Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	48,147 people	51,919 people	50,819 people
Urbanization rate	23.8%	36.0%	47.5%
Urban population	11,462 people	18,669 people	24,121 people
Male	25,009 people	27,697 people	26,124 people
Female	23,138 people	24,222 people	24,695 people
Households	12,377	20,249	19,436
Average household size	3.86	2.53	2.49

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+	148 people	173 people	321 people
80–84	304 people	287 people	591 people
75–79	482 people	554 people	1,036 people
70–74	576 people	693 people	1,269 people
65–69	956 people	1,038 people	1,994 people
60–64	1,105 people	1,135 people	2,240 people
55–59	1,898 people	1,754 people	3,652 people
50–54	2,566 people	2,461 people	5,027 people
45–49	2,662 people	2,522 people	5,184 people
40–44	2,236 people	2,031 people	4,267 people
35–39	2,001 people	1,775 people	3,776 people
30–34	2,310 people	2,126 people	4,436 people
25–29	1,797 people	1,568 people	3,365 people
20–24	1,138 people	975 people	2,113 people
15–19	998 people	889 people	1,887 people
10–14	1,696 people	1,640 people	3,336 people
5–9	1,732 people	1,637 people	3,369 people
1–4	1,286 people	1,239 people	2,525 people
0	233 people	198 people	431 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	66 people	94 people	160 people
80–84	168 people	126 people	294 people
75–79	336 people	259 people	595 people
70–74	686 people	444 people	1,130 people
65–69	861 people	745 people	1,606 people
60–64	912 people	895 people	1,807 people
55–59	1,425 people	1,263 people	2,688 people
50–54	1,648 people	1,415 people	3,063 people
45–49	2,448 people	2,050 people	4,498 people
40–44	3,163 people	2,706 people	5,869 people
35–39	3,235 people	2,718 people	5,953 people
30–34	2,507 people	2,193 people	4,700 people
25–29	2,011 people	1,751 people	3,762 people
20–24	1,975 people	1,717 people	3,692 people
15–19	1,733 people	1,469 people	3,202 people
10–14	1,586 people	1,472 people	3,058 people
5–9	1,507 people	1,439 people	2,946 people
1–4	1,133 people	1,179 people	2,312 people
0	297 people	287 people	584 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	21 people	28 people	49 people
80–84	48 people	67 people	115 people
75–79	110 people	128 people	238 people
70–74	262 people	230 people	492 people
65–69	422 people	285 people	707 people
60–64	842 people	527 people	1,369 people
55–59	873 people	824 people	1,697 people
50–54	929 people	978 people	1,907 people
45–49	1,321 people	1,334 people	2,655 people
40–44	1,467 people	1,396 people	2,863 people
35–39	2,129 people	1,991 people	4,120 people
30–34	2,601 people	2,551 people	5,152 people
25–29	2,710 people	2,600 people	5,310 people
20–24	2,294 people	2,002 people	4,296 people
15–19	2,365 people	2,105 people	4,470 people
10–14	2,898 people	2,696 people	5,594 people
5–9	2,170 people	1,931 people	4,101 people
1–4	1,231 people	1,193 people	2,424 people
0	316 people	272 people	588 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han57.45%

29,829 people

Kazakh32.87%

17,063 people

Hui7.18%

3,726 people

Dongxiang1.02%

528 people

Russian0.40%

206 people

Uyghur0.28%

144 people

Mongol0.21%

110 people

Zhuang0.18%

93 people

Tujia0.13%

65 people

Daur0.07%

38 people

Xibe0.07%

34 people

Miao0.04%

22 people

Manchu0.03%

17 people

Tibetan0.03%

15 people

Yao0.02%

12 people

Tatar0.01%

6 people

Dai0.01%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

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