Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	828,897 people	943,935 people	851,227 people
Urbanization rate	11.3%	30.9%	52.0%
Urban population	93,417 people	291,733 people	442,425 people
Male	419,557 people	478,209 people	428,773 people
Female	409,340 people	465,726 people	422,454 people
Households	196,131	231,986	227,730
Average household size	4.16	4.00	3.43

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+	1,665 people	3,728 people	5,393 people
80–84	2,856 people	4,596 people	7,452 people
75–79	5,446 people	7,007 people	12,453 people
70–74	11,996 people	14,600 people	26,596 people
65–69	18,517 people	21,114 people	39,631 people
60–64	19,135 people	20,418 people	39,553 people
55–59	21,220 people	23,150 people	44,370 people
50–54	29,949 people	30,609 people	60,558 people
45–49	26,665 people	24,473 people	51,138 people
40–44	22,695 people	21,784 people	44,479 people
35–39	33,941 people	34,117 people	68,058 people
30–34	37,762 people	37,724 people	75,486 people
25–29	28,547 people	25,902 people	54,449 people
20–24	23,050 people	20,490 people	43,540 people
15–19	26,444 people	23,086 people	49,530 people
10–14	43,634 people	39,240 people	82,874 people
5–9	44,531 people	40,783 people	85,314 people
1–4	26,101 people	25,086 people	51,187 people
0	4,619 people	4,547 people	9,166 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	835 people	1,979 people	2,814 people
80–84	2,359 people	3,930 people	6,289 people
75–79	5,040 people	6,725 people	11,765 people
70–74	7,594 people	8,626 people	16,220 people
65–69	10,178 people	10,694 people	20,872 people
60–64	18,596 people	20,186 people	38,782 people
55–59	25,282 people	26,827 people	52,109 people
50–54	25,127 people	25,403 people	50,530 people
45–49	26,922 people	28,083 people	55,005 people
40–44	37,913 people	36,779 people	74,692 people
35–39	32,305 people	29,388 people	61,693 people
30–34	29,496 people	28,627 people	58,123 people
25–29	44,244 people	46,222 people	90,466 people
20–24	49,889 people	52,168 people	102,057 people
15–19	42,232 people	39,468 people	81,700 people
10–14	37,058 people	30,404 people	67,462 people
5–9	39,576 people	33,325 people	72,901 people
1–4	35,888 people	30,677 people	66,565 people
0	7,675 people	6,215 people	13,890 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	478 people	1,195 people	1,673 people
80–84	1,299 people	2,531 people	3,830 people
75–79	3,353 people	4,785 people	8,138 people
70–74	6,789 people	8,106 people	14,895 people
65–69	9,531 people	9,942 people	19,473 people
60–64	10,908 people	10,542 people	21,450 people
55–59	12,360 people	12,233 people	24,593 people
50–54	21,222 people	22,019 people	43,241 people
45–49	27,383 people	27,941 people	55,324 people
40–44	25,427 people	25,614 people	51,041 people
35–39	27,841 people	28,760 people	56,601 people
30–34	38,713 people	37,005 people	75,718 people
25–29	33,876 people	31,322 people	65,198 people
20–24	34,468 people	31,591 people	66,059 people
15–19	48,532 people	49,540 people	98,072 people
10–14	52,119 people	51,437 people	103,556 people
5–9	34,951 people	30,056 people	65,007 people
1–4	24,785 people	19,758 people	44,543 people
0	5,522 people	4,963 people	10,485 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.98%

943,725 people

Hui0.01%

86 people

Manchu0.01%

73 people

Zhuang0.00%

13 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Mongol0.00%

7 people

Bouyei0.00%

7 people

Tujia0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

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