Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	333,013 people	352,689 people	243,303 people
Urbanization rate	12.3%	25.3%	42.3%
Urban population	41,073 people	89,083 people	102,885 people
Male	171,564 people	181,327 people	124,331 people
Female	161,449 people	171,362 people	118,972 people
Households	84,333	106,973	80,078
Average household size	3.91	3.15	2.95

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+	702 people	715 people	1,417 people
80–84	1,249 people	1,250 people	2,499 people
75–79	1,934 people	2,112 people	4,046 people
70–74	2,978 people	3,051 people	6,029 people
65–69	4,468 people	4,743 people	9,211 people
60–64	4,869 people	4,960 people	9,829 people
55–59	7,682 people	7,485 people	15,167 people
50–54	10,285 people	10,009 people	20,294 people
45–49	11,005 people	10,366 people	21,371 people
40–44	9,691 people	9,066 people	18,757 people
35–39	9,598 people	8,917 people	18,515 people
30–34	10,130 people	9,719 people	19,849 people
25–29	7,416 people	6,921 people	14,337 people
20–24	6,099 people	5,515 people	11,614 people
15–19	7,364 people	6,797 people	14,161 people
10–14	11,019 people	10,324 people	21,343 people
5–9	11,160 people	10,617 people	21,777 people
1–4	5,856 people	5,593 people	11,449 people
0	826 people	812 people	1,638 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	708 people	613 people	1,321 people
80–84	1,243 people	936 people	2,179 people
75–79	2,399 people	2,087 people	4,486 people
70–74	4,828 people	3,889 people	8,717 people
65–69	5,266 people	5,530 people	10,796 people
60–64	6,075 people	6,230 people	12,305 people
55–59	8,227 people	8,160 people	16,387 people
50–54	9,341 people	8,559 people	17,900 people
45–49	14,774 people	13,255 people	28,029 people
40–44	20,058 people	18,642 people	38,700 people
35–39	18,923 people	18,370 people	37,293 people
30–34	14,355 people	13,852 people	28,207 people
25–29	13,144 people	12,784 people	25,928 people
20–24	13,720 people	13,049 people	26,769 people
15–19	12,231 people	11,567 people	23,798 people
10–14	12,181 people	11,685 people	23,866 people
5–9	11,517 people	10,801 people	22,318 people
1–4	9,828 people	9,184 people	19,012 people
0	2,509 people	2,169 people	4,678 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	378 people	363 people	741 people
80–84	668 people	579 people	1,247 people
75–79	1,371 people	1,070 people	2,441 people
70–74	2,374 people	1,879 people	4,253 people
65–69	3,695 people	3,048 people	6,743 people
60–64	6,233 people	4,794 people	11,027 people
55–59	5,766 people	6,223 people	11,989 people
50–54	6,440 people	6,794 people	13,234 people
45–49	8,195 people	8,239 people	16,434 people
40–44	9,022 people	8,338 people	17,360 people
35–39	14,420 people	12,756 people	27,176 people
30–34	19,033 people	17,681 people	36,714 people
25–29	18,313 people	17,933 people	36,246 people
20–24	14,416 people	14,147 people	28,563 people
15–19	16,027 people	14,652 people	30,679 people
10–14	19,084 people	18,023 people	37,107 people
5–9	14,242 people	13,642 people	27,884 people
1–4	9,458 people	9,024 people	18,482 people
0	2,429 people	2,264 people	4,693 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han42.47%

149,776 people

Uyghur22.51%

79,384 people

Hui21.36%

75,325 people

Kazakh8.63%

30,421 people

Dongxiang3.64%

12,835 people

Xibe0.69%

2,417 people

Mongol0.16%

548 people

Salar0.12%

432 people

Daur0.06%

215 people

Manchu0.06%

211 people

Kyrgyz0.06%

198 people

Russian0.05%

170 people

Tujia0.05%

157 people

Tu0.04%

141 people

Tibetan0.03%

92 people

Zhuang0.02%

84 people

Uzbek0.02%

82 people

Tatar0.02%

61 people

Bonan0.01%

38 people

Miao0.01%

16 people

Yi0.00%

14 people

Korean0.00%

14 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

She0.00%

8 people

Yugur0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

7 people

Dong0.00%

5 people

Tajik0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Gin0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

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