 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.The population was made up of 510 Swiss citizens (92.2% of the population), and 43 non-Swiss residents (7.8%) Of the population in the municipality 151 or about 29.0% were born in Rickenbach and lived there in 2000.There were 164 or 31.5% who were born in the same canton, while 120 or 23.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 65 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland.