Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	273,437 people	286,055 people	275,094 people
Urbanization rate	37.9%	65.6%	69.9%
Urban population	103,506 people	187,571 people	192,401 people
Male	146,889 people	153,486 people	143,844 people
Female	126,548 people	132,569 people	131,250 people
Households	76,628	87,674	99,787
Average household size	3.39	3.03	2.49

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+	802 people	1,222 people	2,024 people
80–84	1,474 people	1,653 people	3,127 people
75–79	2,480 people	2,643 people	5,123 people
70–74	4,324 people	4,800 people	9,124 people
65–69	7,110 people	7,580 people	14,690 people
60–64	9,178 people	8,514 people	17,692 people
55–59	12,205 people	10,717 people	22,922 people
50–54	15,015 people	13,194 people	28,209 people
45–49	14,891 people	13,333 people	28,224 people
40–44	10,192 people	8,988 people	19,180 people
35–39	10,843 people	9,245 people	20,088 people
30–34	12,923 people	11,386 people	24,309 people
25–29	8,937 people	7,936 people	16,873 people
20–24	9,025 people	7,001 people	16,026 people
15–19	5,928 people	5,396 people	11,324 people
10–14	5,840 people	5,509 people	11,349 people
5–9	5,984 people	5,745 people	11,729 people
1–4	5,603 people	5,364 people	10,967 people
0	1,090 people	1,024 people	2,114 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	354 people	513 people	867 people
80–84	1,025 people	1,176 people	2,201 people
75–79	2,153 people	2,315 people	4,468 people
70–74	3,277 people	3,105 people	6,382 people
65–69	4,200 people	3,969 people	8,169 people
60–64	5,966 people	6,382 people	12,348 people
55–59	9,088 people	9,214 people	18,302 people
50–54	10,960 people	9,887 people	20,847 people
45–49	13,387 people	11,367 people	24,754 people
40–44	16,639 people	13,927 people	30,566 people
35–39	17,002 people	14,198 people	31,200 people
30–34	11,927 people	9,572 people	21,499 people
25–29	11,579 people	9,324 people	20,903 people
20–24	13,622 people	9,349 people	22,971 people
15–19	10,940 people	8,778 people	19,718 people
10–14	8,097 people	7,068 people	15,165 people
5–9	6,924 people	6,471 people	13,395 people
1–4	5,363 people	4,960 people	10,323 people
0	983 people	994 people	1,977 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	160 people	240 people	400 people
80–84	481 people	595 people	1,076 people
75–79	1,298 people	1,371 people	2,669 people
70–74	2,664 people	2,807 people	5,471 people
65–69	4,009 people	3,822 people	7,831 people
60–64	4,850 people	4,325 people	9,175 people
55–59	5,207 people	4,683 people	9,890 people
50–54	6,894 people	7,033 people	13,927 people
45–49	9,631 people	9,738 people	19,369 people
40–44	11,318 people	9,933 people	21,251 people
35–39	13,703 people	11,214 people	24,917 people
30–34	17,344 people	13,803 people	31,147 people
25–29	17,341 people	13,612 people	30,953 people
20–24	10,990 people	8,432 people	19,422 people
15–19	10,093 people	8,064 people	18,157 people
10–14	12,428 people	10,614 people	23,042 people
5–9	10,457 people	9,183 people	19,640 people
1–4	6,536 people	5,719 people	12,255 people
0	1,485 people	1,360 people	2,845 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.79%

285,446 people

Hui0.06%

161 people

Manchu0.04%

111 people

Tujia0.03%

91 people

Yi0.03%

78 people

Mongol0.02%

51 people

Miao0.01%

35 people

Zhuang0.01%

19 people

Wa0.01%

17 people

Korean0.00%

7 people

Qiang0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Evenki0.00%

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