in 2016, there are totally 250411 families in laixi with the population of 742449, including 370835 men and 371614 women. the sex ratio is 101:100. the rural population is 440397 while the urban population is 302052.
in laixi, there are 29 ethnic minorities with the population of 2198 (permanent residents), among which, there are 894 korean minority people, 395 manchu minority people, 108 zhuang minority people, 80 hui minority people, 56 bai minority people, 107 mongolian minority people, 79 miao minority people, 62 yi minority people, 58 lisu minority people, 45 tujia minority people, 17 daur minority people, 18 yao minority people, 9 hani minority people, 6 tibetan minority people, 11 lahu minority people, 3 nu minority people, 6 buyi minority people, 8 wa minority people, 2 dai minority people, 5 dong minority people, 1 pumi minority people, 1 uyghur minority people, 2 kazak minority people, 6 li minority people, 1 jingpo minority people, 2 tu minority people, 1 mulao minority people and 4 xibo minority people.