Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	202,992 people	257,502 people	278,516 people
Urbanization rate	16.0%	25.6%	33.1%
Urban population	32,493 people	66,032 people	92,275 people
Male	105,620 people	134,552 people	147,581 people
Female	97,372 people	122,950 people	130,935 people
Households	47,296	72,006	85,229
Average household size	4.23	3.46	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+	575 people	573 people	1,148 people
80–84	956 people	752 people	1,708 people
75–79	2,048 people	1,758 people	3,806 people
70–74	2,874 people	2,803 people	5,677 people
65–69	3,510 people	3,271 people	6,781 people
60–64	4,344 people	3,806 people	8,150 people
55–59	7,139 people	5,936 people	13,075 people
50–54	10,683 people	9,174 people	19,857 people
45–49	12,362 people	10,296 people	22,658 people
40–44	11,522 people	10,041 people	21,563 people
35–39	13,079 people	11,494 people	24,573 people
30–34	14,686 people	12,734 people	27,420 people
25–29	12,461 people	10,737 people	23,198 people
20–24	9,744 people	8,130 people	17,874 people
15–19	8,356 people	7,518 people	15,874 people
10–14	11,540 people	11,029 people	22,569 people
5–9	14,775 people	14,167 people	28,942 people
1–4	5,900 people	5,741 people	11,641 people
0	1,027 people	975 people	2,002 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	581 people	389 people	970 people
80–84	874 people	543 people	1,417 people
75–79	1,394 people	1,010 people	2,404 people
70–74	2,489 people	1,725 people	4,214 people
65–69	3,597 people	2,788 people	6,385 people
60–64	4,619 people	3,992 people	8,611 people
55–59	4,912 people	4,195 people	9,107 people
50–54	5,646 people	4,950 people	10,596 people
45–49	7,871 people	6,674 people	14,545 people
40–44	11,116 people	9,676 people	20,792 people
35–39	12,000 people	10,909 people	22,909 people
30–34	12,013 people	11,285 people	23,298 people
25–29	13,097 people	12,475 people	25,572 people
20–24	13,962 people	13,310 people	27,272 people
15–19	11,631 people	11,035 people	22,666 people
10–14	10,440 people	9,915 people	20,355 people
5–9	8,971 people	8,799 people	17,770 people
1–4	7,497 people	7,468 people	14,965 people
0	1,842 people	1,812 people	3,654 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	478 people	336 people	814 people
80–84	805 people	552 people	1,357 people
75–79	1,153 people	730 people	1,883 people
70–74	1,798 people	1,358 people	3,156 people
65–69	2,155 people	1,667 people	3,822 people
60–64	3,129 people	2,376 people	5,505 people
55–59	3,264 people	2,816 people	6,080 people
50–54	4,181 people	4,221 people	8,402 people
45–49	4,704 people	4,483 people	9,187 people
40–44	4,844 people	4,465 people	9,309 people
35–39	6,664 people	6,050 people	12,714 people
30–34	8,391 people	7,389 people	15,780 people
25–29	9,660 people	9,224 people	18,884 people
20–24	10,042 people	9,676 people	19,718 people
15–19	11,592 people	10,785 people	22,377 people
10–14	13,354 people	12,741 people	26,095 people
5–9	10,826 people	10,378 people	21,204 people
1–4	6,562 people	6,193 people	12,755 people
0	2,018 people	1,932 people	3,950 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur84.34%

217,179 people

Han14.68%

37,807 people

Hui0.75%

1,933 people

Dongxiang0.06%

150 people

Zhuang0.03%

81 people

Kazakh0.03%

67 people

Mongol0.02%

61 people

Tibetan0.01%

36 people

Miao0.01%

30 people

Tujia0.01%

28 people

Yi0.01%

26 people

Manchu0.01%

23 people

Tu0.01%

20 people

Bonan0.01%

12 people

Russian0.00%

11 people

Xibe0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

7 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Jino0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

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