Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	340,640 people	506,640 people	782,662 people
Urbanization rate	55.6%	61.3%	50.2%
Urban population	189,266 people	310,448 people	392,730 people
Male	172,136 people	253,082 people	391,809 people
Female	168,504 people	253,558 people	390,853 people
Households	81,262	132,085	228,116
Average household size	3.92	3.63	3.19

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+	1,177 people	1,023 people	2,200 people
80–84	2,243 people	2,336 people	4,579 people
75–79	3,343 people	4,032 people	7,375 people
70–74	5,862 people	6,813 people	12,675 people
65–69	8,135 people	8,617 people	16,752 people
60–64	11,926 people	12,138 people	24,064 people
55–59	17,324 people	17,554 people	34,878 people
50–54	24,953 people	26,057 people	51,010 people
45–49	27,455 people	28,263 people	55,718 people
40–44	24,145 people	24,555 people	48,700 people
35–39	28,767 people	28,524 people	57,291 people
30–34	38,608 people	38,847 people	77,455 people
25–29	33,943 people	33,524 people	67,467 people
20–24	29,004 people	29,090 people	58,094 people
15–19	25,996 people	25,271 people	51,267 people
10–14	34,742 people	33,591 people	68,333 people
5–9	52,246 people	49,926 people	102,172 people
1–4	19,380 people	18,251 people	37,631 people
0	2,560 people	2,441 people	5,001 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	460 people	305 people	765 people
80–84	1,021 people	614 people	1,635 people
75–79	2,149 people	1,624 people	3,773 people
70–74	4,174 people	3,830 people	8,004 people
65–69	4,888 people	5,016 people	9,904 people
60–64	6,769 people	7,096 people	13,865 people
55–59	7,999 people	7,777 people	15,776 people
50–54	11,280 people	10,412 people	21,692 people
45–49	15,535 people	14,489 people	30,024 people
40–44	21,511 people	20,953 people	42,464 people
35–39	22,890 people	22,940 people	45,830 people
30–34	19,927 people	19,957 people	39,884 people
25–29	21,447 people	22,183 people	43,630 people
20–24	27,662 people	31,729 people	59,391 people
15–19	24,407 people	25,291 people	49,698 people
10–14	20,293 people	19,678 people	39,971 people
5–9	18,789 people	18,412 people	37,201 people
1–4	17,228 people	16,776 people	34,004 people
0	4,653 people	4,476 people	9,129 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	380 people	290 people	670 people
80–84	514 people	394 people	908 people
75–79	1,093 people	698 people	1,791 people
70–74	2,338 people	1,710 people	4,048 people
65–69	3,345 people	2,687 people	6,032 people
60–64	5,057 people	4,941 people	9,998 people
55–59	4,800 people	5,217 people	10,017 people
50–54	6,038 people	6,398 people	12,436 people
45–49	6,971 people	6,646 people	13,617 people
40–44	9,654 people	8,744 people	18,398 people
35–39	13,256 people	12,208 people	25,464 people
30–34	16,372 people	16,121 people	32,493 people
25–29	17,390 people	17,872 people	35,262 people
20–24	16,002 people	16,375 people	32,377 people
15–19	19,006 people	20,279 people	39,285 people
10–14	18,826 people	18,381 people	37,207 people
5–9	16,128 people	15,369 people	31,497 people
1–4	11,686 people	11,111 people	22,797 people
0	3,280 people	3,063 people	6,343 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur78.36%

396,977 people

Han21.05%

106,654 people

Hui0.22%

1,118 people

Tajik0.21%

1,053 people

Uzbek0.10%

507 people

Kazakh0.03%

145 people

Zhuang0.01%

49 people

Miao0.01%

30 people

Tibetan0.01%

30 people

Mongol0.01%

28 people

Russian0.00%

16 people

Tatar0.00%

16 people

Yao0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

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