Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	385,829 people	372,590 people	365,307 people
Urbanization rate	3.6%	8.7%	24.0%
Urban population	13,850 people	32,494 people	87,543 people
Male	198,905 people	192,268 people	188,768 people
Female	186,924 people	180,322 people	176,539 people
Households	83,816	98,862	99,794
Average household size	4.57	3.73	3.55

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+	785 people	880 people	1,665 people
80–84	1,625 people	1,437 people	3,062 people
75–79	2,471 people	2,530 people	5,001 people
70–74	3,725 people	3,621 people	7,346 people
65–69	5,103 people	5,620 people	10,723 people
60–64	6,282 people	6,303 people	12,585 people
55–59	10,091 people	9,672 people	19,763 people
50–54	14,028 people	13,639 people	27,667 people
45–49	14,896 people	14,411 people	29,307 people
40–44	14,360 people	13,355 people	27,715 people
35–39	14,907 people	13,780 people	28,687 people
30–34	15,764 people	14,429 people	30,193 people
25–29	12,694 people	11,064 people	23,758 people
20–24	10,487 people	8,731 people	19,218 people
15–19	11,726 people	10,708 people	22,434 people
10–14	18,896 people	17,696 people	36,592 people
5–9	20,647 people	19,435 people	40,082 people
1–4	8,999 people	8,161 people	17,160 people
0	1,282 people	1,067 people	2,349 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	502 people	439 people	941 people
80–84	921 people	671 people	1,592 people
75–79	1,791 people	1,495 people	3,286 people
70–74	3,551 people	2,646 people	6,197 people
65–69	4,385 people	3,878 people	8,263 people
60–64	5,721 people	4,978 people	10,699 people
55–59	7,290 people	7,271 people	14,561 people
50–54	8,286 people	7,846 people	16,132 people
45–49	12,689 people	11,446 people	24,135 people
40–44	17,139 people	15,722 people	32,861 people
35–39	18,111 people	17,007 people	35,118 people
30–34	17,271 people	16,322 people	33,593 people
25–29	16,799 people	16,548 people	33,347 people
20–24	17,584 people	17,270 people	34,854 people
15–19	14,585 people	13,668 people	28,253 people
10–14	13,821 people	13,106 people	26,927 people
5–9	13,779 people	12,986 people	26,765 people
1–4	13,607 people	12,998 people	26,605 people
0	4,436 people	4,025 people	8,461 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	395 people	342 people	737 people
80–84	694 people	638 people	1,332 people
75–79	1,459 people	1,061 people	2,520 people
70–74	2,445 people	1,891 people	4,336 people
65–69	3,440 people	2,769 people	6,209 people
60–64	5,723 people	4,349 people	10,072 people
55–59	5,396 people	5,168 people	10,564 people
50–54	7,051 people	6,606 people	13,657 people
45–49	8,250 people	8,587 people	16,837 people
40–44	9,355 people	8,780 people	18,135 people
35–39	14,171 people	13,142 people	27,313 people
30–34	18,261 people	16,937 people	35,198 people
25–29	20,611 people	20,200 people	40,811 people
20–24	20,938 people	20,088 people	41,026 people
15–19	21,419 people	19,986 people	41,405 people
10–14	23,972 people	23,076 people	47,048 people
5–9	19,096 people	17,862 people	36,958 people
1–4	12,723 people	12,037 people	24,760 people
0	3,506 people	3,405 people	6,911 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur48.69%

181,394 people

Hui17.59%

65,527 people

Han15.26%

56,837 people

Kazakh11.86%

44,202 people

Dongxiang5.80%

21,600 people

Salar0.43%

1,616 people

Uzbek0.09%

320 people

Kyrgyz0.05%

202 people

Manchu0.05%

194 people

Mongol0.04%

161 people

Zhuang0.04%

155 people

Xibe0.03%

104 people

Bonan0.02%

87 people

Yao0.01%

45 people

Tu0.01%

40 people

Tatar0.01%

21 people

Tibetan0.01%

20 people

Tujia0.01%

17 people

Miao0.00%

14 people

Tajik0.00%

11 people

Russian0.00%

11 people

Yugur0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 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