Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	257,496 people	258,086 people	205,773 people
Urbanization rate	12.3%	32.2%	56.3%
Urban population	31,732 people	82,997 people	115,758 people
Male	133,494 people	131,517 people	103,755 people
Female	124,002 people	126,569 people	102,018 people
Households	81,454	84,856	86,772
Average household size	3.13	3.01	2.25

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+	739 people	664 people	1,403 people
80–84	3,382 people	3,192 people	6,574 people
75–79	5,445 people	5,177 people	10,622 people
70–74	7,478 people	7,170 people	14,648 people
65–69	4,119 people	3,940 people	8,059 people
60–64	3,714 people	3,475 people	7,189 people
55–59	5,322 people	5,160 people	10,482 people
50–54	6,406 people	6,330 people	12,736 people
45–49	4,701 people	4,589 people	9,290 people
40–44	5,842 people	5,864 people	11,706 people
35–39	9,141 people	9,902 people	19,043 people
30–34	10,626 people	11,578 people	22,204 people
25–29	9,138 people	9,655 people	18,793 people
20–24	7,279 people	6,425 people	13,704 people
15–19	7,485 people	7,035 people	14,520 people
10–14	5,830 people	4,511 people	10,341 people
5–9	3,781 people	3,404 people	7,185 people
1–4	2,153 people	2,207 people	4,360 people
0	1,174 people	1,740 people	2,914 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,566 people	1,412 people	2,978 people
80–84	7,060 people	6,535 people	13,595 people
75–79	8,657 people	7,859 people	16,516 people
70–74	8,888 people	7,859 people	16,747 people
65–69	9,514 people	9,589 people	19,103 people
60–64	9,054 people	9,508 people	18,562 people
55–59	6,433 people	6,507 people	12,940 people
50–54	7,537 people	7,718 people	15,255 people
45–49	11,056 people	12,015 people	23,071 people
40–44	12,496 people	13,298 people	25,794 people
35–39	10,522 people	10,898 people	21,420 people
30–34	8,288 people	7,298 people	15,586 people
25–29	8,703 people	7,776 people	16,479 people
20–24	7,171 people	5,237 people	12,408 people
15–19	5,507 people	4,303 people	9,810 people
10–14	4,263 people	3,580 people	7,843 people
5–9	2,843 people	2,772 people	5,615 people
1–4	1,403 people	1,560 people	2,963 people
0	556 people	845 people	1,401 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,866 people	1,632 people	3,498 people
80–84	7,432 people	6,422 people	13,854 people
75–79	11,636 people	10,263 people	21,899 people
70–74	13,374 people	11,987 people	25,361 people
65–69	7,357 people	6,897 people	14,254 people
60–64	6,544 people	7,491 people	14,035 people
55–59	10,795 people	12,222 people	23,017 people
50–54	12,730 people	13,852 people	26,582 people
45–49	11,246 people	11,667 people	22,913 people
40–44	8,989 people	7,829 people	16,818 people
35–39	9,671 people	8,434 people	18,105 people
30–34	8,079 people	5,668 people	13,747 people
25–29	6,717 people	4,911 people	11,628 people
20–24	5,896 people	4,444 people	10,340 people
15–19	4,706 people	3,922 people	8,628 people
10–14	3,355 people	2,961 people	6,316 people
5–9	1,965 people	1,903 people	3,868 people
1–4	848 people	1,032 people	1,880 people
0	288 people	465 people	753 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

257,800 people

Zhuang0.03%

81 people

Dong0.03%

64 people

Manchu0.01%

33 people

Hui0.01%

25 people

Tibetan0.01%

16 people

Lisu0.01%

15 people

Uyghur0.00%

11 people

Tujia0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Nanai0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

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