1942, the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region assigned 454 villages west of Mizhi County to Xichuan Office (Houmizhi County), which reduced the territory and population accordingly. According to the statistics of 1944, there are 16692 households and 83358 people in Mizhi County (excluding the population of Wuzhen and other places occupied by the Kuomintang in the northwest). 1946 After liberation, Wuzhen and other places were placed in Hengshan County, and the population of Mizhi County was 18494 households with 925 10 people.
1949 had 899 19 people, 1959 had 126632 people, and 10 increased by 367 13 people; 1969 reached 150 155, an increase of 23,523 people compared with 1959. The family planning policy was implemented in the 1970s, which controlled the population to a certain extent. 1979, the population of Mizhi County was 157526, an increase of 737 1 compared with 1969. The population growth in 10 year is obviously lower than that in the previous 10 year. With the arrival of another baby boom, the population has increased rapidly again since the 1980s. 1989, the population of Mizhi County reached 188732, and 10 increased by 3 1206.
In 20 12 years, the permanent population of mizhi county 155438+00000 people. The total registered population is 224,330, with a total of 80,366 households, including male 1 16905, accounting for 52.1%of the total population; 107425 female, accounting for 47.9% of the total population; In the total population, the agricultural population is 185402, accounting for 82.7% of the total population; The non-agricultural population is 38,928, accounting for17.3% of the total population; In 20 12 years, there were 3855 people born in Mizhi County, with a birth rate of 17.25‰, a mortality rate of 577 ‰ and a natural growth rate of 7.77‰.