Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	213,338 people	262,067 people	276,641 people
Urbanization rate	10.6%	12.3%	24.4%
Urban population	22,510 people	32,280 people	67,579 people
Male	109,205 people	134,636 people	134,331 people
Female	104,133 people	127,431 people	142,310 people
Households	48,012	61,374	76,399
Average household size	4.44	4.20	3.48

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+	376 people	339 people	715 people
80–84	612 people	561 people	1,173 people
75–79	1,167 people	1,242 people	2,409 people
70–74	2,160 people	2,241 people	4,401 people
65–69	2,683 people	2,839 people	5,522 people
60–64	3,617 people	3,998 people	7,615 people
55–59	4,240 people	5,391 people	9,631 people
50–54	5,520 people	7,379 people	12,899 people
45–49	6,467 people	7,560 people	14,027 people
40–44	6,417 people	8,284 people	14,701 people
35–39	9,528 people	10,682 people	20,210 people
30–34	12,720 people	14,317 people	27,037 people
25–29	10,947 people	12,604 people	23,551 people
20–24	7,789 people	7,582 people	15,371 people
15–19	9,632 people	9,055 people	18,687 people
10–14	17,432 people	16,701 people	34,133 people
5–9	25,520 people	24,245 people	49,765 people
1–4	6,532 people	6,308 people	12,840 people
0	972 people	982 people	1,954 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	412 people	258 people	670 people
80–84	688 people	431 people	1,119 people
75–79	1,013 people	660 people	1,673 people
70–74	1,894 people	1,506 people	3,400 people
65–69	2,551 people	2,160 people	4,711 people
60–64	4,274 people	3,740 people	8,014 people
55–59	4,411 people	4,000 people	8,411 people
50–54	5,292 people	5,047 people	10,339 people
45–49	6,118 people	6,033 people	12,151 people
40–44	7,842 people	8,084 people	15,926 people
35–39	9,033 people	8,330 people	17,363 people
30–34	9,387 people	9,555 people	18,942 people
25–29	13,204 people	12,275 people	25,479 people
20–24	16,733 people	16,907 people	33,640 people
15–19	14,153 people	13,416 people	27,569 people
10–14	11,361 people	10,729 people	22,090 people
5–9	11,113 people	10,202 people	21,315 people
1–4	11,438 people	10,676 people	22,114 people
0	3,719 people	3,422 people	7,141 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	641 people	386 people	1,027 people
80–84	888 people	587 people	1,475 people
75–79	869 people	530 people	1,399 people
70–74	2,092 people	1,535 people	3,627 people
65–69	2,057 people	1,487 people	3,544 people
60–64	3,363 people	2,865 people	6,228 people
55–59	2,864 people	2,530 people	5,394 people
50–54	4,528 people	4,864 people	9,392 people
45–49	4,451 people	4,244 people	8,695 people
40–44	5,073 people	4,898 people	9,971 people
35–39	5,825 people	5,679 people	11,504 people
30–34	6,707 people	6,753 people	13,460 people
25–29	7,703 people	7,755 people	15,458 people
20–24	8,841 people	9,083 people	17,924 people
15–19	13,042 people	11,537 people	24,579 people
10–14	17,200 people	16,786 people	33,986 people
5–9	14,039 people	13,797 people	27,836 people
1–4	6,800 people	6,687 people	13,487 people
0	2,222 people	2,130 people	4,352 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur98.34%

257,715 people

Han1.43%

3,751 people

Kyrgyz0.19%

504 people

Hui0.02%

50 people

Tajik0.01%

15 people

Tujia0.00%

9 people

Uzbek0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Miao0.00%

2 people

Manchu0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

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