, the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The population was made up of 266 Swiss citizens (96.0% of the population), and 11 non-Swiss residents (4.0%) Of the population in the municipality 128 or about 44.1% were born in Hemmiken and lived there in 2000. There were 77 or 26.6% who were born in the same canton, while 59 or 20.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 25 or 8.6% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There . At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.5%.