Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	209,654 people	237,562 people	242,481 people
Urbanization rate	13.2%	20.9%	30.6%
Urban population	27,748 people	49,606 people	74,301 people
Male	108,585 people	123,417 people	124,716 people
Female	101,069 people	114,145 people	117,765 people
Households	49,347	65,934	69,132
Average household size	4.19	3.55	3.21

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+	367 people	340 people	707 people
80–84	647 people	553 people	1,200 people
75–79	1,190 people	1,156 people	2,346 people
70–74	2,227 people	2,009 people	4,236 people
65–69	2,971 people	2,781 people	5,752 people
60–64	3,669 people	3,396 people	7,065 people
55–59	5,365 people	4,758 people	10,123 people
50–54	8,074 people	7,837 people	15,911 people
45–49	8,842 people	8,400 people	17,242 people
40–44	8,488 people	8,578 people	17,066 people
35–39	9,412 people	9,108 people	18,520 people
30–34	11,968 people	11,590 people	23,558 people
25–29	10,589 people	9,744 people	20,333 people
20–24	7,947 people	7,393 people	15,340 people
15–19	6,786 people	6,004 people	12,790 people
10–14	12,656 people	11,902 people	24,558 people
5–9	17,182 people	16,355 people	33,537 people
1–4	5,413 people	5,043 people	10,456 people
0	923 people	818 people	1,741 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	422 people	257 people	679 people
80–84	578 people	389 people	967 people
75–79	1,123 people	871 people	1,994 people
70–74	1,819 people	1,420 people	3,239 people
65–69	2,302 people	2,088 people	4,390 people
60–64	3,447 people	3,043 people	6,490 people
55–59	4,208 people	3,750 people	7,958 people
50–54	5,024 people	4,425 people	9,449 people
45–49	7,425 people	6,297 people	13,722 people
40–44	10,264 people	9,460 people	19,724 people
35–39	10,233 people	9,493 people	19,726 people
30–34	9,532 people	9,263 people	18,795 people
25–29	10,750 people	10,217 people	20,967 people
20–24	13,629 people	13,166 people	26,795 people
15–19	11,641 people	10,789 people	22,430 people
10–14	10,254 people	9,664 people	19,918 people
5–9	9,098 people	8,650 people	17,748 people
1–4	9,468 people	8,830 people	18,298 people
0	2,200 people	2,073 people	4,273 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	253 people	132 people	385 people
80–84	557 people	291 people	848 people
75–79	884 people	576 people	1,460 people
70–74	1,565 people	1,138 people	2,703 people
65–69	1,911 people	1,613 people	3,524 people
60–64	2,752 people	2,375 people	5,127 people
55–59	2,706 people	2,579 people	5,285 people
50–54	4,031 people	3,686 people	7,717 people
45–49	4,518 people	4,239 people	8,757 people
40–44	5,022 people	4,615 people	9,637 people
35–39	7,525 people	6,845 people	14,370 people
30–34	9,942 people	9,103 people	19,045 people
25–29	9,919 people	9,670 people	19,589 people
20–24	9,162 people	9,454 people	18,616 people
15–19	11,094 people	10,333 people	21,427 people
10–14	14,660 people	14,019 people	28,679 people
5–9	12,615 people	11,631 people	24,246 people
1–4	7,552 people	6,977 people	14,529 people
0	1,917 people	1,793 people	3,710 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur81.30%

193,131 people

Han17.98%

42,706 people

Hui0.41%

971 people

Tibetan0.11%

267 people

Tujia0.06%

141 people

Miao0.04%

99 people

Kyrgyz0.02%

48 people

Kazakh0.02%

35 people

Mongol0.01%

30 people

Dongxiang0.01%

28 people

Tu0.01%

17 people

Bonan0.01%

13 people

Manchu0.01%

12 people

Uzbek0.00%

10 people

Zhuang0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

8 people

Korean0.00%

7 people

Wa0.00%

5 people

Tatar0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Tajik0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

1 people

Nanai0.00%

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