Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	196,929 people	231,297 people	242,310 people
Urbanization rate	33.7%	30.6%	40.6%
Urban population	66,265 people	70,742 people	98,455 people
Male	102,359 people	122,072 people	127,069 people
Female	94,570 people	109,225 people	115,241 people
Households	45,741	62,483	73,972
Average household size	4.13	3.40	3.01

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+	1,040 people	967 people	2,007 people
80–84	6,073 people	5,748 people	11,821 people
75–79	11,500 people	10,891 people	22,391 people
70–74	10,144 people	9,410 people	19,554 people
65–69	6,239 people	5,393 people	11,632 people
60–64	6,230 people	5,124 people	11,354 people
55–59	9,194 people	7,933 people	17,127 people
50–54	12,365 people	11,220 people	23,585 people
45–49	11,052 people	9,656 people	20,708 people
40–44	10,209 people	9,387 people	19,596 people
35–39	12,221 people	10,654 people	22,875 people
30–34	11,518 people	9,883 people	21,401 people
25–29	7,473 people	6,355 people	13,828 people
20–24	4,135 people	4,060 people	8,195 people
15–19	2,953 people	3,316 people	6,269 people
10–14	2,285 people	2,394 people	4,679 people
5–9	1,431 people	1,667 people	3,098 people
1–4	700 people	818 people	1,518 people
0	307 people	365 people	672 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,028 people	1,807 people	3,835 people
80–84	7,579 people	7,307 people	14,886 people
75–79	7,632 people	7,074 people	14,706 people
70–74	7,194 people	6,940 people	14,134 people
65–69	8,266 people	7,708 people	15,974 people
60–64	11,445 people	10,220 people	21,665 people
55–59	11,800 people	10,305 people	22,105 people
50–54	11,189 people	10,059 people	21,248 people
45–49	13,301 people	11,462 people	24,763 people
40–44	12,957 people	10,854 people	23,811 people
35–39	9,468 people	7,480 people	16,948 people
30–34	5,696 people	4,930 people	10,626 people
25–29	4,123 people	4,041 people	8,164 people
20–24	3,465 people	3,318 people	6,783 people
15–19	2,597 people	2,561 people	5,158 people
10–14	1,771 people	1,713 people	3,484 people
5–9	946 people	846 people	1,792 people
1–4	417 people	423 people	840 people
0	198 people	177 people	375 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,459 people	1,386 people	2,845 people
80–84	5,698 people	5,554 people	11,252 people
75–79	8,530 people	8,265 people	16,795 people
70–74	11,274 people	11,458 people	22,732 people
65–69	9,906 people	8,787 people	18,693 people
60–64	10,118 people	9,074 people	19,192 people
55–59	11,431 people	10,700 people	22,131 people
50–54	11,227 people	10,234 people	21,461 people
45–49	8,455 people	6,978 people	15,433 people
40–44	5,613 people	4,964 people	10,577 people
35–39	4,314 people	4,160 people	8,474 people
30–34	4,048 people	3,670 people	7,718 people
25–29	3,118 people	3,000 people	6,118 people
20–24	2,774 people	2,574 people	5,348 people
15–19	1,913 people	1,585 people	3,498 people
10–14	1,272 people	1,074 people	2,346 people
5–9	693 people	552 people	1,245 people
1–4	321 people	329 people	650 people
0	195 people	226 people	421 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur63.93%

147,861 people

Han31.12%

71,983 people

Hui4.59%

10,625 people

Korean0.07%

152 people

Yi0.06%

139 people

Zhuang0.05%

122 people

Dong0.04%

96 people

Sui0.04%

82 people

Li0.02%

39 people

Miao0.02%

37 people

Tujia0.01%

31 people

Manchu0.01%

19 people

Bai0.01%

18 people

Jino0.01%

13 people

Yao0.01%

12 people

Mulao0.01%

11 people

De'ang0.01%

11 people

Uzbek0.01%

11 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

3 people

Tajik0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Bonan0.00%

2 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

1 people

Oroqen0.00%

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