6,221 people
80–84	2,751 people	3,570 people	6,321 people
75–79	4,752 people	5,499 people	10,251 people
70–74	8,596 people	9,882 people	18,478 people
65–69	14,431 people	15,179 people	29,610 people
60–64	11,167 people	11,739 people	22,906 people
55–59	16,542 people	18,034 people	34,576 people
50–54	20,458 people	21,840 people	42,298 people
45–49	19,014 people	19,145 people	38,159 people
40–44	17,060 people	18,148 people	35,208 people
35–39	16,700 people	17,911 people	34,611 people
30–34	21,317 people	23,272 people	44,589 people
25–29	14,013 people	14,002 people	28,015 people
20–24	10,354 people	7,905 people	18,259 people
15–19	20,330 people	14,347 people	34,677 people
10–14	18,952 people	16,528 people	35,480 people
5–9	18,753 people	16,892 people	35,645 people
1–4	13,143 people	12,786 people	25,929 people
0	2,019 people	2,050 people	4,069 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,349 people	2,359 people	3,708 people
80–84	2,703 people	3,167 people	5,870 people
75–79	4,646 people	4,889 people	9,535 people
70–74	5,377 people	5,006 people	10,383 people
65–69	6,966 people	6,477 people	13,443 people
60–64	10,964 people	10,820 people	21,784 people
55–59	16,147 people	15,779 people	31,926 people
50–54	12,417 people	12,209 people	24,626 people
45–49	18,218 people	18,179 people	36,397 people
40–44	22,747 people	22,114 people	44,861 people
35–39	20,731 people	19,620 people	40,351 people
30–34	18,391 people	18,398 people	36,789 people
25–29	17,167 people	17,799 people	34,966 people
20–24	23,126 people	23,083 people	46,209 people
15–19	26,823 people	22,987 people	49,810 people
10–14	15,012 people	10,589 people	25,601 people
5–9	15,968 people	12,029 people	27,997 people
1–4	13,520 people	11,292 people	24,812 people
0	2,471 people	2,141 people	4,612 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,014 people	2,882 people	3,896 people
80–84	2,663 people	5,385 people	8,048 people
75–79	5,939 people	8,133 people	14,072 people
70–74	10,235 people	11,625 people	21,860 people
65–69	12,272 people	13,161 people	25,433 people
60–64	12,330 people	11,292 people	23,622 people
55–59	14,379 people	13,668 people	28,047 people
50–54	23,198 people	22,899 people	46,097 people
45–49	32,420 people	32,327 people	64,747 people
40–44	23,421 people	23,042 people	46,463 people
35–39	33,353 people	34,097 people	67,450 people
30–34	39,655 people	38,635 people	78,290 people
25–29	33,220 people	30,929 people	64,149 people
20–24	28,339 people	27,537 people	55,876 people
15–19	35,243 people	31,509 people	66,752 people
10–14	52,616 people	47,747 people	100,363 people
5–9	36,217 people	28,691 people	64,908 people
1–4	23,197 people	13,892 people	37,089 people
0	5,705 people	4,035 people	9,740 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.71%

498,756 people

Hui1.23%

6,208 people

Manchu0.02%

76 people

Mongol0.01%

49 people

Zhuang0.01%

45 people

Tujia0.01%

37 people

Miao0.00%

21 people

Yi0.00%

14 people

Dong0.00%

12 people

Bai0.00%

11 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

8 people

Bouyei0.00%

7 people

Dongxiang0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Li0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

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