, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 1,825 Swiss men (43.7% of the population) and 275 (6.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,841 Swiss women (44.0%) and 239 (5.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 1,092 or about 27.3% were born in Aarwangen and lived there in 2000. There were 1,438 or 35.9% who were born in the same canton, while 737 or 18.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 606 or 15.1% were born outside of Switzerland.