 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.The population was made up of 581 Swiss citizens (69.8% of the population), and 251 non-Swiss residents (30.2%) Of the population in the municipality 189 or about 22.2% were born in Tecknau and lived there in 2000.There were 231 or 27.2% who were born in the same canton, while 207 or 24.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 212 or 24.9% were born outside of Switzerland.