Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Ürümqi has 2,081,834 inhabitants, with a population density of 174.53 inhabitants/km2.
Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Han | 1,567,562 | 75.3% |
Uyghur | 266,342 | 12.79% |
Hui | 167,148 | 8.03% |
Kazakhs | 48,772 | 2.34% |
Manchu | 7,682 | 0.37% |
Mongol | 7,252 | 0.35% |
Xibe | 3,674 | 0.18% |
Russian | 2,603 | 0.13% |
Tu | 1,613 | 0.08% |
Kyrgyz | 1,436 | 0.07% |
Uzbek | 1,406 | 0.07% |
Zhuang | 878 | 0.04% |
Tatar | 767 | 0.04% |
Tibetan | 665 | 0.03% |
Dongxiang | 621 | 0.03% |
Miao | 620 | 0.03% |
Korean | 588 | 0.03% |
Other | 2,205 | 0.09% |
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