Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	504,832 people	389,634 people	396,159 people
Urbanization rate	9.7%	25.6%	42.2%
Urban population	49,073 people	99,795 people	167,211 people
Male	262,951 people	197,953 people	199,725 people
Female	241,881 people	191,681 people	196,434 people
Households	135,048	126,238	145,580
Average household size	3.72	3.03	2.58

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+	1,339 people	1,885 people	3,224 people
80–84	2,992 people	3,419 people	6,411 people
75–79	5,770 people	6,432 people	12,202 people
70–74	8,961 people	9,668 people	18,629 people
65–69	12,357 people	11,817 people	24,174 people
60–64	8,776 people	8,263 people	17,039 people
55–59	13,162 people	14,261 people	27,423 people
50–54	15,375 people	16,193 people	31,568 people
45–49	15,628 people	16,954 people	32,582 people
40–44	12,223 people	12,416 people	24,639 people
35–39	9,749 people	9,738 people	19,487 people
30–34	10,573 people	10,870 people	21,443 people
25–29	10,334 people	10,439 people	20,773 people
20–24	8,945 people	8,576 people	17,521 people
15–19	13,370 people	12,032 people	25,402 people
10–14	19,357 people	16,577 people	35,934 people
5–9	16,399 people	14,249 people	30,648 people
1–4	11,984 people	10,528 people	22,512 people
0	2,431 people	2,117 people	4,548 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	617 people	750 people	1,367 people
80–84	1,872 people	2,027 people	3,899 people
75–79	3,773 people	3,908 people	7,681 people
70–74	6,419 people	6,092 people	12,511 people
65–69	9,040 people	8,871 people	17,911 people
60–64	11,468 people	11,606 people	23,074 people
55–59	14,228 people	13,399 people	27,627 people
50–54	9,520 people	9,185 people	18,705 people
45–49	13,525 people	14,720 people	28,245 people
40–44	15,576 people	16,540 people	32,116 people
35–39	15,027 people	16,770 people	31,797 people
30–34	10,069 people	10,621 people	20,690 people
25–29	7,100 people	7,694 people	14,794 people
20–24	7,653 people	8,098 people	15,751 people
15–19	16,477 people	14,583 people	31,060 people
10–14	23,142 people	20,696 people	43,838 people
5–9	16,442 people	13,769 people	30,211 people
1–4	13,188 people	10,002 people	23,190 people
0	2,817 people	2,350 people	5,167 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	340 people	480 people	820 people
80–84	810 people	988 people	1,798 people
75–79	2,119 people	2,096 people	4,215 people
70–74	5,057 people	4,595 people	9,652 people
65–69	7,576 people	6,787 people	14,363 people
60–64	10,089 people	8,832 people	18,921 people
55–59	12,234 people	11,912 people	24,146 people
50–54	13,389 people	12,998 people	26,387 people
45–49	17,178 people	15,921 people	33,099 people
40–44	11,636 people	10,690 people	22,326 people
35–39	18,544 people	19,535 people	38,079 people
30–34	21,971 people	22,183 people	44,154 people
25–29	22,536 people	23,428 people	45,964 people
20–24	16,003 people	15,085 people	31,088 people
15–19	19,454 people	14,357 people	33,811 people
10–14	31,008 people	27,537 people	58,545 people
5–9	27,593 people	23,792 people	51,385 people
1–4	20,920 people	16,836 people	37,756 people
0	4,494 people	3,829 people	8,323 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han88.76%

351,626 people

Gelao7.51%

29,751 people

Miao2.83%

11,194 people

Tujia0.27%

1,076 people

Bouyei0.13%

529 people

Mulao0.12%

492 people

Dong0.10%

387 people

Yi0.08%

314 people

Zhuang0.05%

207 people

Other groups0.04%

137 people

Hui0.02%

75 people

Sui0.02%

65 people

Bai0.02%

63 people

Li0.01%

55 people

Yao0.01%

44 people

Mongol0.01%

28 people

Manchu0.01%

21 people

Tu0.00%

15 people

Hani0.00%

12 people

Dai0.00%

12 people

Lisu0.00%

8 people

Lahu0.00%

8 people

She0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Achang0.00%

3 people

Xibe0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Oroqen0.00%

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