Nationality 2000[4] 2010[5] Population % Population % Uyghur 3,042,942 89.35% 3,606,779 90.64% Han 311,770 9.15% 318,281 8.00% Tajik 33,611 0.99% 40,111 1.01% Kyrgyz 5,078 0.15% 5,528 0.12% Hui 5,046 0.15% 4,816 0.12% Uzbek 2,496 0.07% 2,050 0.05% Tujia 829 0.02% 156 <0.01% Miao 649 0.02% Mongol 634 0.02% 234 <0.01% Tibetan 530 0.02% 158 <0.01% Zhuang 521 0.02% 234 <0.01% Kazakhs 306 0.01% others 1,607 0.05% 638 0.02% Total 3,405,713 100% 3,979,321 100%