Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	597,153 people	562,768 people	557,482 people
Urbanization rate	15.1%	22.7%	29.1%
Urban population	90,125 people	127,853 people	162,351 people
Male	314,299 people	291,651 people	287,198 people
Female	282,854 people	271,117 people	270,284 people
Households	143,585	150,871	174,168
Average household size	4.10	3.45	3.08

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+	3,274 people	2,940 people	6,214 people
80–84	15,240 people	13,930 people	29,170 people
75–79	18,769 people	17,035 people	35,804 people
70–74	17,114 people	14,392 people	31,506 people
65–69	12,434 people	8,527 people	20,961 people
60–64	12,162 people	8,620 people	20,782 people
55–59	20,656 people	18,575 people	39,231 people
50–54	22,154 people	21,254 people	43,408 people
45–49	16,825 people	16,459 people	33,284 people
40–44	17,400 people	17,303 people	34,703 people
35–39	23,428 people	23,613 people	47,041 people
30–34	26,228 people	25,824 people	52,052 people
25–29	23,000 people	21,891 people	44,891 people
20–24	18,335 people	17,368 people	35,703 people
15–19	15,791 people	16,367 people	32,158 people
10–14	11,392 people	11,180 people	22,572 people
5–9	7,326 people	8,108 people	15,434 people
1–4	3,858 people	4,401 people	8,259 people
0	1,812 people	2,497 people	4,309 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,764 people	3,163 people	6,927 people
80–84	13,381 people	10,657 people	24,038 people
75–79	17,191 people	11,761 people	28,952 people
70–74	22,233 people	14,879 people	37,112 people
65–69	34,671 people	28,244 people	62,915 people
60–64	18,298 people	18,479 people	36,777 people
55–59	14,866 people	16,317 people	31,183 people
50–54	16,385 people	17,027 people	33,412 people
45–49	22,896 people	23,859 people	46,755 people
40–44	26,773 people	26,583 people	53,356 people
35–39	24,104 people	23,555 people	47,659 people
30–34	20,396 people	19,448 people	39,844 people
25–29	18,088 people	18,313 people	36,401 people
20–24	14,212 people	13,306 people	27,518 people
15–19	10,551 people	10,690 people	21,241 people
10–14	7,217 people	7,387 people	14,604 people
5–9	4,122 people	4,464 people	8,586 people
1–4	1,558 people	1,767 people	3,325 people
0	945 people	1,218 people	2,163 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,783 people	2,671 people	6,454 people
80–84	18,013 people	10,915 people	28,928 people
75–79	35,084 people	27,285 people	62,369 people
70–74	39,539 people	33,532 people	73,071 people
65–69	27,464 people	22,273 people	49,737 people
60–64	17,533 people	17,464 people	34,997 people
55–59	25,107 people	25,275 people	50,382 people
50–54	28,733 people	27,623 people	56,356 people
45–49	25,727 people	24,229 people	49,956 people
40–44	21,240 people	19,722 people	40,962 people
35–39	18,883 people	19,341 people	38,224 people
30–34	15,248 people	14,366 people	29,614 people
25–29	12,343 people	12,331 people	24,674 people
20–24	9,650 people	9,555 people	19,205 people
15–19	6,763 people	6,806 people	13,569 people
10–14	3,862 people	3,929 people	7,791 people
5–9	3,036 people	3,151 people	6,187 people
1–4	1,682 people	1,672 people	3,354 people
0	609 people	714 people	1,323 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.92%

562,327 people

Hui0.06%

344 people

Zhuang0.01%

30 people

Dong0.00%

13 people

Tujia0.00%

10 people

Korean0.00%

10 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

6 people

Manchu0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

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