Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	249,270 people	312,921 people	334,022 people
Urbanization rate	8.5%	34.1%	49.0%
Urban population	21,261 people	106,745 people	163,702 people
Male	127,140 people	159,134 people	171,168 people
Female	122,130 people	153,787 people	162,854 people
Households	61,895	86,287	115,207
Average household size	4.00	3.56	2.82

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+	741 people	734 people	1,475 people
80–84	1,439 people	1,755 people	3,194 people
75–79	2,964 people	3,177 people	6,141 people
70–74	4,409 people	4,843 people	9,252 people
65–69	6,880 people	6,742 people	13,622 people
60–64	6,891 people	6,655 people	13,546 people
55–59	10,971 people	10,943 people	21,914 people
50–54	14,157 people	14,375 people	28,532 people
45–49	14,452 people	13,773 people	28,225 people
40–44	12,929 people	12,018 people	24,947 people
35–39	11,994 people	11,287 people	23,281 people
30–34	14,165 people	12,983 people	27,148 people
25–29	12,217 people	11,001 people	23,218 people
20–24	8,826 people	7,689 people	16,515 people
15–19	10,003 people	9,229 people	19,232 people
10–14	12,718 people	12,039 people	24,757 people
5–9	12,679 people	11,773 people	24,452 people
1–4	10,556 people	9,835 people	20,391 people
0	2,177 people	2,003 people	4,180 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	435 people	381 people	816 people
80–84	744 people	698 people	1,442 people
75–79	1,645 people	1,575 people	3,220 people
70–74	2,722 people	2,905 people	5,627 people
65–69	3,881 people	3,970 people	7,851 people
60–64	5,106 people	5,322 people	10,428 people
55–59	7,836 people	7,263 people	15,099 people
50–54	7,648 people	7,368 people	15,016 people
45–49	11,343 people	11,757 people	23,100 people
40–44	14,151 people	14,585 people	28,736 people
35–39	14,352 people	13,758 people	28,110 people
30–34	12,481 people	11,919 people	24,400 people
25–29	11,310 people	11,121 people	22,431 people
20–24	12,824 people	12,574 people	25,398 people
15–19	15,459 people	14,845 people	30,304 people
10–14	14,059 people	12,907 people	26,966 people
5–9	12,257 people	10,874 people	23,131 people
1–4	8,907 people	8,202 people	17,109 people
0	1,974 people	1,763 people	3,737 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	168 people	138 people	306 people
80–84	589 people	471 people	1,060 people
75–79	1,064 people	991 people	2,055 people
70–74	1,596 people	1,448 people	3,044 people
65–69	2,334 people	2,283 people	4,617 people
60–64	3,212 people	3,317 people	6,529 people
55–59	3,868 people	3,833 people	7,701 people
50–54	5,053 people	5,037 people	10,090 people
45–49	7,672 people	7,006 people	14,678 people
40–44	7,271 people	6,985 people	14,256 people
35–39	10,259 people	10,886 people	21,145 people
30–34	12,324 people	12,759 people	25,083 people
25–29	11,878 people	11,750 people	23,628 people
20–24	9,654 people	9,322 people	18,976 people
15–19	11,273 people	10,169 people	21,442 people
10–14	15,727 people	14,584 people	30,311 people
5–9	13,089 people	12,255 people	25,344 people
1–4	8,221 people	7,293 people	15,514 people
0	1,888 people	1,603 people	3,491 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han75.35%

235,781 people

Hui24.53%

76,757 people

Manchu0.06%

173 people

Dongxiang0.02%

67 people

Mongol0.02%

61 people

Tujia0.01%

28 people

Zhuang0.01%

15 people

Tibetan0.00%

12 people

Kazakh0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Yi0.00%

6 people

Miao0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

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