Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	196,978 people	199,880 people	182,977 people
Urbanization rate	13.0%	23.1%	28.0%
Urban population	25,565 people	46,201 people	51,298 people
Male	102,090 people	105,783 people	94,841 people
Female	94,888 people	94,097 people	88,136 people
Households	47,788	58,495	56,879
Average household size	4.10	3.26	3.10

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+	847 people	801 people	1,648 people
80–84	4,364 people	4,050 people	8,414 people
75–79	5,361 people	5,192 people	10,553 people
70–74	5,779 people	5,641 people	11,420 people
65–69	4,541 people	4,488 people	9,029 people
60–64	3,685 people	3,394 people	7,079 people
55–59	4,839 people	4,520 people	9,359 people
50–54	8,217 people	7,210 people	15,427 people
45–49	7,860 people	6,541 people	14,401 people
40–44	8,277 people	7,120 people	15,397 people
35–39	9,596 people	8,183 people	17,779 people
30–34	8,988 people	7,636 people	16,624 people
25–29	7,387 people	6,683 people	14,070 people
20–24	4,261 people	4,049 people	8,310 people
15–19	4,448 people	4,508 people	8,956 people
10–14	2,846 people	3,130 people	5,976 people
5–9	1,699 people	2,088 people	3,787 people
1–4	1,095 people	1,495 people	2,590 people
0	751 people	1,407 people	2,158 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,152 people	1,166 people	2,318 people
80–84	4,714 people	4,621 people	9,335 people
75–79	6,258 people	6,091 people	12,349 people
70–74	6,458 people	6,285 people	12,743 people
65–69	6,768 people	6,408 people	13,176 people
60–64	9,372 people	7,946 people	17,318 people
55–59	9,349 people	7,369 people	16,718 people
50–54	9,741 people	8,008 people	17,749 people
45–49	11,126 people	8,775 people	19,901 people
40–44	10,398 people	8,107 people	18,505 people
35–39	8,587 people	7,154 people	15,741 people
30–34	5,120 people	4,380 people	9,500 people
25–29	5,374 people	4,904 people	10,278 people
20–24	3,663 people	3,606 people	7,269 people
15–19	2,536 people	2,700 people	5,236 people
10–14	2,205 people	2,374 people	4,579 people
5–9	1,712 people	2,211 people	3,923 people
1–4	866 people	1,276 people	2,142 people
0	384 people	716 people	1,100 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,559 people	1,494 people	3,053 people
80–84	4,852 people	4,759 people	9,611 people
75–79	7,410 people	7,276 people	14,686 people
70–74	11,593 people	11,449 people	23,042 people
65–69	10,025 people	9,021 people	19,046 people
60–64	9,378 people	8,612 people	17,990 people
55–59	10,997 people	9,059 people	20,056 people
50–54	10,140 people	8,335 people	18,475 people
45–49	8,639 people	7,388 people	16,027 people
40–44	5,228 people	4,496 people	9,724 people
35–39	5,711 people	5,187 people	10,898 people
30–34	4,088 people	3,919 people	8,007 people
25–29	3,034 people	2,968 people	6,002 people
20–24	3,001 people	2,945 people	5,946 people
15–19	2,830 people	3,051 people	5,881 people
10–14	1,890 people	2,246 people	4,136 people
5–9	1,040 people	1,498 people	2,538 people
1–4	463 people	818 people	1,281 people
0	212 people	367 people	579 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Bai70.91%

129,744 people

Han13.77%

25,189 people

Yi6.54%

11,957 people

She5.50%

10,070 people

Pumi1.28%

2,349 people

Manchu0.84%

1,528 people

Kazakh0.55%

1,001 people

Hui0.26%

483 people

Hani0.05%

85 people

Evenki0.04%

80 people

Korean0.04%

78 people

Tujia0.04%

66 people

Naxi0.03%

56 people

Mulao0.02%

38 people

Lisu0.02%

36 people

Achang0.02%

36 people

Lahu0.01%

23 people

Yao0.01%

21 people

Miao0.01%

20 people

Qiang0.01%

19 people

Bouyei0.01%

18 people

Tibetan0.01%

17 people

Zhuang0.01%

9 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Wa0.00%

6 people

Dong0.00%

5 people

Dongxiang0.00%

5 people

Daur0.00%

4 people

Russian0.00%

4 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

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