Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	534,250 people	579,340 people	567,970 people
Urbanization rate	13.9%	35.8%	51.4%
Urban population	74,279 people	207,410 people	291,781 people
Male	279,400 people	302,633 people	299,780 people
Female	254,850 people	276,707 people	268,190 people
Households	137,117	153,716	190,455
Average household size	3.84	3.68	2.82

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+	2,955 people	2,407 people	5,362 people
80–84	15,669 people	13,069 people	28,738 people
75–79	27,246 people	21,826 people	49,072 people
70–74	30,757 people	25,034 people	55,791 people
65–69	23,735 people	17,012 people	40,747 people
60–64	12,716 people	9,373 people	22,089 people
55–59	13,734 people	11,816 people	25,550 people
50–54	25,560 people	23,327 people	48,887 people
45–49	20,387 people	18,169 people	38,556 people
40–44	18,566 people	16,624 people	35,190 people
35–39	22,597 people	20,475 people	43,072 people
30–34	22,592 people	21,821 people	44,413 people
25–29	18,982 people	18,837 people	37,819 people
20–24	14,370 people	14,682 people	29,052 people
15–19	11,927 people	12,573 people	24,500 people
10–14	7,333 people	7,414 people	14,747 people
5–9	4,940 people	5,706 people	10,646 people
1–4	3,341 people	4,277 people	7,618 people
0	2,373 people	3,748 people	6,121 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,791 people	4,382 people	10,173 people
80–84	25,053 people	19,905 people	44,958 people
75–79	31,007 people	22,201 people	53,208 people
70–74	18,559 people	13,455 people	32,014 people
65–69	18,112 people	15,377 people	33,489 people
60–64	28,648 people	30,246 people	58,894 people
55–59	23,382 people	23,211 people	46,593 people
50–54	21,302 people	20,086 people	41,388 people
45–49	25,345 people	23,125 people	48,470 people
40–44	24,775 people	23,573 people	48,348 people
35–39	21,047 people	20,149 people	41,196 people
30–34	16,262 people	15,888 people	32,150 people
25–29	13,901 people	13,834 people	27,735 people
20–24	9,075 people	8,330 people	17,405 people
15–19	6,815 people	6,852 people	13,667 people
10–14	5,878 people	6,173 people	12,051 people
5–9	4,119 people	4,821 people	8,940 people
1–4	2,417 people	3,013 people	5,430 people
0	1,145 people	2,086 people	3,231 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,448 people	2,166 people	5,614 people
80–84	13,435 people	8,952 people	22,387 people
75–79	19,621 people	15,503 people	35,124 people
70–74	37,546 people	35,499 people	73,045 people
65–69	28,731 people	25,794 people	54,525 people
60–64	22,558 people	21,250 people	43,808 people
55–59	27,528 people	24,328 people	51,856 people
50–54	26,935 people	24,879 people	51,814 people
45–49	23,132 people	21,659 people	44,791 people
40–44	17,975 people	17,104 people	35,079 people
35–39	15,382 people	14,894 people	30,276 people
30–34	10,409 people	9,233 people	19,642 people
25–29	8,163 people	7,612 people	15,775 people
20–24	8,238 people	7,710 people	15,948 people
15–19	6,563 people	6,631 people	13,194 people
10–14	5,027 people	5,255 people	10,282 people
5–9	2,721 people	3,268 people	5,989 people
1–4	1,345 people	1,926 people	3,271 people
0	643 people	1,187 people	1,830 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.93%

573,153 people

Yao0.88%

5,074 people

Manchu0.09%

543 people

Bouyei0.04%

207 people

Korean0.02%

134 people

Tujia0.02%

123 people

Tibetan0.00%

19 people

Hui0.00%

15 people

Mulao0.00%

12 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Dong0.00%

10 people

Zhuang0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Dongxiang0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Miao0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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