Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	303,258 people	311,471 people	264,181 people
Urbanization rate	9.9%	28.9%	42.6%
Urban population	30,128 people	89,856 people	112,644 people
Male	154,157 people	156,710 people	129,749 people
Female	149,101 people	154,761 people	134,432 people
Households	76,768	81,815	92,006
Average household size	3.93	3.73	2.76

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+	988 people	1,006 people	1,994 people
80–84	5,249 people	5,152 people	10,401 people
75–79	7,272 people	7,065 people	14,337 people
70–74	7,902 people	7,850 people	15,752 people
65–69	7,050 people	6,339 people	13,389 people
60–64	5,320 people	5,544 people	10,864 people
55–59	7,622 people	8,148 people	15,770 people
50–54	9,212 people	9,979 people	19,191 people
45–49	8,716 people	8,877 people	17,593 people
40–44	8,480 people	8,497 people	16,977 people
35–39	11,696 people	11,045 people	22,741 people
30–34	11,861 people	12,430 people	24,291 people
25–29	11,249 people	12,250 people	23,499 people
20–24	9,195 people	9,529 people	18,724 people
15–19	7,751 people	8,128 people	15,879 people
10–14	5,215 people	5,739 people	10,954 people
5–9	2,842 people	3,399 people	6,241 people
1–4	1,370 people	2,034 people	3,404 people
0	759 people	1,421 people	2,180 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,654 people	1,644 people	3,298 people
80–84	6,362 people	6,175 people	12,537 people
75–79	8,500 people	7,941 people	16,441 people
70–74	10,976 people	10,570 people	21,546 people
65–69	12,581 people	12,464 people	25,045 people
60–64	11,894 people	12,041 people	23,935 people
55–59	11,939 people	11,296 people	23,235 people
50–54	11,397 people	10,560 people	21,957 people
45–49	14,894 people	13,365 people	28,259 people
40–44	14,655 people	14,481 people	29,136 people
35–39	13,578 people	14,065 people	27,643 people
30–34	11,112 people	10,982 people	22,094 people
25–29	9,416 people	9,289 people	18,705 people
20–24	6,983 people	7,024 people	14,007 people
15–19	4,581 people	4,675 people	9,256 people
10–14	3,114 people	3,504 people	6,618 people
5–9	1,951 people	2,637 people	4,588 people
1–4	825 people	1,347 people	2,172 people
0	298 people	701 people	999 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,350 people	2,214 people	4,564 people
80–84	8,773 people	8,540 people	17,313 people
75–79	13,190 people	13,002 people	26,192 people
70–74	14,660 people	13,940 people	28,600 people
65–69	11,582 people	10,370 people	21,952 people
60–64	10,749 people	9,395 people	20,144 people
55–59	15,088 people	13,492 people	28,580 people
50–54	14,947 people	14,811 people	29,758 people
45–49	13,997 people	14,108 people	28,105 people
40–44	11,654 people	11,132 people	22,786 people
35–39	10,246 people	9,768 people	20,014 people
30–34	8,248 people	7,764 people	16,012 people
25–29	5,905 people	5,575 people	11,480 people
20–24	5,012 people	5,004 people	10,016 people
15–19	3,660 people	4,095 people	7,755 people
10–14	2,296 people	3,001 people	5,297 people
5–9	1,217 people	1,796 people	3,013 people
1–4	464 people	805 people	1,269 people
0	119 people	289 people	408 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.28%

309,227 people

Hui0.62%

1,931 people

Dai0.03%

84 people

Qiang0.02%

56 people

Dong0.02%

48 people

Uyghur0.01%

31 people

Li0.01%

18 people

Korean0.01%

17 people

Zhuang0.00%

14 people

Tujia0.00%

9 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Evenki0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Manchu0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Jino0.00%

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