3-1  Basic Statistics on National Population Census in Xinjiang
				(10 000 persons)
Item	1964 Census	1982 Census	1990 Census	2000 Census
Total Population	727.01	1308.15	1515.69	1845.95
Male	389.47	673.22	782.32	955.22
Female	337.53	634.93	733.37	890.73
Total Number of Households (10000 households)	178.00	293.79	337.41	491.66
Family Households		292.70	334.89	479.38
Non-family Households		1.09	2.52	12.28
Population by Age
Age 0-5	121.86	186.70	218.85	165.12
Age 6-14	146.77	330.85	282.12	338.18
Age 15-64	428.73	742.42	955.49	1256.40
Population Aged 65 and Over	29.65	48.18	59.23	86.25
Nationality Population
Han Nationality	232.12	528.40	569.54	748.99
Minority Nationalities	494.89	779.75	946.15	1096.96
Population by Educational Level
College and Above	4.10	8.37	27.98	94.65
Senior Secondary School and Specialized Secondary School	15.51	84.28	157.42	224.79
Junior Secondary School	50.37	228.63	313.51	508.59
Primary School	197.34	442.57	552.55	699.78
Illiterate and Semi-iliterate	249.03	265.39	198.11	103.68
Note:Illiterate and semi-iliterate population refers to the population aged 12 to 14 and over who are unable or hardly able to read in 1964, since 1982, it refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or very difficult to read.