Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	375,883 people	336,274 people	366,141 people
Urbanization rate	13.2%	14.1%	23.3%
Urban population	49,495 people	47,537 people	85,146 people
Male	198,466 people	171,883 people	184,259 people
Female	177,417 people	164,391 people	181,882 people
Households	86,064	83,219	112,386
Average household size	4.21	3.97	3.02

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+	669 people	573 people	1,242 people
80–84	937 people	917 people	1,854 people
75–79	1,905 people	1,700 people	3,605 people
70–74	2,925 people	2,764 people	5,689 people
65–69	3,963 people	3,845 people	7,808 people
60–64	4,814 people	4,974 people	9,788 people
55–59	6,422 people	7,026 people	13,448 people
50–54	9,184 people	10,006 people	19,190 people
45–49	11,242 people	11,668 people	22,910 people
40–44	11,387 people	11,854 people	23,241 people
35–39	15,471 people	14,693 people	30,164 people
30–34	18,639 people	18,773 people	37,412 people
25–29	16,176 people	16,338 people	32,514 people
20–24	10,138 people	9,483 people	19,621 people
15–19	11,864 people	11,171 people	23,035 people
10–14	20,032 people	18,799 people	38,831 people
5–9	28,926 people	28,099 people	57,025 people
1–4	8,809 people	8,507 people	17,316 people
0	756 people	692 people	1,448 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	611 people	437 people	1,048 people
80–84	889 people	713 people	1,602 people
75–79	1,339 people	997 people	2,336 people
70–74	2,562 people	2,107 people	4,669 people
65–69	3,766 people	3,119 people	6,885 people
60–64	5,044 people	4,555 people	9,599 people
55–59	5,592 people	5,477 people	11,069 people
50–54	6,622 people	6,572 people	13,194 people
45–49	8,178 people	8,318 people	16,496 people
40–44	11,177 people	11,083 people	22,260 people
35–39	13,523 people	12,909 people	26,432 people
30–34	14,043 people	13,795 people	27,838 people
25–29	18,336 people	17,229 people	35,565 people
20–24	20,835 people	21,253 people	42,088 people
15–19	16,972 people	16,488 people	33,460 people
10–14	12,758 people	12,054 people	24,812 people
5–9	13,318 people	12,288 people	25,606 people
1–4	12,669 people	11,650 people	24,319 people
0	3,649 people	3,347 people	6,996 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	873 people	643 people	1,516 people
80–84	1,290 people	1,044 people	2,334 people
75–79	1,747 people	1,104 people	2,851 people
70–74	2,883 people	2,267 people	5,150 people
65–69	3,476 people	2,636 people	6,112 people
60–64	5,672 people	4,399 people	10,071 people
55–59	5,575 people	5,053 people	10,628 people
50–54	7,406 people	7,422 people	14,828 people
45–49	7,963 people	7,408 people	15,371 people
40–44	9,363 people	8,050 people	17,413 people
35–39	13,445 people	11,191 people	24,636 people
30–34	17,024 people	13,836 people	30,860 people
25–29	19,546 people	16,575 people	36,121 people
20–24	17,964 people	16,413 people	34,377 people
15–19	20,970 people	18,336 people	39,306 people
10–14	26,408 people	25,326 people	51,734 people
5–9	21,948 people	21,284 people	43,232 people
1–4	11,888 people	11,504 people	23,392 people
0	3,025 people	2,926 people	5,951 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur91.83%

308,801 people

Han7.92%

26,637 people

Hui0.19%

622 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

45 people

Miao0.01%

24 people

Zhuang0.01%

21 people

Manchu0.01%

21 people

Yao0.01%

18 people

Tujia0.01%

16 people

Mongol0.01%

16 people

Uzbek0.00%

14 people

Kazakh0.00%

8 people

Dongxiang0.00%

8 people

Tajik0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Xibe0.00%

4 people

Yi0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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