Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	17,418 people	24,783 people	38,464 people
Urbanization rate	17.4%	29.0%	74.6%
Urban population	3,022 people	7,177 people	28,690 people
Male	9,056 people	13,531 people	24,144 people
Female	8,362 people	11,252 people	14,320 people
Households	4,514	8,684	12,005
Average household size	3.76	2.54	2.29

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+	38 people	42 people	80 people
80–84	95 people	115 people	210 people
75–79	133 people	148 people	281 people
70–74	247 people	217 people	464 people
65–69	431 people	357 people	788 people
60–64	676 people	475 people	1,151 people
55–59	1,623 people	917 people	2,540 people
50–54	2,812 people	1,498 people	4,310 people
45–49	2,791 people	1,544 people	4,335 people
40–44	2,148 people	1,208 people	3,356 people
35–39	2,284 people	1,198 people	3,482 people
30–34	3,178 people	1,512 people	4,690 people
25–29	2,543 people	1,316 people	3,859 people
20–24	1,606 people	727 people	2,333 people
15–19	714 people	515 people	1,229 people
10–14	864 people	739 people	1,603 people
5–9	985 people	947 people	1,932 people
1–4	831 people	733 people	1,564 people
0	145 people	112 people	257 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	32 people	27 people	59 people
80–84	36 people	48 people	84 people
75–79	107 people	97 people	204 people
70–74	213 people	182 people	395 people
65–69	246 people	226 people	472 people
60–64	380 people	296 people	676 people
55–59	495 people	418 people	913 people
50–54	703 people	556 people	1,259 people
45–49	1,065 people	865 people	1,930 people
40–44	1,548 people	1,176 people	2,724 people
35–39	1,569 people	1,314 people	2,883 people
30–34	1,323 people	1,165 people	2,488 people
25–29	1,435 people	1,202 people	2,637 people
20–24	1,400 people	997 people	2,397 people
15–19	715 people	573 people	1,288 people
10–14	710 people	679 people	1,389 people
5–9	704 people	701 people	1,405 people
1–4	674 people	592 people	1,266 people
0	176 people	138 people	314 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	16 people	9 people	25 people
80–84	19 people	23 people	42 people
75–79	72 people	57 people	129 people
70–74	82 people	89 people	171 people
65–69	157 people	120 people	277 people
60–64	239 people	188 people	427 people
55–59	260 people	236 people	496 people
50–54	365 people	330 people	695 people
45–49	426 people	394 people	820 people
40–44	579 people	475 people	1,054 people
35–39	779 people	725 people	1,504 people
30–34	1,057 people	958 people	2,015 people
25–29	1,108 people	1,060 people	2,168 people
20–24	949 people	851 people	1,800 people
15–19	873 people	758 people	1,631 people
10–14	821 people	864 people	1,685 people
5–9	651 people	617 people	1,268 people
1–4	481 people	474 people	955 people
0	122 people	134 people	256 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur39.92%

9,894 people

Han37.65%

9,330 people

Kazakh18.47%

4,577 people

Hui3.75%

930 people

Zhuang0.08%

19 people

Mongol0.03%

7 people

Manchu0.02%

6 people

Dongxiang0.02%

6 people

Yi0.02%

4 people

Miao0.01%

3 people

Tibetan0.01%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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