Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	477,811 people	521,838 people	503,376 people
Urbanization rate	6.5%	6.8%	29.4%
Urban population	30,945 people	35,652 people	148,101 people
Male	252,272 people	274,000 people	266,028 people
Female	225,539 people	247,838 people	237,348 people
Households	117,352	124,811	148,876
Average household size	4.05	4.12	3.28

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+	3,978 people	3,641 people	7,619 people
80–84	17,810 people	16,420 people	34,230 people
75–79	23,166 people	20,948 people	44,114 people
70–74	24,083 people	21,883 people	45,966 people
65–69	20,039 people	18,286 people	38,325 people
60–64	19,292 people	16,582 people	35,874 people
55–59	18,753 people	15,232 people	33,985 people
50–54	21,981 people	17,792 people	39,773 people
45–49	18,044 people	13,459 people	31,503 people
40–44	18,169 people	14,440 people	32,609 people
35–39	18,945 people	15,794 people	34,739 people
30–34	17,529 people	16,033 people	33,562 people
25–29	14,504 people	14,378 people	28,882 people
20–24	8,882 people	9,007 people	17,889 people
15–19	8,622 people	8,957 people	17,579 people
10–14	5,270 people	5,660 people	10,930 people
5–9	3,730 people	4,430 people	8,160 people
1–4	2,191 people	2,765 people	4,956 people
0	1,040 people	1,641 people	2,681 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,144 people	3,413 people	7,557 people
80–84	17,295 people	14,096 people	31,391 people
75–79	26,540 people	23,214 people	49,754 people
70–74	30,103 people	26,758 people	56,861 people
65–69	25,769 people	22,661 people	48,430 people
60–64	27,055 people	24,740 people	51,795 people
55–59	21,538 people	18,256 people	39,794 people
50–54	21,007 people	18,666 people	39,673 people
45–49	21,333 people	18,942 people	40,275 people
40–44	19,160 people	17,518 people	36,678 people
35–39	16,174 people	15,557 people	31,731 people
30–34	10,363 people	9,921 people	20,284 people
25–29	10,712 people	10,108 people	20,820 people
20–24	7,312 people	6,961 people	14,273 people
15–19	6,056 people	6,126 people	12,182 people
10–14	4,777 people	4,937 people	9,714 people
5–9	2,732 people	3,297 people	6,029 people
1–4	1,418 people	1,850 people	3,268 people
0	512 people	817 people	1,329 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,847 people	5,291 people	11,138 people
80–84	21,164 people	18,049 people	39,213 people
75–79	29,574 people	25,472 people	55,046 people
70–74	34,362 people	30,609 people	64,971 people
65–69	23,385 people	18,397 people	41,782 people
60–64	20,668 people	18,593 people	39,261 people
55–59	22,196 people	19,593 people	41,789 people
50–54	20,327 people	18,425 people	38,752 people
45–49	17,108 people	16,020 people	33,128 people
40–44	11,085 people	10,280 people	21,365 people
35–39	11,981 people	10,878 people	22,859 people
30–34	8,645 people	7,812 people	16,457 people
25–29	7,655 people	7,280 people	14,935 people
20–24	7,128 people	6,593 people	13,721 people
15–19	4,876 people	5,002 people	9,878 people
10–14	3,625 people	3,864 people	7,489 people
5–9	1,621 people	1,975 people	3,596 people
1–4	729 people	928 people	1,657 people
0	296 people	478 people	774 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han86.19%

433,860 people

Manchu9.76%

49,104 people

Yi3.69%

18,560 people

Hui0.09%

440 people

Wa0.08%

377 people

Tibetan0.03%

168 people

Bai0.03%

160 people

Hani0.02%

118 people

Tujia0.02%

102 people

Korean0.02%

79 people

Bouyei0.01%

51 people

She0.01%

48 people

Lahu0.01%

41 people

Kazakh0.01%

35 people

Yao0.01%

31 people

Lisu0.01%

28 people

Naxi0.01%

23 people

Miao0.00%

17 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Maonan0.00%

15 people

Qiang0.00%

12 people

Dai0.00%

8 people

Achang0.00%

8 people

Daur0.00%

6 people

Zhuang0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Derung0.00%

3 people

Russian0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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