Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	492,015 people	447,482 people	371,012 people
Urbanization rate	13.0%	29.2%	40.8%
Urban population	63,889 people	130,444 people	151,455 people
Male	263,007 people	235,050 people	190,991 people
Female	229,008 people	212,432 people	180,021 people
Households	135,909	124,954	147,920
Average household size	3.56	3.47	2.43

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+	1,086 people	1,832 people	2,918 people
80–84	2,127 people	2,502 people	4,629 people
75–79	5,644 people	5,958 people	11,602 people
70–74	9,445 people	8,591 people	18,036 people
65–69	13,170 people	11,020 people	24,190 people
60–64	10,639 people	8,635 people	19,274 people
55–59	16,658 people	14,651 people	31,309 people
50–54	18,662 people	18,134 people	36,796 people
45–49	15,639 people	15,751 people	31,390 people
40–44	10,637 people	10,478 people	21,115 people
35–39	10,636 people	10,844 people	21,480 people
30–34	14,003 people	14,349 people	28,352 people
25–29	11,223 people	10,726 people	21,949 people
20–24	4,568 people	4,143 people	8,711 people
15–19	7,537 people	6,549 people	14,086 people
10–14	14,537 people	12,800 people	27,337 people
5–9	13,495 people	12,616 people	26,111 people
1–4	9,456 people	8,801 people	18,257 people
0	1,829 people	1,641 people	3,470 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	628 people	1,168 people	1,796 people
80–84	1,627 people	2,263 people	3,890 people
75–79	3,514 people	3,645 people	7,159 people
70–74	5,165 people	4,655 people	9,820 people
65–69	9,256 people	8,146 people	17,402 people
60–64	12,886 people	10,621 people	23,507 people
55–59	16,032 people	12,952 people	28,984 people
50–54	12,449 people	10,187 people	22,636 people
45–49	19,480 people	16,853 people	36,333 people
40–44	23,304 people	20,743 people	44,047 people
35–39	21,010 people	19,353 people	40,363 people
30–34	15,136 people	13,532 people	28,668 people
25–29	15,963 people	15,335 people	31,298 people
20–24	20,618 people	21,350 people	41,968 people
15–19	21,752 people	19,878 people	41,630 people
10–14	10,137 people	8,868 people	19,005 people
5–9	11,083 people	9,744 people	20,827 people
1–4	11,989 people	10,550 people	22,539 people
0	3,021 people	2,589 people	5,610 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	263 people	592 people	855 people
80–84	864 people	1,610 people	2,474 people
75–79	2,446 people	3,144 people	5,590 people
70–74	4,839 people	5,103 people	9,942 people
65–69	6,939 people	6,079 people	13,018 people
60–64	7,850 people	6,436 people	14,286 people
55–59	11,896 people	9,917 people	21,813 people
50–54	15,379 people	12,350 people	27,729 people
45–49	18,748 people	14,445 people	33,193 people
40–44	14,815 people	11,310 people	26,125 people
35–39	23,645 people	18,982 people	42,627 people
30–34	28,011 people	23,691 people	51,702 people
25–29	24,749 people	21,745 people	46,494 people
20–24	17,320 people	15,238 people	32,558 people
15–19	19,836 people	18,898 people	38,734 people
10–14	30,471 people	28,958 people	59,429 people
5–9	24,040 people	21,367 people	45,407 people
1–4	8,785 people	7,368 people	16,153 people
0	2,111 people	1,775 people	3,886 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.25%

444,116 people

Hui0.74%

3,296 people

Zhuang0.00%

17 people

Miao0.00%

16 people

Tujia0.00%

7 people

Mongol0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Manchu0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

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