Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	264,757 people	240,194 people	253,394 people
Urbanization rate	36.8%	47.4%	58.2%
Urban population	97,375 people	113,739 people	147,462 people
Male	140,779 people	126,611 people	132,750 people
Female	123,978 people	113,583 people	120,644 people
Households	74,176	84,568	95,085
Average household size	3.43	2.69	2.59

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+	1,219 people	1,693 people	2,912 people
80–84	1,981 people	2,262 people	4,243 people
75–79	2,955 people	2,978 people	5,933 people
70–74	3,821 people	3,772 people	7,593 people
65–69	5,737 people	5,677 people	11,414 people
60–64	6,950 people	6,574 people	13,524 people
55–59	10,913 people	9,205 people	20,118 people
50–54	14,189 people	11,679 people	25,868 people
45–49	13,358 people	11,837 people	25,195 people
40–44	9,480 people	9,061 people	18,541 people
35–39	10,140 people	9,588 people	19,728 people
30–34	10,257 people	10,088 people	20,345 people
25–29	6,214 people	5,374 people	11,588 people
20–24	2,866 people	2,418 people	5,284 people
15–19	4,580 people	4,215 people	8,795 people
10–14	8,095 people	7,018 people	15,113 people
5–9	11,643 people	9,970 people	21,613 people
1–4	7,190 people	6,257 people	13,447 people
0	1,162 people	978 people	2,140 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	532 people	873 people	1,405 people
80–84	1,161 people	1,362 people	2,523 people
75–79	2,232 people	2,321 people	4,553 people
70–74	3,448 people	3,266 people	6,714 people
65–69	4,066 people	3,609 people	7,675 people
60–64	4,779 people	4,257 people	9,036 people
55–59	6,895 people	6,240 people	13,135 people
50–54	8,254 people	7,448 people	15,702 people
45–49	12,398 people	10,525 people	22,923 people
40–44	15,489 people	12,771 people	28,260 people
35–39	14,084 people	12,301 people	26,385 people
30–34	9,299 people	9,225 people	18,524 people
25–29	9,085 people	8,966 people	18,051 people
20–24	7,812 people	7,215 people	15,027 people
15–19	7,200 people	5,970 people	13,170 people
10–14	5,358 people	4,663 people	10,021 people
5–9	6,408 people	5,775 people	12,183 people
1–4	6,255 people	5,320 people	11,575 people
0	1,856 people	1,476 people	3,332 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	236 people	583 people	819 people
80–84	586 people	896 people	1,482 people
75–79	1,216 people	1,529 people	2,745 people
70–74	2,393 people	2,363 people	4,756 people
65–69	3,473 people	3,098 people	6,571 people
60–64	4,579 people	3,904 people	8,483 people
55–59	4,995 people	4,099 people	9,094 people
50–54	5,538 people	4,728 people	10,266 people
45–49	7,537 people	6,864 people	14,401 people
40–44	8,955 people	8,038 people	16,993 people
35–39	12,918 people	11,018 people	23,936 people
30–34	16,216 people	13,558 people	29,774 people
25–29	14,892 people	13,156 people	28,048 people
20–24	9,665 people	9,242 people	18,907 people
15–19	14,133 people	11,720 people	25,853 people
10–14	17,148 people	15,797 people	32,945 people
5–9	10,324 people	8,271 people	18,595 people
1–4	4,485 people	3,785 people	8,270 people
0	1,490 people	1,329 people	2,819 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.71%

250,114 people

She0.55%

1,381 people

Miao0.28%

714 people

Tujia0.10%

251 people

Bouyei0.07%

174 people

Dong0.07%

170 people

Zhuang0.05%

122 people

Yi0.03%

87 people

Hui0.03%

84 people

Sui0.02%

45 people

Gelao0.02%

37 people

Yao0.01%

36 people

Dongxiang0.01%

20 people

Dai0.01%

19 people

Manchu0.01%

18 people

Li0.01%

17 people

Mongol0.01%

15 people

Bai0.01%

15 people

Lisu0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

10 people

Mulao0.00%

9 people

Blang0.00%

7 people

Other groups0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 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