Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	642,409 people	659,380 people	542,849 people
Urbanization rate	1.3%	19.9%	39.7%
Urban population	8,169 people	131,481 people	215,228 people
Male	329,003 people	333,046 people	279,702 people
Female	313,406 people	326,334 people	263,147 people
Households	147,038	153,294	142,874
Average household size	4.36	4.27	3.39

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+	2,303 people	4,080 people	6,383 people
80–84	3,270 people	3,856 people	7,126 people
75–79	5,653 people	6,540 people	12,193 people
70–74	9,531 people	9,450 people	18,981 people
65–69	13,038 people	13,054 people	26,092 people
60–64	10,465 people	10,481 people	20,946 people
55–59	16,481 people	18,608 people	35,089 people
50–54	22,494 people	24,671 people	47,165 people
45–49	20,482 people	18,782 people	39,264 people
40–44	14,626 people	12,783 people	27,409 people
35–39	15,157 people	14,625 people	29,782 people
30–34	23,834 people	23,546 people	47,380 people
25–29	17,159 people	15,155 people	32,314 people
20–24	13,721 people	10,886 people	24,607 people
15–19	18,884 people	13,814 people	32,698 people
10–14	27,115 people	22,330 people	49,445 people
5–9	26,110 people	22,574 people	48,684 people
1–4	16,395 people	15,259 people	31,654 people
0	2,984 people	2,653 people	5,637 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,428 people	2,948 people	4,376 people
80–84	2,812 people	3,916 people	6,728 people
75–79	4,741 people	6,124 people	10,865 people
70–74	6,656 people	6,903 people	13,559 people
65–69	9,129 people	9,728 people	18,857 people
60–64	13,787 people	13,690 people	27,477 people
55–59	17,687 people	17,935 people	35,622 people
50–54	14,167 people	14,659 people	28,826 people
45–49	20,946 people	24,697 people	45,643 people
40–44	27,946 people	31,869 people	59,815 people
35–39	24,424 people	24,574 people	48,998 people
30–34	17,340 people	17,000 people	34,340 people
25–29	19,523 people	21,911 people	41,434 people
20–24	32,404 people	36,327 people	68,731 people
15–19	29,678 people	25,265 people	54,943 people
10–14	27,552 people	21,574 people	49,126 people
5–9	31,248 people	22,965 people	54,213 people
1–4	27,068 people	20,778 people	47,846 people
0	4,510 people	3,471 people	7,981 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	824 people	1,665 people	2,489 people
80–84	2,032 people	3,332 people	5,364 people
75–79	4,105 people	5,334 people	9,439 people
70–74	6,551 people	7,228 people	13,779 people
65–69	7,978 people	8,657 people	16,635 people
60–64	9,443 people	8,750 people	18,193 people
55–59	11,416 people	12,482 people	23,898 people
50–54	16,106 people	14,620 people	30,726 people
45–49	19,916 people	19,106 people	39,022 people
40–44	15,777 people	15,236 people	31,013 people
35–39	24,357 people	25,958 people	50,315 people
30–34	33,256 people	33,865 people	67,121 people
25–29	28,893 people	26,265 people	55,158 people
20–24	20,407 people	19,535 people	39,942 people
15–19	27,480 people	26,814 people	54,294 people
10–14	45,045 people	43,514 people	88,559 people
5–9	30,727 people	23,384 people	54,111 people
1–4	20,371 people	13,913 people	34,284 people
0	4,319 people	3,748 people	8,067 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.82%

536,434 people

Hui1.09%

5,933 people

Yi0.01%

66 people

Miao0.01%

65 people

Mongol0.01%

59 people

Manchu0.01%

57 people

Tujia0.01%

50 people

Zhuang0.01%

37 people

Bouyei0.01%

35 people

Dong0.00%

18 people

Other groups0.00%

17 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Sui0.00%

7 people

Korean0.00%

6 people

Yao0.00%

5 people

Gelao0.00%

5 people

Qiang0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

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