Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	311,733 people	381,767 people	424,821 people
Urbanization rate	7.5%	7.2%	33.6%
Urban population	23,394 people	27,614 people	142,535 people
Male	159,307 people	192,930 people	212,960 people
Female	152,426 people	188,837 people	211,861 people
Households	71,046	91,418	117,957
Average household size	4.38	4.15	3.46

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+	718 people	743 people	1,461 people
80–84	1,222 people	1,220 people	2,442 people
75–79	2,433 people	2,252 people	4,685 people
70–74	4,227 people	4,360 people	8,587 people
65–69	4,752 people	4,929 people	9,681 people
60–64	5,666 people	6,286 people	11,952 people
55–59	6,575 people	7,268 people	13,843 people
50–54	9,180 people	10,632 people	19,812 people
45–49	11,310 people	11,480 people	22,790 people
40–44	11,899 people	12,195 people	24,094 people
35–39	14,771 people	14,082 people	28,853 people
30–34	19,793 people	20,290 people	40,083 people
25–29	17,979 people	18,443 people	36,422 people
20–24	13,965 people	12,981 people	26,946 people
15–19	13,948 people	12,798 people	26,746 people
10–14	24,020 people	23,114 people	47,134 people
5–9	39,516 people	38,204 people	77,720 people
1–4	9,814 people	9,506 people	19,320 people
0	1,172 people	1,078 people	2,250 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	768 people	630 people	1,398 people
80–84	1,224 people	1,018 people	2,242 people
75–79	1,761 people	1,405 people	3,166 people
70–74	3,255 people	2,863 people	6,118 people
65–69	4,522 people	3,773 people	8,295 people
60–64	6,398 people	6,185 people	12,583 people
55–59	6,477 people	6,514 people	12,991 people
50–54	7,312 people	7,511 people	14,823 people
45–49	8,140 people	8,318 people	16,458 people
40–44	11,165 people	11,698 people	22,863 people
35–39	13,744 people	12,831 people	26,575 people
30–34	14,561 people	14,177 people	28,738 people
25–29	17,150 people	16,678 people	33,828 people
20–24	21,203 people	22,190 people	43,393 people
15–19	19,088 people	19,261 people	38,349 people
10–14	17,804 people	17,245 people	35,049 people
5–9	16,418 people	15,835 people	32,253 people
1–4	17,017 people	16,124 people	33,141 people
0	4,923 people	4,581 people	9,504 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,077 people	806 people	1,883 people
80–84	1,331 people	1,219 people	2,550 people
75–79	1,490 people	1,106 people	2,596 people
70–74	2,993 people	2,562 people	5,555 people
65–69	2,926 people	2,357 people	5,283 people
60–64	4,807 people	4,331 people	9,138 people
55–59	4,549 people	3,922 people	8,471 people
50–54	7,602 people	7,341 people	14,943 people
45–49	6,776 people	7,052 people	13,828 people
40–44	6,775 people	6,953 people	13,728 people
35–39	7,923 people	7,889 people	15,812 people
30–34	9,776 people	9,368 people	19,144 people
25–29	12,147 people	11,894 people	24,041 people
20–24	13,374 people	13,468 people	26,842 people
15–19	17,683 people	15,037 people	32,720 people
10–14	22,939 people	22,410 people	45,349 people
5–9	19,677 people	19,447 people	39,124 people
1–4	12,102 people	11,904 people	24,006 people
0	3,360 people	3,360 people	6,720 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur97.64%

372,760 people

Han2.32%

8,860 people

Hui0.01%

37 people

Mongol0.01%

26 people

Manchu0.01%

20 people

Kazakh0.00%

15 people

Tujia0.00%

11 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

11 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Zhuang0.00%

4 people

Xibe0.00%

4 people

Tatar0.00%

3 people

Russian0.00%

2 people

Uzbek0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Tajik0.00%

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