Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	540,695 people	549,491 people	515,058 people
Urbanization rate	19.3%	39.1%	51.1%
Urban population	104,330 people	214,801 people	263,000 people
Male	273,176 people	276,831 people	259,693 people
Female	267,519 people	272,660 people	255,365 people
Households	182,143	192,609	202,841
Average household size	2.88	2.80	2.45

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+	2,125 people	2,071 people	4,196 people
80–84	15,221 people	14,032 people	29,253 people
75–79	12,210 people	11,245 people	23,455 people
70–74	12,061 people	11,019 people	23,080 people
65–69	10,975 people	10,052 people	21,027 people
60–64	10,559 people	9,626 people	20,185 people
55–59	12,340 people	10,553 people	22,893 people
50–54	16,443 people	14,779 people	31,222 people
45–49	13,474 people	13,158 people	26,632 people
40–44	15,827 people	15,418 people	31,245 people
35–39	23,667 people	22,527 people	46,194 people
30–34	28,210 people	28,088 people	56,298 people
25–29	24,245 people	23,810 people	48,055 people
20–24	21,194 people	21,803 people	42,997 people
15–19	17,668 people	18,345 people	36,013 people
10–14	10,416 people	11,806 people	22,222 people
5–9	5,619 people	6,838 people	12,457 people
1–4	4,577 people	5,824 people	10,401 people
0	2,862 people	4,371 people	7,233 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,215 people	2,169 people	4,384 people
80–84	10,219 people	9,304 people	19,523 people
75–79	14,692 people	13,490 people	28,182 people
70–74	16,907 people	15,681 people	32,588 people
65–69	16,864 people	15,749 people	32,613 people
60–64	18,435 people	18,158 people	36,593 people
55–59	15,039 people	14,927 people	29,966 people
50–54	17,042 people	16,509 people	33,551 people
45–49	25,330 people	23,814 people	49,144 people
40–44	30,290 people	430,071 people	460,361 people
35–39	26,881 people	26,309 people	53,190 people
30–34	23,944 people	24,210 people	48,154 people
25–29	20,406 people	20,114 people	40,520 people
20–24	12,684 people	13,269 people	25,953 people
15–19	7,807 people	8,353 people	16,160 people
10–14	8,210 people	8,442 people	16,652 people
5–9	5,803 people	6,423 people	12,226 people
1–4	2,804 people	3,451 people	6,255 people
0	1,259 people	2,217 people	3,476 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,185 people	2,909 people	6,094 people
80–84	14,091 people	12,693 people	26,784 people
75–79	18,544 people	16,890 people	35,434 people
70–74	24,807 people	23,013 people	47,820 people
65–69	15,931 people	15,353 people	31,284 people
60–64	14,288 people	15,948 people	30,236 people
55–59	24,797 people	23,769 people	48,566 people
50–54	30,438 people	30,198 people	60,636 people
45–49	27,464 people	26,766 people	54,230 people
40–44	24,929 people	24,652 people	49,581 people
35–39	21,679 people	21,127 people	42,806 people
30–34	14,063 people	14,020 people	28,083 people
25–29	9,075 people	8,976 people	18,051 people
20–24	10,473 people	9,889 people	20,362 people
15–19	8,559 people	8,362 people	16,921 people
10–14	5,474 people	5,687 people	11,161 people
5–9	3,216 people	3,999 people	7,215 people
1–4	1,547 people	2,164 people	3,711 people
0	616 people	1,104 people	1,720 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.46%

512,281 people

Hui0.47%

2,429 people

Yi0.02%

83 people

Dong0.02%

79 people

Zhuang0.01%

31 people

Mongol0.00%

21 people

Tujia0.00%

18 people

Manchu0.00%

16 people

Tibetan0.00%

10 people

Bai0.00%

10 people

Korean0.00%

10 people

Qiang0.00%

10 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Sui0.00%

6 people

Pumi0.00%

6 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

5 people

Lahu0.00%

5 people

Evenki0.00%

5 people

Miao0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

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