Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	260,869 people	269,636 people	235,390 people
Urbanization rate	20.5%	21.1%	28.8%
Urban population	53,385 people	56,874 people	67,682 people
Male	133,496 people	139,095 people	124,074 people
Female	127,373 people	130,541 people	111,316 people
Households	66,497	69,280	67,936
Average household size	3.86	3.74	3.27

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+	1,638 people	1,391 people	3,029 people
80–84	8,131 people	7,049 people	15,180 people
75–79	12,110 people	10,661 people	22,771 people
70–74	9,520 people	8,275 people	17,795 people
65–69	7,229 people	5,370 people	12,599 people
60–64	7,493 people	5,581 people	13,074 people
55–59	9,610 people	8,180 people	17,790 people
50–54	8,792 people	7,474 people	16,266 people
45–49	7,372 people	6,142 people	13,514 people
40–44	6,349 people	5,365 people	11,714 people
35–39	7,269 people	7,244 people	14,513 people
30–34	9,002 people	9,249 people	18,251 people
25–29	8,810 people	8,481 people	17,291 people
20–24	6,233 people	5,726 people	11,959 people
15–19	5,472 people	4,821 people	10,293 people
10–14	3,484 people	2,897 people	6,381 people
5–9	2,533 people	2,560 people	5,093 people
1–4	1,766 people	2,420 people	4,186 people
0	1,261 people	2,430 people	3,691 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,909 people	1,778 people	3,687 people
80–84	9,331 people	7,429 people	16,760 people
75–79	9,181 people	7,246 people	16,427 people
70–74	12,200 people	9,926 people	22,126 people
65–69	15,104 people	14,251 people	29,355 people
60–64	10,910 people	11,187 people	22,097 people
55–59	9,592 people	9,124 people	18,716 people
50–54	8,288 people	7,747 people	16,035 people
45–49	8,949 people	9,399 people	18,348 people
40–44	10,521 people	11,487 people	22,008 people
35–39	10,316 people	10,277 people	20,593 people
30–34	7,730 people	7,065 people	14,795 people
25–29	7,234 people	5,900 people	13,134 people
20–24	4,907 people	3,505 people	8,412 people
15–19	4,020 people	3,362 people	7,382 people
10–14	3,699 people	3,778 people	7,477 people
5–9	2,781 people	3,354 people	6,135 people
1–4	1,577 people	2,208 people	3,785 people
0	846 people	1,518 people	2,364 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,648 people	973 people	2,621 people
80–84	10,174 people	7,552 people	17,726 people
75–79	17,284 people	15,911 people	33,195 people
70–74	15,889 people	15,311 people	31,200 people
65–69	11,718 people	10,311 people	22,029 people
60–64	7,775 people	7,136 people	14,911 people
55–59	8,705 people	9,518 people	18,223 people
50–54	10,430 people	12,082 people	22,512 people
45–49	10,344 people	10,797 people	21,141 people
40–44	7,827 people	7,406 people	15,233 people
35–39	7,358 people	6,271 people	13,629 people
30–34	5,255 people	3,828 people	9,083 people
25–29	4,539 people	3,706 people	8,245 people
20–24	4,680 people	4,330 people	9,010 people
15–19	3,983 people	4,249 people	8,232 people
10–14	2,896 people	3,372 people	6,268 people
5–9	1,726 people	2,252 people	3,978 people
1–4	826 people	1,359 people	2,185 people
0	439 people	1,009 people	1,448 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

269,249 people

Tujia0.08%

224 people

Manchu0.03%

78 people

Korean0.01%

20 people

Yao0.01%

16 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Zhuang0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Miao0.00%

4 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Hui0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

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