Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	338,534 people	315,259 people	283,578 people
Urbanization rate	13.5%	28.6%	43.2%
Urban population	45,780 people	90,069 people	122,558 people
Male	184,535 people	168,282 people	147,331 people
Female	153,999 people	146,977 people	136,247 people
Households	88,302	88,217	107,358
Average household size	3.63	3.44	2.57

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+	1,280 people	1,236 people	2,516 people
80–84	6,696 people	6,275 people	12,971 people
75–79	9,469 people	8,832 people	18,301 people
70–74	10,788 people	9,656 people	20,444 people
65–69	5,677 people	4,795 people	10,472 people
60–64	4,291 people	3,780 people	8,071 people
55–59	9,500 people	8,241 people	17,741 people
50–54	11,414 people	10,757 people	22,171 people
45–49	8,078 people	7,545 people	15,623 people
40–44	10,559 people	9,534 people	20,093 people
35–39	12,600 people	11,913 people	24,513 people
30–34	13,885 people	13,306 people	27,191 people
25–29	11,666 people	10,733 people	22,399 people
20–24	7,931 people	7,286 people	15,217 people
15–19	9,993 people	9,449 people	19,442 people
10–14	6,805 people	6,077 people	12,882 people
5–9	3,954 people	3,770 people	7,724 people
1–4	1,721 people	1,703 people	3,424 people
0	1,024 people	1,359 people	2,383 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,806 people	1,522 people	3,328 people
80–84	8,535 people	7,557 people	16,092 people
75–79	8,337 people	6,972 people	15,309 people
70–74	7,768 people	6,310 people	14,078 people
65–69	14,602 people	11,708 people	26,310 people
60–64	14,437 people	13,451 people	27,888 people
55–59	10,736 people	9,756 people	20,492 people
50–54	13,369 people	11,449 people	24,818 people
45–49	15,104 people	13,203 people	28,307 people
40–44	15,835 people	14,018 people	29,853 people
35–39	12,854 people	11,526 people	24,380 people
30–34	9,173 people	8,227 people	17,400 people
25–29	11,906 people	10,672 people	22,578 people
20–24	8,750 people	7,321 people	16,071 people
15–19	6,118 people	5,088 people	11,206 people
10–14	3,915 people	3,143 people	7,058 people
5–9	2,798 people	2,575 people	5,373 people
1–4	1,530 people	1,610 people	3,140 people
0	709 people	869 people	1,578 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,493 people	1,199 people	2,692 people
80–84	6,061 people	4,650 people	10,711 people
75–79	15,361 people	11,945 people	27,306 people
70–74	19,722 people	16,375 people	36,097 people
65–69	13,010 people	10,595 people	23,605 people
60–64	16,235 people	12,796 people	29,031 people
55–59	17,590 people	14,593 people	32,183 people
50–54	18,894 people	16,278 people	35,172 people
45–49	15,332 people	13,227 people	28,559 people
40–44	10,710 people	9,353 people	20,063 people
35–39	13,783 people	12,150 people	25,933 people
30–34	10,140 people	8,466 people	18,606 people
25–29	7,645 people	6,180 people	13,825 people
20–24	5,566 people	4,312 people	9,878 people
15–19	5,141 people	4,212 people	9,353 people
10–14	4,182 people	3,752 people	7,934 people
5–9	2,501 people	2,417 people	4,918 people
1–4	887 people	1,090 people	1,977 people
0	282 people	409 people	691 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.71%

314,336 people

Hui0.15%

481 people

Li0.07%

223 people

Tujia0.02%

67 people

Korean0.01%

29 people

Manchu0.01%

18 people

Dong0.01%

16 people

Uyghur0.00%

11 people

Evenki0.00%

11 people

Lisu0.00%

10 people

Monba0.00%

8 people

Zhuang0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

7 people

Mulao0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

Tatar0.00%

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