The city spans an area of about 1,027 square kilometres (397 sq mi),[1] and, as of 2024, has a population of 518,900.

[4] Abaoji, the founding emperor of the Liao dynasty, further settled the area with captured families.

[3] Per capita disposable income totaled 20,476 RMB for rural residents (+7.0% from 2019; +50.7% from 2015).

[3] Luanzhou is predominantly Han Chinese, who make up about 98.24% of its population, with 37 other recognized ethnic minorities comprising the other 1.76%.

[2] The largest ethnic minority in Luanzhou are the Manchus, who number 6,504 (1.25% of its total population), followed by the Mongols (807 people, 0.16%), and the Hui (607, 0.12%).

[2] In 2020, Luanzhou reported a gross domestic product (GDP) of 41.61 billion renminbi (RMB).

[3] As of 2020, Luanzhou has 40,400 hectares (100,000 acres) of grain sowing area, which produced an output of 261,900 tons.

[3] Major manufactured goods produced in Luanzhou include coke, iron products, pig iron, steel, forged products, mining equipment, vegetable oil, dairy products, beverages, composite wood, benzene, cement, concrete, lime, and bricks.

[3] Proven mineral resources in Luanzhou include iron, limestone, dolomite, quartzite, sandstone, granite, lead, coal, and zinc.

Luanzhou is home to distinct forms of shadow puppetry and paper-cutting.