 There were 546 Swiss women (50.5%) and 7 (0.6%) non-Swiss women.Of the population in the municipality, 501 or about 48.9% were born in Rechthalten and lived there in 2000.There were 342 or 33.4% who were born in the same canton, while 123 or 12.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 22 or 2.1% were born outside of Switzerland.