Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	576,848 people	572,655 people	538,532 people
Urbanization rate	12.0%	32.7%	54.0%
Urban population	69,047 people	187,369 people	290,574 people
Male	302,600 people	295,882 people	280,279 people
Female	274,248 people	276,773 people	258,253 people
Households	162,004	173,359	187,528
Average household size	3.53	3.27	2.44

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+	2,470 people	3,714 people	6,184 people
80–84	3,544 people	4,492 people	8,036 people
75–79	5,202 people	5,655 people	10,857 people
70–74	8,503 people	9,242 people	17,745 people
65–69	14,574 people	15,447 people	30,021 people
60–64	14,499 people	14,577 people	29,076 people
55–59	19,928 people	19,736 people	39,664 people
50–54	23,242 people	22,485 people	45,727 people
45–49	21,496 people	19,328 people	40,824 people
40–44	16,684 people	14,965 people	31,649 people
35–39	18,730 people	17,417 people	36,147 people
30–34	21,565 people	19,949 people	41,514 people
25–29	11,241 people	9,802 people	21,043 people
20–24	9,260 people	7,655 people	16,915 people
15–19	18,332 people	14,649 people	32,981 people
10–14	30,105 people	24,961 people	55,066 people
5–9	24,778 people	20,660 people	45,438 people
1–4	13,638 people	11,557 people	25,195 people
0	2,488 people	1,962 people	4,450 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,196 people	1,712 people	2,908 people
80–84	2,878 people	3,480 people	6,358 people
75–79	5,201 people	5,795 people	10,996 people
70–74	6,791 people	6,910 people	13,701 people
65–69	7,611 people	7,169 people	14,780 people
60–64	10,824 people	10,745 people	21,569 people
55–59	17,499 people	17,271 people	34,770 people
50–54	17,384 people	16,661 people	34,045 people
45–49	23,068 people	22,366 people	45,434 people
40–44	26,454 people	24,961 people	51,415 people
35–39	24,434 people	21,801 people	46,235 people
30–34	18,921 people	17,701 people	36,622 people
25–29	22,113 people	22,227 people	44,340 people
20–24	24,167 people	26,734 people	50,901 people
15–19	15,126 people	13,240 people	28,366 people
10–14	14,687 people	11,920 people	26,607 people
5–9	25,990 people	21,031 people	47,021 people
1–4	27,225 people	21,635 people	48,860 people
0	4,313 people	3,414 people	7,727 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	511 people	915 people	1,426 people
80–84	1,228 people	1,818 people	3,046 people
75–79	3,380 people	3,825 people	7,205 people
70–74	6,683 people	6,773 people	13,456 people
65–69	8,655 people	8,324 people	16,979 people
60–64	9,313 people	8,517 people	17,830 people
55–59	9,118 people	8,189 people	17,307 people
50–54	12,520 people	11,775 people	24,295 people
45–49	19,867 people	19,009 people	38,876 people
40–44	19,617 people	18,243 people	37,860 people
35–39	26,348 people	24,806 people	51,154 people
30–34	30,800 people	27,930 people	58,730 people
25–29	29,208 people	25,237 people	54,445 people
20–24	23,695 people	20,761 people	44,456 people
15–19	30,980 people	26,892 people	57,872 people
10–14	36,952 people	34,529 people	71,481 people
5–9	18,838 people	15,555 people	34,393 people
1–4	11,678 people	8,566 people	20,244 people
0	3,209 people	2,584 people	5,793 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.96%

572,409 people

Yao0.02%

89 people

Miao0.01%

48 people

Hui0.01%

28 people

Zhuang0.00%

24 people

Tujia0.00%

16 people

Bouyei0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Tu0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Nu0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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