Sociodemographic data in Zhaoqing city*
| County | Number of inhabitants (thousands) | Land area (sq.km) | Population density (inhabitant per sq.km) | GDP in 2019 (billion RMB) |
| Huaiji† | 860 | 3573 | 241 | 23.0 |
| Gaoyao | 800 | 2071 | 386 | 42.0 |
| Duanzhou† | 510 | 152 | 3355 | 42.0 |
| Sihui | 500 | 1258 | 397 | 58.7 |
| Guangning | 450 | 2459 | 183 | 15.9 |
| Fengkai | 420 | 2723 | 154 | 15.0 |
| Deqing | 360 | 2258 | 159 | 15.0 |
| Dinghu | 190 | 512 | 371 | 12.6 |
*Data are available from The Guangdong Statistical Yearbook 2020.
†Huaiji and Duanzhou districts will be selected as the rural and urban study areas, respectively.
GDP, gross domestic product.